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ECN shunsAR workshop 
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ECN shunsAR workshop 

Lahja Nashuuta The Electoral Commission of Namibia has rejected the Affirmative Repossession movement’s invitation to attend a capacity-building workshop organised by the party.  The head of legal affairs of the AR, Maitjituavi Kavetu, confirmed that they had invited the ECN, the Namibia Statistics Agency (NSA) and the Namibia Institute of Democracy (NID), but their invitations...

Mbumba tears into banking fees
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Mbumba tears into banking fees

President Nangolo Mbumba on Friday urged the banking sector to consider the financial hardships Namibians are going through, and cut interest rates.  Meeting the country’s banking leadership, he reminded them that the public is bleeding and suffering due to high bank charges and unsustainable interest rates.  The President met the bankers at Nedbank Namibia’s headquarters...

Outjo primary becomes battlefield  
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Outjo primary becomes battlefield  

Lahja Nashuuta The Outjo Primary School, which was considered one of the best schools in the country, has turned into a battlefield because teachers and the principal allegedly regularly hurl insults at each other in the presence of pupils. The school, located in the Kunene region, is one of the oldest institutions in the country,...

Kavango East records 15 malnutrition deaths 
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Kavango East records 15 malnutrition deaths 

Kavango East health director Idah Mendai has called for urgent intervention in the alarming increase in malnutrition cases recorded in the region this year, which has thus far affected 14000 people and 15 deaths. Mendai revealed the information on Friday during an engagement with the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Gender Equality ,Social Development and Family...

Rössing Foundation donates to schools
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Rössing Foundation donates to schools

Auleria Wakudumo The Rössing Foundation has donated more than N$554 000 to two schools in Omusati and Kunene regions.   The donation, given under Rössing’s Learning Enhanced Learning Access (Lela) flagship project, is to contribute towards tuition fees, purchasing learning materials, school uniforms, toiletries, medical expenses and hostel fees for six orphaned pupils. Nakayale Private...

Man fatally falls from water tank
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Man fatally falls from water tank

OTJIWARONGO – A 59-year-old man died instantly on Saturday when he allegedly fell from a 15-metre high water tank at Otjiwarongo. Namibian Police head of community affairs in the Otjozondjupa region, Maureen Mbeha in a media statement yesterday said the incident happened while the deceased was busy with regular maintenance work on the tank, belonging...

Xoboxobos small-scale miners trained
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Xoboxobos small-scale miners trained

The United Nations Development Programme through its partnership with the Ministry of Mines and Energy, continues to make strides in ensuring that the livelihoods of small-scale miners are improved. Through its Environmental Governance Project, funded by the government of Sweden and now in its second year, the UNDP has provided crucial support to small-scale miners...

Ovatwaalelwa ve lininga ookalyamupombo
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Ovatwaalelwa ve lininga ookalyamupombo

…Ovashingi veetaksi tava longelwa ominyonena kovatwaalelwa OSHAKATI – Opolifi moshitukulwa shaShana oya kumaida ovashingi veetaksi opo va kale va kotoka ngeenge tava londeke ovanhu, unene ovalumenhu efimbo loufiku.  Otaku hokololwa kutya ovalumenhu tave liufana ovatwaalelwa ove lininga oungudu tava nyeke ovashingi veetaksi omaliko avo. Omupopiliko wopolifi moshitukulwa shaShana Inspector Frieda Shikole okwa hokolola ta ti...

Ondjodhi yeilongo ya katekwa molwokwaa na onzapo yevalo
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Ondjodhi yeilongo ya katekwa molwokwaa na onzapo yevalo

Charles Ndeumane OUTAPI – Omumati omugundjuka omukalimo gwomondoolopa yOutapi ota ti okwa tidhwa mosikola molwaashoka ke na onzapo yevalo nuuthemba wulwe woshilongo mboka wa li wa pumbiwa opo a nyole omakonakono gondondo onti-11. Markus Ndeshitila omukalimo mOutapi ota ti okwa li mondondo onti-11 kosikola yaDavid Sheehama Secondary School manga inaa tidhwa mosikola omumvo 2023. Anuwa...