If Namibia is to meet its bulkwater supply demands between now and 2037, an additional investment of between N$17 and N$25 billion will be required. This was shared by water minister Calle Schlettwein at the recent launch of the Africa Water Investment Platform for Continental Africa Water Investment Programme (AIP) in Cairo, Egypt. For Namibia...
OTJINENE – The rapid level of development and social progression the constituency has witnessed over the past decade under Nudo’s leadership is reason enough for the inhabitants to renew the party’s mandate. This was said by Otjinene constituency councillor Erwin Katjizeu. Otjinene, which is one of the Omaheke region’s fastest-growing points just behind Gobabis, is...
GOBABIS – The management committee of the Omaheke Regional Council has directed council to earmark N$15 million from its value-added tax refunds from the Namibia Revenue Agency to development projects across all constituencies. From the VAT refunds, each of the region’s seven constituencies will receive N$1.5 million to implement projects as identified by the respective...
Barry Rukoro, the president of a National Unity Democratic Organisation (NUDO) breakaway group, has insisted that his faction’s newly-formed coalition with Swanu will not cripple Nudo. The marriage will also have no bearing on the party’s operations nor will it affect Nudo’s relevance, the former football administrator said. Rukoro provided the surety to his followers...
The Namibia National Farmers’ Union (NNFU) has reiterated its call for government to set up a mobile unit abattoir in the Kunene region to create market access opportunities for the area’s farmers. NNFU’s chief executive officer Kuniberth Shamathe, in the union’s latest newsletter, said it is high time for the mobile unit abattoir in the...
GOBABIS – Crowded farms, hopelessness among corridor farmers and landlessness remain growing concerns in the Omaheke region, the regional leadership has admitted. Both Okorukambe constituency councillor Rocco Nguvauva and his Gobabis constituency counterpart, Augustinus Tebele used the Omaheke Regional Council’s recent meeting to table motions aimed at addressing issues of corridor farmers and overcrowding at...
OTJINENE – The turnout at the party’s manifesto launch on Saturday and the united front within the party’s rank and file should be a clear demonstration that Nudo will never be hijacked by outside forces, despite numerous attempts. This was the emphatic message from party secretary general Josef Kauandenge at Otjinene on Saturday, where they...
Rukukutu kuna gumu vatungimo momukunda horowero gwaOtjozondjupa unene owo vatunga konomukunda doponze zodoropa, ava vakara asi kugwanenamo mauwa melikwamo lyokugavera nondja dorukukutu. Eyi kayiwizire nye poruzera siruwo oso nkuruministeragona John Mutorwa kakadingwire sinkwa ntani mukunda gwa Otjozondjupa, omu kakagwanekerere kumwe nonompitisili domukunda; omu muna kwatere nguuru James Uerikua, ntani munasipundi gondango zomukunda Marlayn Mbakera, ntani...
GOBABIS – The Omaheke Regional Council has set plans in motion to establish the region’s first fully-fledged agricultural college. If it comes to fruition, the college will endeavour to among others address acute food shortage and cases of malnutrition. The plan is to set up the college at Farm du Plessis in the region’s Okorukambe...
GOBABIS – Omaheke Regional Council chairperson wants Buitepos settlement to be upgraded to a town. Ignatius Kariseb, who is the regional councillor for the Kalahari constituency, made the call during a recent council meeting at Gobabis and said such a move will pave the way for much-needed development at the settlement and attract investors that...