Rudolf Gaiseb The Popular Democratic Movement, led by McHenry Venaani, protested and demanded on Tuesday that the Electoral Commission of Namibia (ECN) revoke the awarding of the ballot printing tender awarded to South African company, Ren-Form CC. The party marched from the UN Plaza in Katutura to the ECN’s head office in Windhoek North to...
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Shack Dwellers take houses to Arandis
Isabel Bento ARANDIS – The Shack Dwellers Federation of Namibia (SDFN), in collaboration with various partners, will construct 38 houses at Arandis in Erongo region, a first for the town.The key partners include the Ministry of Urban and Rural Development (MURD), which will fund the construction of 14 houses; First National Bank, Ohorongo Cement and...
Outjo needs N$18 million for land servicing… as population growth pressure mounts
Uakutura Kambaekua The Outjo Municipality’s housing crisis has emerged as one of its most pressing issues, with rapid population growth and rising economic gaps leading to a lack of affordable homes. This has prompted the council to devise new plans to accommodate the growing population. The council currently needs more than N$18 million to develop...
Water shortages a new norm for SA
JOHANNESBURG – Joyce Lakela runs a nursery in Tembisa, a Johannesburg township, but these days she spends most of her time trying to find water. “It’s been going on for five days,” she said, lamenting shortages affecting South Africa’s largest city where temperatures are rising with the beginning of summer. “This is a big challenge....
30 injured in Bangladeshi president protest
DHAKA – A protest outside the Bangladeshi president’s home demanding his resignation, ended when demonstrators clashed with riot police while trying to storm the compound, with 30 injured in the melee. President Mohammed Shahabuddin’s powers are largely ceremonial, but he played a pivotal role at the height of an August student revolution that ousted autocratic...
‘Escalating violence’ halts Gaza polio vaccination
GENEVA – The World Health Organisation (WHO) yesterday said the “intense bombardment” and “escalating violence” in northern Gaza had forced it to postpone the final phase of a child polio vaccination drive. The necessary second round of vaccinations has been completed in central and southern Gaza, and was to begin yesterday in the north. But...
A teta omukadi nekatana momupolo
Auleria Wakudumo Omukukadi weedula 40 oku li moshipangelo, e li nghalo ii eshi vati a tetwa nekatana momupolo oikando ivali komusamane waye. Oshiningwanima eshi osha ningilwa mOutapi moshitukulwa shaMusati lwopo 22h00, mEtitano. Omupopiliko wopolifi moshitukulwa shaMusati, Inspector Anna kunga okwa koleka oshinima eshi. Kunga okwa ti omufekelwa okwa ka omukulukadi waye nekatana osho sha...
Shoprite ta palutha aantu ye li 1500 moshiwike
Charles Ndeumane OSHAKATI – Ongeshefa yoShoprite onkene tayi tsikile nokugandja iikulya yoshali koshigwana onga omukalo gwoku pandula aayambidhidhi yayo oshowo oku kondjitha ondjala. Okuza sho Shoprite a tamekele oku gandja osopa, oomboloto, oshowo omayapula miitopolwa yomonooli yoshilongo omumvo gwaziko muNovomba, anuwa ohaya palutha konyala aantu yeli 500 lutatu moshiwike – mOmaandaha, mEtatatu, oshowo mEtitano kehe...
NamWater ta ka ninga omapekapeko kovayakulwa
Auleria Wakudumo Ehangano loku andjaneka omeva moshilongo loNamWater otali ka ninga omapekapeko li mone ngeenge ovalongifi vomakwafo oo hali yandje ova wanenwa komayakulo. Omupopiliko woNamWater Lot Ndamanomhata okwa yelifa kutya omapekapeko avo taa ifanwa ‘External Customer Satisfaction Survey’ okwa kwatela mo okupula omapulo kovalongifi vomakwafo. Hano omapekapeko otaa lalakanene okuyambula po omayakulo haayandjwa kuNamWater, okunghonopaleka...
NDF ota ka kuta oilyo ipe mo2025
Auleria Wakudumo Etanga leameno laNamibia ola holola kutya otali ka eta po omhito yoku kuta oilyo ipe ili 1 500 muMarch eodula taiya. Eshi osha hololwa komunambelewa meyandja loilonga, Lieutenant Colonel Dennis Kamwi, a talela po Ngoloneya waKavango East, Bonifatius Wakudumo Etitano. “Omadina 3 000 otaa ka pita mo meyandjo loilonga omo ovanhu 1 500 tava ka...