ǂNŪǂGOAES – ǁKharas ǀKharisi Mūǂamaos Lucia Bassons ge ra mî, în Namibiab !hūǁîna în !hao!nāsi ǁnaetiga !khōǀgara ǁnāb a hoarahus ǀgau sadu ûiǀgaugu di !gao!gaose amaga tsîs nēsa !hao!nāsi sara-anab ǀkha ǀam tamasa. ǁNāpas ge
!NANIÅAUS – !NaniÅaus hîa Kunene ÅKharib !nâ ǂnôas di Åhûhâsib Ågoresa ǁnâu-amhe tsîn ge Åasa kliniks tsî ǂurusib !oabadi !khaib tsîna go hō. Nē Åhûhâsib ge kaise gaxuse nē !nae!khaisa go !âu hâ i tsî ganganxa ǂgaogu tsî !gâiaǂgaob
WALVIS BAY - The community should play an active role to identify and report domestic violence incidents within the society.
SWAKOPMUND - Public Accounts Committees of Parliament have a huge role to play in preventing illicit financial flows that continue to affect the coffers of African governments. This sentiment was repeated by various speakers at the opening of the regional public financial management training for improved budget oversight and accountability which started in Swakopmund on Monday
WINDHOEK – The founder of the Megameno Orphanage in Katutura is appealing for assistance to settle the municipal debt of N$16 000.
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WINDHOEK - The Goethe-Institut of Namibia crowned five students as winners of the National German as a Foreign Language Competition that was held on Saturday.
ONDANGWA – Oshana regional governor Clemens Kashuupulwa has urged the region – especially its political leaders and technocrats - to desist from corrupt, immoral activities.
KEETMANSHOOP - Coming from a poor background and with her quest and hunger for financial independence, Auguste Twapandula has become a notable name in the business circles in Keetmanshoop.
SWAKOPMUND – Erongo regional governor Cleophas Mutjavikua says government bodies awarding tenders in the regions should consult and seek advice from the regional leadership to avoid catastrophes such as the recent food crisis experienced by state hospitals in the region.
SWAKOPMUND - Minister of Fisheries and Marine Resources Bernard Esau has appealed to the fishing industry not to see the Namibia Fish Consumption Promotion (NFCPT) as a competitor but instead create synergy to accelerate fish consumption in Namibia.
WINDHOEK - A disgruntled entrepreneur who won a tender during 2014 to supply the Ministry of Works and Transport took the ministry to court after it refused to accept the delivery of the goods more than three months after the agreed dates.
Katima Mulilo – Balipisinisinyana mwa sikiliti sa Zambezi banyazize katengo ka sikiliti sa Zambezi sihulu mutayi wa tuto kuli bafa lipeleko kamafosisa. Taba yeo itaha kasamulaho yomuñwi wa babaipeleka yana nipisinisi yakufa lico, yana salati
Windoko – Mulena wa Masubia Kisco Liswani III ubilaezwa kikuekezeha kwa mandui kuzwelela mwa naha Zambia, ili babayamba isi kamulawo kakusebelisa tunyandi totusikalumelelwa mwa Namibia. Mulena Liswani III yanali mwa Windoko
KAMANJAB - The north western town of Khorixas will host the national World Rhino Day commemoration starting on Friday. The commemoration that ends on Saturday will be launched by the Deputy Minister of Tourism and Environment, Bernadette Jagger.
WINDHOEK – The Ministry of Veterans Affairs under the Vice-President’s Office last week launched a regional economic opportunities (REOs) guideline booklet for individual veterans’ projects (IVPs) to assist veterans with project selection.
WINDHOEK - About 40 learners at the Onampira Combined School in Omusati region have been without classes because of a heated feud between teachers and the school’s principal that arose from a teacher’s transfer.
RUNDU - The Namibia Statistics Agency (NSA) on Friday launched the 2018 Namibia Labour Force Survey (NLFS) to be conducted countrywide, this will be the 5TH of its kind to be conducted by NSA since its establishment in April 2012. The NLFS survey was launched in Rundu in Kavango East.
ONGWEDIVA - The Oshakati Town Council in collaboration with the Ministry of Health and Social Services will kick-start its malaria spraying campaign at the town today.
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KEETMANSHOOP - Swapo //Kharas regional coordinator Matheus Mumbala has warned Swapo members who sympasised with the Landless People’s Movement (LPM) during the formation of the party that started out as a pressure group before its transformation, to show where their true alliance lies.
WALVIS BAY - The recent food crisis experienced by state hospitals in the Erongo region after the contracted company failed to provide food for three days for state patients at the hospital has resulted in the establishment of an emergency foodbank for the region.
WALVIS BAY – Tunacor Fisheries and Corvima Fishing have diversified their business models by partnering and venturing into the processing and export of squid, also known as calamari, in their quest create more jobs and add value to the Namibian fishing industry.
WINDHOEK – For the past four years, Namibia was hit hard by seasonal upsurges in malaria cases and by June 2018, over 29, 524 cases had been reported-ten times more than the 2012 cases, the Minister of Health and Social Services, Dr Bernard Haufiku said on Friday.
OTJOMUISE- Ouhonapare wOvambazu wOuvara wa Kambazembi kehi yombara Sam Kambazembi waraisa nongendo onene nomerirungiro wohoromende movitjitwa vyombazu.
WINDHOEK- Kai-||Khaun Traditional Authority Chief Simon Petrus Kooper has called for the chairmanship of the Council of Traditional Leaders to be rotated over a period of five years.
WINDHOEK – Previously disadvantaged Namibians own only 16 percent of freehold agricultural land, even after 28 years of government efforts to redistribute land to the black majority.
