OKAKARARA – Ageing sewage infrastructure and a growing population are some of the contributing factors to Okakarara’s continuing sewer problems, which have now become an eyesore to residents. Planned and installed about 50 years ago, the town’s sewage system was initially designed to cater for 500 houses only. However, with the growing population and the...
Many Namibian consumers were yesterday given a reason to cheer after years of suffering from the financial stress of a high-interest rate environment. This is because the central bank reduced the repo rate to 7.50% from 7.75% for the first time since June 2022. Due to the decision made by the Bank of Namibia’s monetary...
Mariental – Hardap governor Salomon April said they have put measures in place for his region to mitigate the effects of the drought the country is experiencing. “The country is facing its worst drought in a century, and the situation is alarming in that it has resulted in poor crop performance and rangeland conditions,” he...
MARIENTAL – Deputy education minister Faustina Caley engaged principals and regional councillors at Mariental in the Hardap region. The engagement aimed to discuss the performance of schools and challenges across all three education circuits – Nauklift, Auob and #Oan//ob. Accompanied by Hardap governor Salomon April and member of Parliament Harald Kambrude, her visit covered a...
Windhoek High Court acting judge Collins Parker yesterday ruled that the social media posts Affirmative Repositioning leader Job Amupanda made in 2021 about deputy finance minister Maureen Hinda-Mbuende, are defamatory. Parker found that a post Amupanda placed on his social media account of an unknown woman clothed in jeans and a white t-shirt, accompanied by...
Mineworkers face numerous health and safety risks in their challenging work environments – not to mention that the risk of accidents is heightened by a need for constant vigilance in a setting where equipment and hazardous materials are prevalent. Many mineworkers are also employed far from their homes, which makes the lucrative profession even more...
Roland Routh Victoria Immanuel The Uukwambi Traditional Authority (UTA) and the community’s royal family are quarrelling over planned events to honour their chiefs and kings. Herman Iipumbu, on behalf of UTA, dragged the royal family, represented by Wellem Amwaama and Seblon Shivolo, to the High Court to stop them from having a commemoration ceremony for...
ONDOBE – Education minister Anna Nghipondoka has called on school principals to restore order in schools, and avoid unnecessary conflict amongst teachers and learners. The minister said schools should not be toxic environments. She made these remarks last week while expressing her disappointment over schools that have become battlefields and fiefdoms, where conflict thrives, to the...
Namibia has been advocating for the reform of the United Nations Security Council for a long time, Minister of International Relations and Cooperation Peya Mushelenga said on Monday. He said national leaders, including his mentor Theo-Ben Gurirab, the former president of the General Assembly, have called for the Security Council to be more representative and...
HELAO NAFIDI – Swapo secretary general Sophia Shaningwa has said the party is in the process of identifying candidates within its structures for the electoral college through its internal democratic processes. At a mini rally held at Helao Nafidi on Saturday, she said after the electoral college, also known as ‘The Pot’, the party will...