ONGWEDIVA – A six-year-old boy drowned in an earthen dam in the Ogongo constituency on Tuesday afternoon. It is alleged Paulus Emvula and his nine-year-old sibling were herding goats when the incident happened. Omusati police crime investigations coordinator Deputy Commissioner Moses Simaho said the victim ran into the water and drowned. “The girl followed him...
The Teachers’ Union of Namibia (TUN) feels the directive that grade 10 must return to face-to-face classes and that grade 9s should be sent back home is ill-advised. President Hage Geingob on Friday suspended face-to-face classes for early childhood development, pre-primary and grade 1 to 9 learners for 28 days while classes for grades 10,...
ONGWEDIVA – In its quest to integrate San children into the mainstream and ensure every Namibian child has access to education, the Ohangwena region has, during the 2019/2020 financial year, registered 118 San learners for school. San learners, originating from various constituencies in Ohangwena, were enrolled at Tobias Hainyeko Combined School in Okongo. The programme...
Ongwediva – Mbunga zovanangesefa zovaChina vakara moOshikango moutano kaupwire kavageve uhwi wononguhwo nomatarese komapata aga ntambali morwa mambo gawo kagapire komundiro sivike sooso. Mbunga ezi kazigendesere Cao Shuhua, mwenya gevango eli the time square mall modoropa zina. Mukurona godoropa, Eliaser Nghipangelwa, katente asi nombete mbali nado kavadigeve nye simpe kuna kuninka tupu marongikido vayadigava, ngo...
ONGWEDIVA – The Ohangwena region will soon launch its water infrastructure master plan as part of a strategy to extend piped water to the four eastern constituencies, which currently depend on boreholes. There have been cries over water shortages over the years in Okongo, Omundaungilo, Oshikunde and Epembe constituencies, as many of the boreholes have...
ONGWEDIVA – Oshana governor Elia Irimari says affordable urban land delivery for both housing and business development is moving at a snail’s pace in the region. Whilst giving account of the region’s activities for the 2019/2020 financial year recently, Irimari pledged to work with the three local authorities in the region to fast-track land delivery. ...
Nuusita Ashipala & Eveline de Klerk The Ponhofi Secondary School in the Ohangwena region has temporarily suspended classes for its grade 11 and 12 learners after a staff member tested positive for Covid-19. Ohangwena education Isak Hamatwi said no classes will be conducted until Wednesday this week, with a possibility of an extension. “The Ministry...
ONGWEDIVA – A group of Chinese business people from Oshikango on Friday donated blankets and mattresses to the seven families whose shelter was destroyed by fire the same week. The group was led by Cao Shuhua, the owner of the Times Square Mall at the town. The mayor at the town, Eliaser Nghipangelwa, said two...