The hidden crisis in rural Namibia Namibia has set an ambitious target: 50,000 affordable houses by 2029. Yet, for thousands of teachers, nurses, and civil servants in rural areas, this promise remains distant. The problem is structural. Land in communal areas cannot be used as collateral, meaning commercial banks will not finance housing there. This...
OMUTHIYA – The Oshikoto Regional Council is working to improve sanitation across the region by constructing 100 new public toilets.The initiative is part of ongoing efforts to expand access to sanitation facilities in rural areas. The 100 precast public toilets are currently under construction in 10 different constituencies and are expected to be completed by...
Lahja Nashuuta President Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah has urged Namibians to rally behind the Swapo party in the upcoming regional councils and local authorities elections, saying only their vote will allow the government to deliver uninterrupted services and meet national development goals. The Swapo Central Committee, the party’s highest decision-making body between congresses, convened in Windhoek on...
Taimi Haihambo EENGOLO – Haunted by what she describes unseen forces and weighed down by poverty, 22-year-old Natalia Titus from Eengolo village in the Outapi constituency of Omusati region carries the scars of both spiritual and physical hardship. Titus’s life has been marked by tragedy, struggle, and mysterious hauntings that she said continue to torment...
Lahja Nashuuta Prime Minister Elijah Ngurare has called for urgent reforms in Namibia’s public service, warning that inefficiency, delays and bureaucratic bottlenecks will no longer be tolerated. Speaking at the launch of the Office of the Prime Minister’s (OPM) five-year strategic plan in Windhoek last week, Ngurare said too many government systems are plagued by...
Rudolf Gaiseb Popular Democratic Movement lawmaker Winnie Moongo says the lack of a financial reporting framework and performance targets in the Education Development Fund betrays learners for whom the fund was developed to serve. Despite repeated warnings, Moongo, in Parliament on Thursday, said the ministry of education fails to implement these mechanisms, leaving the fund...
Rudolf Gaiseb Thrown out of Parliament after refusing to obey rulings by National Assembly’s presiding officer and speaker Saara Kuugongelwa-Amadhila, Affirmative Repositioning’s activist-in-chief Job Amupanda alongside his inferior Tuhafeni Kalola, says the standing rules and orders are problematic when it comes to whether members can wear jeans or not. “There is nothing wrong with the...
Leaders in the transport and energy sectors on Thursday discussed the role of hydrogen, e-fuels and sustainable aviation fuels (SAF) in decarbonising the global transport industry during an industry dialogue at the ongoing Global African Hydrogen Summit in Windhoek. The dialogue, held as part of the summit from Tuesday to Thursday, brought together representatives from...
Auleria Wakudumo ONDANGWA – The minister of urban and rural development, James Sankwasa, has expressed deep concern over Ondangwa Town Council’s decision to implement a travelling and subsistence allowance (T&S) policy in defiance of a ministerial directive. Speaking during his visit to assess the implementation of council capital projects, Sankwasa said the local authority had...
Auleria Wakudum ONDANGWA – The Ondangwa Magistrate’s Court last week denied bail to a man accused of murdering his wife at a cuca shop in full view of the public and the victim’s mother. Immanuel Hainyanyula (49) made his first court appearance on Wednesday on a charge of murder, read with the provisions of domestic...