KAMANJAB - The chairperson of Kamanjab Village Council, Jan Niklaas Hendriks, 51, resigned early this month due to alleged interference by the Swapo District Executive Committee Coordinator Samora Katjau.
WINDHOEK - The eleventh Chinese-Bridge Proficiency competition for secondary students took place yesterday at the University of Namibia (Unam) Gym Hall.
TSUMEB -Tsumeb Municipality is slowly starting to reap the benefits from its newly commissioned multi-million-dollar solar power plant project, that was set up to reduce the escalating electricity bill, which emanates from its 24-hour water pump station.
ONGWEDIVA - The National Heritage Council of Namibia is in Oshakati to solicit views on suggestions to declare Oniimwandi Military, a former Koevoet base in Oshakati East a war museum.
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Rundu - Nguuru gomukunda Kavango zoupumezuva Ndokotora Samuel Mbambo, katente asi nampili ngomu yina kumoneka asi elikwamo eli kavakere nalyo lyokulikida nondja kalikere ngwendi silika gona, nye kuna kara asi melikwamo lyepangero
Nkurenkuru - Sure zelipakerero zaKanuni Haruwodi zakara moNkurenkuru sinkwa ntani kazigwene uhwi kautundire keligwanekero lyomosirongo saTurkey, vana kutumbura asi TIKA, muna hamene yitji yenyango 30 ntani evango lyokudanena ndi yokudanesa vanona. Vatumwa kavatundire kosirongo sina kavayadingwire sure sivike sina pukomegendeso lyomukurona pamberewa zoTIKA Abdulkadir Abukhan. Sigendo esi saTIKA kasikere novantu wokusika ko 17 kavatundire koTurkey
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KAMANJAB - Governor of the Kunene Region Marius Sheya has expressed disappointment that inhabitants of the region do not participate in adult education. In a speech read on his behalf by the director of education for Kunene Region, Sheya said: “Significant to note is the fact the literacy rate of Kunene Region stands at 65 percent and the lowest among all the 14 regions. We therefore need to redouble our efforts to realize the 100 percent literacy rate for Namibia by 2030.
ONGWEDIVA - Long distance bus drivers at Oshakati are at loggerheads over the possibility of being relocated to the bus terminal at the open market at the town once the public transport by-law which is still under discussion is finalised and enforced.
KATIMA MULILO - Entrepreneurs in Zambezi Region have accused the Zambezi Regional Council particularly the Directorate of Education for awarding tenders in a dubious manner.
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KEETMANSHOOP - The Minister of Higher Education, Training and Innovation Dr Itah Kandjii-Murangi says racism will not be condoned in the education and training sphere in Namibia.
WINDHOEK -The Women’s Action for Development (WAD) and the Wise Economy Global Association in Sweden yesterday launched the ‘My period is awesome’ pilot project that would train Life Skills teachers in menstrual hygiene management as well as Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights.
WINDHOEK - The Ministry of Environment and Tourism (MET) has spent over N$4 million on compensation for incidents of human-wildlife conflict resulting in loss of lives, crops and livestock for the period 2016/17 to 2017/2018.
WINDHOEK - The Popular Democratic Movement (PDM) has come out guns blazing at the police, saying several unresolved murder cases have reached a dead-end point due to the incompetence of police detectives.
WINDHOEK – Egypt will host the 14th Conference of the Parties (CoP 14) to the United Nations Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) in November this year.
NKURENKURU - Kanuni Haruwodi Combined School in Nkurenkuru recently received a donation from the Turkish Cooperation and Coordination Agency (TIKA), which include 30 fruit trees and a playground.
WINDHOEK - The founder of the Women’s Action for Development (WAD) Veronica de Klerk says Life Skills is an important school subject and can potentially impart skills on gender-based violence (GBV).
ONGWEDIVA – Wood, art and craft vendors at the ABC open market in Ondangwa have come out guns blazing against the Ondangwa Town Council which they accuse of discriminating against them because they emanate from another region. The wood vendors, who mainly hail from the two Kavango regions, accused council of wanting to ‘hide’ their business behind the open market, shielding them from customers despite them honouring their monthly rental fees.
WINDHOEK - Cabinet has directed that Namibia explores the possibility of sourcing funds from the BRICS New Development Bank to finance the development of intraregional infrastructure projects promoted by the Ministry of Works and Transport through the New Partnership for Africa’s Development (NEPAD) Presidential Infrastructure Champions Initiative.
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OKANGUATI - The executive chairperson of the National Youth Council (NYC) Mandela Kapere has called for an open-minded debate on the complex issue of abortion, which is illegally prevalent in the country, especially among the youth.
WINDHOEK - A Namibian Central Intelligence Service (NCIS) senior official facing fraud and corruption charges of N$17 million was found dead in his vehicle next to the Daan Viljoen road yesterday morning.
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EENHANAS – ǁÎs di dītsâs hîas ra ǁawoǁawo!nâs ǀguis khami ī Namibiaǁî-i tsîn !âs ǀkha ǁom tide tamas ka io !âs xa ǁō tides dis !nâs ge Ministeris ǀGâsiba !Kham!oas tsî ǀHûhâsi !Oabadi disa ǂoago wekheb Mantaxtsēs ai ǂûna ǀhaoǀhao tsî ǀgoraǂuis di ǂhanusi ǂanǂansa Eenhanas !nâ ge dī.
ǀAEǁGAMS – Ministeris ÅGapi ǁGau!nâs, ǁKhāǁkhākhâis tsî !Gâi!gâi!nâs dis ge mariǁhōn ministeris Åkha Åhao hâse ra ôa-am mâtis hāÅaro ra N$157 miljunsa nî hōsa Ånai Namibiab Studentn Marisihuib ǂGaes (NSFAF) Åkha ǁnâuguxoaǁguiba ūhâ studentna huis !aroma.
