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MPs symphathise with border officials
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MPs symphathise with border officials

OSHIKANGO – Chairperson of the National Council Parliamentary Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs, Defence and Security Lebbius Tobias said a lack of housing, office space and transport are the common challenges facing border officials across the country.Tobias said this in an interview with Nampa during his committee’s visit to the Namibia-Angola Oshikango border post in...

Hardap to establish think tank
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Hardap to establish think tank

Hilma Hashange  Governor of Hardap region Salomon April has promised to establish a regional think tank. The governor made the undertaking when delivering his maiden state of the region address at Mariental yesterday.  April said that his office would spearhead the initiative and rope in former governors as well as former ministers and deputy ministers...

Traditional leaders must consult before allocating land
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Traditional leaders must consult before allocating land

Stefanus Nambara & Elizabeth Hiyolwa NKURENKURU – Kavango West regional governor Sirkka Ausiku has urged traditional authorities in the region not to allocate communal land without involving community members.  “The region is appealing to our traditional authorities to consult the affected communities before allocating land,” Ausiku urged during her state of the region address yesterday. ...

Burials to be done in existing cemeteries
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Burials to be done in existing cemeteries

SWAKOPMUND – The bodies of people who have died from the coronavirus will be buried in already existing cemeteries at Walvis Bay. The decision was taken after thorough consultations with the Ministry of Health and Social Services, Erongo governor Neville Andre-Itope told Nampa in an interview yesterday.  He said a resolution was reached during a...

PM launches Public Sector Innovation Policy
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PM launches Public Sector Innovation Policy

Prime Minister Saara Kuugongelwa-Amadhila yesterday launched the Public Sector Innovation Policy, aimed at enhancing effective public service delivery through good governance, accountability, transparency and improved performance service delivery as part of the Harambee Prosperity Plan. The launch took place at Nipam in Windhoek and was attended by cabinet ministers and other public institution executives. The...

Habitat committee unhappy with Oshana water project report
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Habitat committee unhappy with Oshana water project report

OSHAKATI – The National Council Parliamentary Standing Committee on Habitat is dismayed by the way drought mitigation funds were utilised in the construction of the Ombonde-Omapale water supply pipeline project. The project, which is aimed at improving water supply to what is known as the Ombuga grazing area in the Oshana region’s Uuvudhiya constituency, received...

Appeal for local inclusivity in projects
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Appeal for local inclusivity in projects

Elizabeth Hiyolwa NKURENKURU – During the site visit to government offices under construction in Nkurenkuru, constituency councillor Damian Nakambare opined those awarded State tenders should include locals when recruiting and that they should be paid decent wages. On the construction site of the regional police headquarters, there was a group of job-seekers, who have been...

NIDA workers threaten to down tools 
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NIDA workers threaten to down tools 

Stefanus Nambara NKURENKURU – Workers at the Mangetti Cattle Ranch in Kavango West region peacefully demonstrated against their current employer Namibia Industrialisation Development Agency (NIDA) over what they term as ill-treatment. In a written petition, read by a senior labourer Garus Kasingana, the disgruntled workers indicated a number of concerns against the agency that manages...

Mohembo border ready to reopen for travellers 
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Mohembo border ready to reopen for travellers 

Shoki Kandjimi  Immigration officials, stationed at the Mohembo border post in the Kavango East region, have indicated they are ready to gradually reopen the border in line with the Covid-19 state of emergency regulations.   Benedictus Shampapi, a senior immigration officer, said this recently during a visit by the National Council’s Standing Committee on Foreign...

Omidhimba omathele dha adhika momapandaanda moBolivia
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Omidhimba omathele dha adhika momapandaanda moBolivia

La Paz – Opolisi yaBolivia ohela oya li ya popi kutya oya pondola okukutha omidhimba dhaantu momapandaanda nomomagumbo dhi vule po 400 muule womasiku gatano, moka oopelesenda 85 kwa itaalwa kutya odha li dhi na omukithi gwocoronavirus. Omidhimba dhi li po 191 odha li dha adhika moshitopolwa shaCochabamba amuke okuza momasiku 15-20 Juli, no 141...