RUNDU – In an effort to safeguard Namibia’s plant health and ensure food security, the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO), in partnership with the ministry of agriculture, recently launched the country’s first plant health clinic at Rundu in the Kavango East region. The clinic is at Rundu’s Kaisosi agriculture extension centre. FAO has invested about...
NKURENKURU – Patron of the Nkurenkuru Annual Expo, former president Hifikepunye Pohamba, has called on investors to invest in the river town, where investment opportunities are abundant. Areas for possible investment include retail, accommodation, property development, shopping malls and urban agriculture. The expo, which was officially opened yesterday, started on Friday and ends on Sunday....
RUNDU – The government, through NamWater, commenced on Monday with the N$665 million conventional water purification plant at Rundu. The project, once completed, is expected to iron out potable water scarcity issues not only in Rundu, but also in areas outside the town’s boundaries. The project will also take water 10km to Mupini village along...
RUNDU – Over 1 200 villagers at Maputa received national documents during a recent mass registration of national documents. Broken down, a total of 146 birth certificates, 107 identity cards (IDs), 12 data updates, and two changes of image on IDs were issued, while 1 028 stateless persons were attended to, bringing the total number...
MADJWA – The World Food Programme (WFP) Country Director, Baimankay Sankoh, has advised inhabitants of the two Kavango regions to harness the resources at their disposal in order to increase the production of food. Both the Kavango East and Kavango West regions have the advantage of the perennial Okavango River and fertile soil. Sankoh was...
RUNDU – Staff from the Kavango East Regional Council have been working from home this week due to possible coronavirus exposure. Chief Regional Officer (CRO) Ludwig Thikusho is said to have come in contact with a confirmed case of Covid-19. Thikusho told New Era he had come in contact with Secretary to Cabinet George Simataa during a...
SIKONDO – In a tragic incident that has shocked the Kavango West region, a 67-year-old woman, Alida Magdalena Venter yesterday allegedly shot and killed her husband before turning the gun on herself. The incident reportedly happened after the two were involved in an argument. The husband was identified as Richard John Venter (71). The tragic...
RUNDU– The Shambyu Traditional Authority chief council has refuted allegations of corruption by All People’s Party (APP) secretary general Vincent Kanyetu, dismissing this as propaganda and claiming them as political accusations to solicit votes in the upcoming regional and local authority elections. Kanyetu recently on record accused the Shambyu chief’s council of bing corrupt, saying...
RUNDU – Kaku yelela ni mulelo wa bune mwakutahisa zwelopili ili ‘wakufumana tuto sakata,’ mutayi wa liluko la tuto mwasikiliti sa Zambezi, nofumani masheleñi alikana bolule bababeli kalikiti zemyanda isilezi (N$2.6 million) aku lundululisa, ni masheleñi alikana bolule babane kalikiti zemyanda yemibeli (N$4.2 million) aku yahisa miyaho ya tuto silimo se. Zeo neli patuluzwi ki...
RUNDU – Katengo ka sikiliti sa Zambezi kakalile kulifa masheleñi alikana bolule balishumi kabasilezi, hala mubu one uzibahalizwe kuba tolopo kwa Kongola, mi uketilwe kuli uhuliswe. “Katengo ka sikiliti kafwile musebezi waku tisa zwelopili mwa sikiliti, kaku tahisa litolopo. Kacwalo, zibahazo yakuli Kongola seli tolopo, itoloka kuli lika zetuna lina ni kuezahala, kacwalo ki kwabutokwa...