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KEETMANSHOOP – Founding President Sam Nujoma says plans should be made to construct a desalination plant that will get water from the sea to fill up the Neckartal Dam near Keetmanshoop.
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ONGWEDIVA - The Deputy Minister of Public Enterprises Veikko Nekundi has advised Grade 10 learners at Otamanzi Circuit in Omusati Region not to give up their zeal but to soar like eagles and pass with flying colours in external exams.
WINDHOEK – The Inspector-General of the Namibian Police Sebastian Ndeitunga has advised police officers to apply common sense when attending to reports of missing child and not tell complainants to wait for 24 hours before they could open a case of a missing person as this could be too late.
KEETMANSHOOP - The Mineworkers Union of Namibia (MUN) has registered a labour dispute with the Office of the Labour Commissioner over an unresolved overtime dispute between Skorpion Zinc and its employees.
OMUTHIYA - The governor of Oshikoto Region, Henock Kankoshi, has called upon community members with knowledge to come forth and report unmarked and unidentified graves of fallen heroes and heroines of the liberation struggle, for recognition.
ONGWEDIVA - An attempt to learn to drive ended badly on Monday when a security guard stationed at Bennies Entertainment Park overturned a car he allegedly stole.
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OKASHANA - Disunity, division and anguish among Namibians that continues to escalate denotes the selfless sacrifices, which the country’s liberators fought for, noted the Minister of Information and Communication Technology, Stanley Simataa, adding that this is because political cannibalism is rife in the country.
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WINDHOEK – The former secretary general of the Council of Churches in Namibia (CCN), Reverend Maria Kapere is of the opinion CCN does not need to struggle financially if Christians unite to support it.
WINDHOEK – Traditional authorities believe if a company they co-own, Hompa Investments, is fully supported, their financial dependence on government would significantly decline while job prospects in rural areas would increase.
Katima Mulilo – Kalulo yapili yamukwakwa wamasheleñi abolulelule ozwa Namalubi kuya Isize ni Luhonono, itekezwi kufelelezwa mwakweli ya Ñulule, kakuli muyahi waona ubonisize kueza musebezi omunde, kasamulaho akukutela fafasi kwamezi amuunda. Mubusisi wa sikiliti sa Zambezi Lawrence Sampofu nakile abulela mwakweli ya Mbuwana kuli bakeñisa matata hala kuyahiwa kwamukwakwa wale, purojekiti nekauhanyizwe mwalikalulo zepeli. Kalulo yapili ili yalibima zemashumi amabeli ka zene, izwa Namalubi kuya Isize, hamoho cwalo nimukwakwa ofapuha kuya kwasimu ya rice kwa Kalimbeza.
Windhoek – Muatuli Yomuhulu Peter Shivute nahanile liñolo kuzwelela kwalifosi zelobapeli zesatalimani nimilatu yakubata kupuma sikiliti sa Zambezi, bubulayi, kubata kubulaya, kutisa mifilifili, nikuleka litobolo kwanda naha isi kamulao.
Katima Mulilo – Liluko la Mañusa ni Zwelopili Yakuambola (MICT) lika tateka kuyaha ofesi yenca yasikiliti sa Zambezi kasamulaho akutambeka sibaka samayahelo aofesi kumuyahi viki yefelile. Muyaho wasinyehelo yefitelela bolule bamashumi amabeli ukaba ni maofesi asilezi, sibaka sakubuluka libuka, intaneti, nindu yakuhatisa lipina hala zeñwi cwalo.
OMUTHIYA - The dust refuses to settle between the Omuthiya Town Council and its residents over land compensation, with the community lamenting the fact they have not yet been fully compensated for the land they ceded to council to make way for development.
LÜDERITZ - Ohlthaver & List Group, through its subsidiary Hangana Seafood Ltd has invested N$40 million into an abalone farming which includes N$13 million for the acquisition of an old farm where one of the most expensive seafood in the world will be produced.
KEETMANSHOOP - Stakeholders in //Kharas Region convened at Lüderitz, Rosh Pinah and Keetmanshoop last week to brainstorm on recurrent incidents of gender-based violence (GBV) and what tailor-made solutions could be devised to solve the issue in the region.
RUNDU - Kavango East Regional Governor Dr Samuel Mbambo remarked that although the recently held Food Expo appeared like a small event, its impact is bigger in the government’s all-inclusive Harambee Prosperity Plan (HPP) and the message has been sent out to the world.
ONGWEDIVA – A Grade 4 learner at the Oshakati West Primary School is alleged to have survived being kidnapped on Thursday after she refused to accompany a suspected kidnapper who pretended to have been sent by her mother.
ONGWEDIVA - The Deputy Minister of Health and Social Services Juliet Kavetuna has appealed to Opuwo residents to encourage patients to adhere to prescribed treatment regimes in order to prolong life and prevent cases of drug resistance and fatalities.
KEETMANSHOOP - Keetmanshoop mayor Gaudentia Krohne wants to see and feel the results of the memorandum of understanding (MoU) signed between the town and the Dawid Kruiper Municipality from the Northern Cape Province, South Africa.
WINDHOEK - The Namibia Financial Institutions Supervisory Authority (Namfisa) continues to pursue its mission to protect consumers and has made significant progress in consumer awareness relating to the types of complaints lodged with the authority.
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OTJOMUISE- Omupyeke mokurirwa ousemba wehi, Job Amupanda, no ministera yOuokohoke Moveta, Sackey Shangalay, vatie okuhangana nokukatununa ondjakaha yawo kumwe pendje notjombanguriro motjiposa oministera maa ipaha okusutua o N$500,000 i Amuapanda mokutja wemuyamburura.
