Iuze Mukube After Rodney Hoxobeb, the alleged murderer of 65-year-old Tallismanus farmer Christof Mberitjiwa Mungunda, placed the burden on the State to prove the elements of the two charges to which he pleaded not guilty, three witnesses took the stand. The 29-year-old faces charges of murder, attempted murder, robbery with aggravating circumstances, reckless or negligent...
Lahja Nashuuta The education ministry has introduced a new school grant policy to address inequalities in resource distribution and decentralising procurement powers to individual schools. However, the policy has sparked debate, with critics questioning its effectiveness and whether it would truly address the root causes of educational disparities in Namibia. Under the new policy to...
The ministry of health has confirmed a case of cholera in the Kunene region. The ministry’s executive director, Ben Nangombe, in a statement on Tuesday said a 55-year-old woman was admitted to the Opuwo District Hospital after experiencing watery diarrhea for two days. The patient received appropriate treatment as per established guidelines following her admission....
Rudolf Gaiseb Land and social justice activist Shaun Gariseb has raised concern over water supply at communal land recently handed to the /Khomanin community. The land reform ministry recently handed over two combined farms (portion 1 of the Farm Groot Korasieplaats and the remainder of the Farm Groot Korasieplaats) to the community. The land reform...
NKURENKURU – More than 30 000 beneficiaries in the Kavango West Region have received their monthly food parcels under the drought relief programme, since Friday. About 39 000 households across all the eight constituencies in the region are beneficiaries of the drought relief programme. The programme distributes food parcels per household every month to cater...
NKURENKURU – A total of 1 487 malaria cases were recorded in the Kavango West region from the beginning of February to the first week of March. Six deaths were also recorded in the region during February, chief medical officer of the Kavango West Health Directorate Beata Siteketa said during a consultative meeting convened by...
MARIENTAL – Deputy energy minister Kornelia Shilunga on Tuesday officiated at electrification of 115 households in the informal residential area of Maltahöhe. Another 21 households in the August Dam and Kries settlements also received electricity. The inauguration event was held at the open field in the Vaalkamp informal settlement in Maltahöhe. The Ministry of Mines...
ADDIS ABABA – The African Union yesterday said the announcement of a parallel government in war-torn Sudan risked cleaving the country, already ravaged by nearly two years of unrest.The paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) has been locked in a brutal conflict with Sudan’s army (SAF) since April 2023 in a war that has claimed tens...
MAPUTO – The latest cyclone to hit northern Mozambique has claimed at least six lives and destroyed more than 900 homes, authorities said yesterday, as the storm weakened.Cyclone Jude hit the Indian Ocean country on Monday, bringing winds of up to 195 kilometres an hour and more than 250mm of rain within 24 hours, the...
KRAMATORSK- For Ukrainian soldiers holding the frontline in the war-battered east of the country, the prospect of a 30-day ceasefire with Russia brought little relief – only distrust and suspicion. Senior Ukrainian and US officials walked away from high-stakes talks in Saudi Arabia late Tuesday agreeing to present Russia with a proposal to halt more...