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OTJOMUISE- OnÿiÞona Cheryl Avihe Kaimu-Ujaha muhuka otjimasuvisiwa mombongo ya Pioneerspark ape momurongo womuhukomunene.
NGOMA - Retired Brigadier-General Fredrick Siluzungila whose last call of duty was as military advisor at the UN headquarters in York, USA recently donated soccer balls, netballs, uniforms and laptops worth over N$20 000 to Ngoma Primary and Isuswa Junior Primary School in Zambezi Region.
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WALVIS BAY - A training officer at the Namibian Institute of Mining and Technology (NIMT), Keetmanshoop campus, Onno Nghidileko was fired last week Monday by the institution, whose planned retrenchment of 40 employees was put on hold after the line ministry intervened.
OMBOTO - As a result of poor infrastructures, learners and teachers at Omboto Combined School who are conducting lessons under filthy old makeshifts are from time to time being terrorised by snakes slithering into their classrooms causing chaos and disrupting classes.
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WINDHOEK - A group of unhappy adult education practitioners who yesterday staged a peaceful demonstration at government park over some pending issues relating to their wellbeing have threatened that they will not participating on any official organised events of Literacy Week celebration today.
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KEETMANSHOOP - The position for acting Chief Regional Officer at //Kharas has become a poisoned chalice and is again vacant after Benedictus Diergaardt became the latest official to resign, when he threw in the towel last Friday after he was reportedly frustrated by ineffectual councillors.
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ONGWEDIVA - President of the Association of Local Authorities in Namibia (ALAN) Katrina Shimbulu will chair the REFELA in SADC over the next three years.
WINDHOEK - Fifty-one recognised chiefs with their 306 senior traditional councillors and 306 junior traditional councillors from all over the country will on Monday convene at a local hotel in Windhoek for a five-day annual conference.
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WINDHOEK – The Council of Traditional Leaders has denounced what it termed the “violent and systemic targeting, crimilisation, intimidation, torture and killing of women in Namibia”.
It’s late in the afternoon. The four ladies who are sitting here today have not seen each other for quite some time. Everyone is amazed at how fast time has gone by. It’s been two years since Regain Trust had the first contact with Theresa. The lady who survived the gruesome fire that took her sister could not hide how grateful she was to be alive.
“We have reached a pivotal point in our country where we can no longer sit by and allow this to happen to our women and girls.
Regain Trust and Friedrich Ebert Stiftung with co-funding from the European Union officially launched a project titled Survivor’s Speak Up. The launch coincided with a public dialogue titled “A holistic approach towards the prevention of Gender based Violence and Learner Pregnancy and protection of those affected” on the 07th of July 2018 at FNCC.
Gender based Violence (GBV) has long been identified as a key factor that is obstructing Namibia’s progress towards achieving gender equality. Both the State and Civil Society Organisations (CSO’s) recognise the need for holistic, coordinated and multi-faceted approaches which would lead to the successful implementation of effective and efficient laws, policies, plans and programs to prevent, mitigate and address GBV.
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Elavi–Evango lyoku wapukurura mema vaganwe vantu ngesi mosikondovike kavayitulire moyiruganapomukunda Elavi, muna kwatere mukunda ngwendi Nahale Lya Mpingana mukunda horowero, omu vakara asi nomvhura nadinye kunawa mema gomugwa.
WINDHOEK - The Ministry of Environment and Tourism has explained the unfortunate death of a male lion during the processes of capture from Erongo Region to a farm outside Windhoek, saying it died from capture stress.
KEETMANSHOOP - The youth of //Kharas Region have been challenged to come up with innovative business ideas and take part in a pitch competition which will see winners win prize monies of up to N$15 000.
ONGWEDIVA - The arid constituency of Ruacana recently received water pipes to supplement the existing boreholes distributing water to the vast community that has been without water at three villages.
KHORIXAS - The head of technical services of the Khorixas Town Council, Ralla /Gowaseb, has called on residents to use water sparingly as the water levels in the reservoir dams are low.
WINDHOEK - Businessman Vaino Nghipondoka is unimpressed by being linked to a viral video showing a man throwing banknotes seemingly in a nightclub.
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RUNDU - The country representative of UNESCO in Namibia Dr Jean-Pierre IIboudo says there is a need to formulate new strategies to motivate young people go back and cultivate crop fields.
KHORIXAS – Khorixas Town Council will hold a Small, Medium and Micro Enterprise (SMME)’s workshop later this month to equip local business owners from both the informal and formal sector on the Procurement Act 15 of 2015. The SMME workshop is free of charge.
OKAKARARA –Namibia’s premier mobile telecommunications services provider, MTC, through the Okakarara Town Council donated 100 brand new phones (with simcards) to the elders of the Okakarara community, during a belated World Elders Abuse Awareness Day, held at the mid central town on Tuesday.
WINDHOEK – A director in the environment ministry says there is need to speed up work under the Paris Agreement Work Plan (PAWP) in order to pave the way for the adoption of its guidelines at the 24th Conference of Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCC) to be held in Katowice, Poland, this December.
WINDHOEK – The Ministry of Higher Education, Training and Innovation in consultation with the finance ministry needs to mobilise an additional N$157 million for the existing Namibian Students Financial Assistance Fund (NSFAF) budget to honour the contracts of students for boarding and non-tuition costs.
WINDHOEK - Despite the fact that a total of 5193 Namibians countrywide applied for fishing rights, there is only between 90 to 120 rights to be granted, Minister of Fisheries and Marine Resources Bernhard Esau revealed yesterday.
KEETMANSHOOP - //Kharas education director /Awebahe //Hoeseb has called on all stakeholders in education to ensure that libraries are equipped with the necessary Information and Communication Technologies.
WINDHOEK - Speaker of the National Assembly Professor Peter Katjavivi, accompanied by his wife Jane Katjavivi and the Chairperson of the National Council, Margret Mensah-Williams, on Monday joined several other politicians who have consoled the family of Cheryl Avihe Ujaha.
FRANSFONTEIN - Some of the 327 pupils who were relocated from Edward //Garoeb Primary School at Anker to Fransfontein in May to protect them from the regular threat of earth tremors that shook their schools are being taught in tents, which they say is hampering their efforts to study.
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OMUTHIYA - Plans by the Tsumeb municipality to relocate scores of vendors who have flooded the streets and house them in a more conducive business environment, will come to fruition as the mooted SME market is to be constructed at the copper-mining town.
EENHANA - In its praiseworthy efforts to ensure no Namibian goes to bed hungry or dies from hunger, the Ministry of Poverty Eradication and Social Welfare launched the food bank at Eenhana on Monday.
OMUTHIYA - The dignity of many residents of Kuvukiland – one of the overpopulated informal settlements at Tsumeb - will be restored as there are plans to install more prepaid water points for residents of the settlement numbering about 10 000.
RUNDU - A man is recovering in the Rundu Intermediate Hospital from several stab wounds after surviving a knife attack which inflicted deep wounds on the right side of his chest, below the left armpit and on both hands. He was stabbed while he fought off a gang of knife-wielding thugs.
WALVIS BAY - Some of the about 40 workers retrenched from the Namibian Institute of Mining and Technology (NIMT) and their union have vowed to challenge the retrenchments as well as seek intervention from the highest office in the country as it was not done in accordance with the Labour Act.
ǀAEǁGAMS – Build Together Proxrammi hîa ge ǁūse a mâba ǁkhawa ûiûi!nâs ases ge Omahekeb ǀKharisi ǀAwemā!nansa mîguiba ge ū, ǁîn nî N$7 miljuns xa !nāsa marisa sîsenūsa tsî ǀnai a dītoasa Build Together Omde !gâ tsî ǀasa omdi tsîna omsa, tib ge ǀawemā!nans senior ǂhaitsi !oabadi mâisab Tauno Iilekaba ǂoago wekheb Fraitaxtsēs ai ge mî. Iilekab ge ge mî,
ONGWEDIVAS – Omusatib di ǀawa!namn ge auto!nari-aon tsî daoba ra sîsenū khoen hoan ai ǂgansa ge dī, ǂkhaigari hoaǁae daob ai hâs tsî daob saode ǁnâuǀnams tsîna, in nēs !nâ-ū daogu ai ra hâ auto tsūke!gân tsî khoena ûiga ǂoa!nâs !gôaba ǀoroǀoro. Omusati ǀKharib ǀawa!namn ǂhaitsi !oabadi mâisab, Inspekter Lineekela Shikongob ge ge mî, nē kharib ǀawa!namn kai !hausens tsî ǂâiǂhansens ǀkha ra !harasa daob sîsenū-aon tsî !nari-aon tsîn daob saodi tsî ǁgaraga ra !ûǂamsa
ǀAEǁGAMS – Onkugo Yepongo ǀhûhâsib Sali Okuriangavas dib ge kaise ge ǁaxa i ǂoago wekheb Fraitaxtsēs ai, ǁnāpan ge Tobias Hainyekob ǁhûi!nâǂharis !nâ xoamâisa khoena ǁîn di ǁkhâkorobe xawas di ǂûna si gere ūǁnâ ǁaeb ai
TOULOUSE - When I arrived in Windhoek, I really did not know what to expect. I had never been to Africa before and without knowing anyone in Namibia, I wanted to see something different.
OMUTHIYA - A conducive learning environment is one of the factors that contribute to a good education system, however this is the opposite with the under-resourced Limbandungila kindergarten and pre-school, where pupils are taught in a matchbox ramshackle building.
KATIMA MULILO - The Ministry of Information and Communication Technology (MICT) will commence with the construction of its new regional office in Zambezi after it handed over the site to the constractor yesterday.
KATIMA MULILO - Section A of the multimillion Namalubi-Isize-Luhonono road is expected to be completed by December after the contractor made massive progress after floodwaters subsided.
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WINDHOEK - Windhoek City Police services staff visited the bereaved family of late Cheryl Avihe Ujaha, 9, at their family home on Friday morning and extended their sympathy to the family.
WINDHOEK - Dr Kleopas Dumeni whose reign as chancellor at International University of Management (IUM) was marked by lecture hall scarcity and limited courses last week bowed out in dignity having overcome numerous challenges.
WINDHOEK - Sipokola sa naha Namibia ni limembala zeñwi zasicaba basulile N$46 000 kuyana nibupaki bobukatisa kuli kutamiwe sibulai kapa libulai zamusizanana wa lilimo zelobañwi Cheryl Avihe Ujaha. Ujaha yo mubili wahae nopumakilwe nikubiliswa, nafumanwi Labubeli kakusasa mwamulapo mabapa ni Staanvas mwa Katutura, kasamulaho atondahala kwa ndu yahabo mwa Katutura. Kubile nisililo kuzwelela kwasicaba nilimbembala zalipolitiki ili bao nebapotezi lubasi lo lunze lulila.
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NKURENKURU – Mueteleli wa naha Hage Geingob ubulela kuli sicaba lusike lwa latehelwa ki pono ya seo buñata bwa bayahi banaha nebaitombolezi bupilo bwa bona. Geingob nabulezi manzwi awo kanako yakutabela lizazi la lindwalume kwa Nkurenkuru viki yefelile. “Namibia naha yeo lubiza kaufela kuli kihae, naha ya lindwalume zabasali ni baana bao mali abona aselaela tukuloho yaluna. Haluswaneli kulatehelwa ki pono yamabaka awo buñata bwa bayahi ba Namibia nebaitombolezi bupilo bwa bona. Neli taba ya swalisano, ni tukuluho. Mwa mazazi afelile neni ikambotile nibanana kuzwelelela kwa sikolo sa Ndama mwa Rundu. Neni bahupulisize kuli bana nikolo mwa litaba zakubupa naha. Nenibabulelezi kuli baswanezi kuikumuseza sizo sabona, kono basike bahupula kuli mushobo wabona ufita yeñwi.”
KEETMANSHOOP – The Deputy Minister of Gender Equality and Child Welfare, Lucia Witbooi says all stakeholders need to invest more in Early Childhood Development (ECD) centres to improve the quality of education in the early years of Namibian children.
Video: Fishing rights application deadline
WINDHOEK - The Swapo Party Youth League (SPYL) in Khomas Region has called for the establishment of neighbourhood watch bodies in all ten districts in the region.
ONGWEDIVA – While the general secretary of the Namibian Workers Union (NAPWU) Peter Nevonga was rallying behind a national strike to demand better salaries for employees of the water utility NamWater, his own employees at Super Foods, a grocery shop at Ondangwa, were in their third consecutive month without salaries.
WINDHOEK – “Do not despise where you are now or where you have been, it is all part of the process,” is a notable quote from the book titled ‘The Process’ by young author Sesilia Nekwaya.
WINDHOEK - The Namibian Correctional Service (NSC) signed eight Memorandums of Understanding with non-governmental organisations, who will help with reintegration programmes for offenders released on special conditions. Correctional Service Commissioner-General Raphael Hamunyela said they have a strategy of promoting multi-focused rehabilitation services in order to attain the security sector’s desired outcome under NDP5, that states by the year 2022 Namibia must be safe, secure, peaceful and upholding the rule of law.
Video: Correctional Service inks MoU with stakeholders
WALVIS BAY - Former Rössing Uranium employee Hendrik Bok, 60, was arrested by the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) last week on charges related to tender fraud.
Police in Omusati have urged motorists and road users to be vigilant and observe road traffic signs in order to reduce road fatalities.
In its bid to revive the dormant Build Together Programme in the region, the Omaheke Regional Council has committed over N$7 million.
The Minister of Gender Equality and Child Welfare yesterday condemned the recent brutal killing of nine-year old Cheryl Avihe Ujaha.
Taking action and being able to commit and persevere no matter the circumstances is one of the most important attributes of an entrepreneur.
The Windhoek Magistrate’s Court gave a final remand for investigations to be finalised in the case of Llewellyn Bezuidenhout who is facing charges of fraud in connection
Lifasi Munsu from Sibbinda Constituency in the Zambezi Region was crowned as the National Communal Dry-Land Maize Champion Farmer of the Year,
The City of Windhoek (CoW) is concerned about the growing trend of persons with disabilities being used by property developers in applying for land.
As of next month employees of //Kharas Regional Council would no longer be paid overtime and subsistence and travel allowances,
The Albatross Task Force (ATF) project under the Namibia Nature Foundation hosted a two-day Seabird Bycatch Training at the Namibia Maritime and Fisheries Institute (NAMFI) in Lüderitz last week.
Oshana Regional Governor Clemens Kashuupulwa said with good infrastructural development in place to preserve rainwater
While the Oshana Region is a hive of activity, with the ongoing Ongwediva Annual Trade Fair, the police say they have so far recorded less crimes compared to the same time in previous years.
Officials from the Ministry of Agriculture, Water and Forestry and representatives from the Namibia National Farmers Union (NNFU) were the recipients of a capacity-building workshop training
The Ministry of Gender Equality and Social Welfare in Oshikoto Region has a total of 37,891 registered orphans and vulnerable children (OVC)
Swakopmund and Walvis Bay residents are up in arms against the regional electricity distributor, Erongo Red for its pricey tariffs.
Minister of State at Germany’s Federal Foreign Office, Michelle Müntefering, will lead the German delegation to Windhoek
Struggling sheep producers in the South are over the moon about the news that Farmers Meat Market (FMM) in Mariental has just regained export status for carcasses to South Africa as from August 9.
The Women’s Leadership Centre with the Support of the Embassy of Finland last Thursday hosted the public advocacy for the rights of San girls
In the informal settlement of Kilimanjaro in Windhoek, the shacks are now reaching the mountains surrounding this capital city.
The //Kharas Regional Council has once more rejected Urban Minister Peya Mushelenga’s directive to reverse its decision to appoint a deputy director as acting Chief Regional Officer (CRO) instead of appointing the only director at the institution.
The lions of the Namib Desert survive against incredible odds, but can they survive trophy hunting, human-wildlife conflict and climate change?
The Onkugo Yepongo community hall in Okuryangava was a hive of activity last Friday as residents of Tobias Hainyeko constituency received their monthly food parcels from the food bank initiative.
While the export businesses at the border town of Oshikango is still in a slump because of the current economic challenges, the town has once again become a hive of business activities.
President Hage Geingob says we should not lose sight of the reasons for which so many Namibians sacrificed their lives
OTJOVAZANDU - Orutu rotjiwa¿a tjaTjombinÿe rovirumatwa indwi Otjombinÿe Community Heritage Foundation rwa karyaangere ozonganda peke peke nÿeno tji¿a nonÿunÿuuziro yehupo rovandu, tjinene motukondwa twokozombanda nawina ovapwike.
OTJOMUISE- Otjovandu mbakondja pamwe mokukondjisa okukutura o Namibia numberikutire kumwe mongondjero indji nandarire kutja vevari pamwe vovandu imba nai kavetjiko kombandahi, ongutasaneno indji maikayenda komurungu.
WINDHOEK – With a PhD in Biology, Philippe Talavera who only minored in performing arts for his undergraduate studies made a complete U-turn in career when he chose to use the arts to create social awareness.
WINDHOEK - The International Extremity Project (IEP) medical team that performed orthopaedic surgery in Namibia for the past two weeks donated arthroscopy equipment to the Ministry of Health and Social Services valued at N$420 000.
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NKURENKURU - Kavango West Governor Sirkka Ausiku says all is set for Heroes Day at Nkurenkuru this Sunday, August 26.
SWAKOPMUND - The Ministry of Poverty Eradiation and Social Welfare through a blueprint on poverty eradication will explore a new type of a social grant to target unemployed, poor and vulnerable Namibians not catered for under existing grants.
RUNDU - The Northern Regional Electricity Distributor (Nored) has undertaken a Network Study and Asset Valuation project in Kavango East Region but which is being sabotaged by a malicious social media message discouraging home owners to allow Nored staff into their homes and businesses.
WINDHOEK - Twenty eight years after the country’s independence, the veteran who went by the combat name of Tommy as a fighter with the People’s Liberation Army of Namibia, PLAN, now in his seventies, still has unaccomplished missions
Our Star of the Week is the German ambassador to Namibia, Christian Shlaga whose embassy on Wednesday signed a funding agreement on behalf of the Federal Republic of Germany that will see the public interest law firm the Legal Assistance Centre (LAC) receiving N$683 000 towards the LAC’s project, “Sharing Information on Women’ and Children’s Rights.”
WINDHOEK - The Alliance of Churches and Ministries in Namibia (ACM) says the law should take its course on preachers who use the Gospel but whose practices are devious and contrary to the law.
WINDHOEK - Despite the fact that government has since 2013 introduced free universal education as per the constitution, the Teachers Union of Namibia (TUN) feels in reality the spin-offs of free education never took effect in Namibia.
KATIMA MULILO - The councillor of Sibbinda Constituency Ignatius Chunga made a brief but hushed appearance before magistrate Jo-rina Jagger in the Katima Mulilo Regional Court yesterday, after his gun was used in a case of attempted murder involving his cattle herder from Zambia.
WINDHOEK - Cabinet has endorsed the proposals as recommended by the Cabinet Committee on Trade and Economic Development on the introduction of environmental levy on plastic carrier bags, with 100 percent of the revenue from this levy accruing to the Environmental Investment Fund for improved waste management practices.
Windhoek - Moomu tupu tuna kusika pepi nomazuva gokuturamo mahundiro gokuhuga nomfi, ministeli zonomfi norunone nomarunone ngesi vanatumu mambangu konomukunda nadinye 14 domosirongo omu yina kara asi mahundiro nagenye vahepa kugaturamo kumwe nokugapata yipo asi yipo pakare mpito zina zerere nkenye ogu. Kwedi kuna puko, Ministera gonomfi nomarunone Bernard Esau katente asi ehundiro lyonomfi kukwama mazuva vanalirundurura kapi yina kara hena asi kehagero lyokwedi kwaJuly 31, nye ngesi kuna kara nye dogoro mo August 31.Esau katente asi erundururo kwawizirapo morwa magano aga vagwana kovantu apa vatulisapo mapongo mosirongo nasinye saNamibia
Rundu - Sikunino sakara moKavango zoutokero, saSikondo green scheme mukuronagona gendesi gwaso Maxwell Nghidinwa katente momunene asi sikunino kuna gwanekere nomundiro sivike kasipwire omu vana kuyimona asi kuna zumbanesa mukoso goyimaliva yokusika ko N$350 000 kevango eli vana kutumbura asi lyepokatji lina kara asi farama zepangero.mosivike tupu sina pu, sikunino esi saSikondo novarugani sakara konyara nokilo murongo kutunda modoropa zaRundu oyuke koutokero moKavango zoutokero nombatero ezi kavagene kondango zodoropa zaRundu, koruha rokudimisa mundiro kavakere vanalituramo vadimise mundiro posikunino.
Windhoek - A distraught mother in Katutura’s Ombili location painfully narrated how her daughter dropped out of university after she joined the Katutura-based church raided by the police on Sunday night.
WINDHOEK – A creative spirit was floating at the Barleo Park in the Northern Industrial area on Tuesday night where a young entrepreneur launched the National Poultry Enterprise.
WINDHOEK - Speaker of the National Assembly Professor Peter Katjavivi wants strong bilateral relations between the Parliament of Namibia and that of Japan.
WINDHOEK – The Embassy of the People’s Republic of China in Namibia continued to strengthen its economic cooperation with Namibia when it donated 20 sewing machines.
KHORIXAS - Chief Inspector Hiskia Nuuyoma, the station commander of Khorixas police station, says the frequency of break-ins targeting government ministries and the subsequent losses suffered at the north-western town have become worrisome to law enforcement agencies.
WINDHOEK - An application for leave to appeal a rape conviction and 18-year jail term by a father convicted in April, 2010 of raping his then 17-year-old daughter was dismissed on Tuesday by Windhoek High Court Judge Naomi Shivute for failing to provide a reasonable explanation for the late filing of his notice to appeal.
WINDHOEK - There are low levels of trained teachers at secondary level and in some Southern Africa countries at primary level, according to the recently released SADC Gender Protocol 2018 Barometer report.
Chinese Ambassador to Namibia Zhang Yiming today paid a courtesy visit to President Hage Geingob at State House.
WINDHOEK - Namibia Cabin Crew Union (NCCU) said it is shocked that the national airline is on a recruitment drive of foreign pilots at a monthly salary scale of more than N$150,000 tax-free at the expense of local pilots.
WINDHOEK – With 57 members countrywide the Namibian Marshall Rangers work day and night to fight crime and provide first aid assistance at traumatic incidents such as car accidents and shootings - at no cost.
WINDHOEK – Outgoing Democratic Republic of Congo (DCR) President Joseph Kabila has commended former presidents Sam Nujoma and Hifikepunye Pohamba for having shared their experience and wisdom with him over the last 17 years.
ǀAEǁGAMS – !Goaxa kuriba xu i ge ǀasa ǁkhāǁkhā!khōǂgāb Junior tsî senior sekondere skolgu !nâ, ǀgôan hîa Xrat 8sa nē kurib !nâ go tsoatsoana Xrat 9 !nâ nî ūhâ Xrat 9 di Junior Sekondere !âide nî xoana.
ǀAEǁGAMS – Namibiab ge tarekhoedi ǂnûǁkhaebas !hū!nāsi ǂgaeǂguis !nâsa ǁgoeǂam hâ, ǁnāpas ge !kharu ge khoese kurigu !nâ 42 persentga xu 48 persentgu di ǂharosa ra ǁgause. Nē ǂanǂans ge SADCs Surigu !Harodi ǀNōs xa ge ǀgūǁae māǂuihe !nurib !nâ a ǁgausa. Koro !hūgu ǀguigu ge hoa SADCs !nâ 30 persentgu tarekhoedi ǂnûǁkhaebasa !hū!nāsi ǂgaeǂuigi !nâ !kharu hâ ǂgaiǀons ai Tanzaniab,
TOLANARO, Madagascar- For generations, zebu cattle have symbolised power and prosperity in Madagascar.
WINDHOEK – Namibia’s pork industry is exploring all avenues to erect a third pig abattoir in the central areas to bolster local production which has experienced a 14.8 percent decline in the first six months of this year.
OTJIWARONGO - The 2018 AGM of the Namibia Charcoal Association (NCA) has concluded a minimum wage and basic standard of living conditions being the provision of free protective equipment and clothing for workers.
WINDHOEK - Owners of farms in the vicinity of Windhoek will now have to pay municipal rates in terms of The Local Authorities Act 23 of 1992.
WINDHOEK - Ancestral land first and foremost needs proper defining only then can the possible implications thereof be understood, says the Namibia Agricultural Union to the question what its position is to the ongoing debate on ancestral land and whether it could be the solution to the land question in the country.
WINDHOEK - Several well-known local musicians are to hold a benefit concert for ailing saxophonist Karretjie Kamburute, who has been bedridden for a considerable period.
MALTAHÖHE - While too many people think the youth are normally not involved in any cause, the Namibian Youth Coalition on Climate Change (NYCCC) demonstrates it is not true.
WINDHOEK - Despite the significant achievements in the implementation of programmes across all priority areas under his watch, wealthy South African President Cyril Ramaphosa says there are still areas that require regional leaders’ urgent attention.
RUNDU - The Home of the Arts (HOTA) which is under Kavango East Art Theatre received a donation of musical drums from HIT the Beat Academy - an Institution that promotes self-esteem, intercultural competency and soft skills, based in Windhoek.
RUNDU - Professor Gilbert Likando, the Assistant Pro - Vice Chancellor at Rundu Campus says as individuals the level of our education should not be an excuse for us to abandon our cultures but suggests education should be harnessed a tool to strengthen our cultural identities.
WINDHOEK - President Hage Geingob, has described the late former UN Secretary-General and Nobel laureate Kofi Annan, who died on Saturday, as a global statesman, a courageous humanitarian and exceptional servant of the African continent and humanity.
WINDHOEK - The shared procurement of essential medicines and commodities in the Southern Africa Development Community (SADC) has been identified as a priority with the aim to establish an autonomous non-profit organisation called the SADC Pooled Procurement Services.
KHORIXAS - The secretary for trade and economic affairs for the Popular Democratic Movement (PDM), Esmeralda Esme Marina !Aebes, says unskilled work must be given to all unskilled locals rather than reserving such work for children of the liberation struggle.
WINDHOEK - As the closing date for the fishing rights application is nearing, the Ministry of Fisheries and Marine Resources has dispatched ballot boxes to all 14 regions where such application forms will be submitted and sealed in order to ensure transparency.
Video: Unions tells FNB to behave, or else…
Katima Mulilo – Sibaka sa Mafuta sifumaneha libima zelishumi kuzwa mwatolopo ya Katima Mulilo, mi teñi sibaka sapabalelo yalindiala nibanana sesibizwa kalibizo la silalanda, sibabalela banana balindiala kuzwelela mwasilalanda nikwaminzi yeli bukaufi ya Musanga ni Chefuzwe.
Katima Mulilo – Bukamuso bwa purojekiti yakuitekela mezi ili yene bonahala kuba yakukayekwa bayahi batolopo ya Katima Mulilo ki katengo katolopo habuzibwi, kasamulaho mubusisi wa sikiliti sa Zambezi Lawrence Sampofu nalaezi katengo katolopo kuli kabone kuli bayahi batolopo bakena mwatumelelano.
WINDHOEK – Time is fast running out for art lovers who haven’t had the chance to see Jeanette Unite‘s works at the National Art Gallery of Namibia (NAGN). The exhibition closes on September 6, barely less than two weeks from today.
ONGWEDIVA - The much-anticipated dyke at Oshakati has been put on hold since 2016 after the construction of its first phase which comprised three bridges around the town.
KATIMA MULILO - The Ministry of Environment and Tourism has ordered the Katima Mulilo Town Council (KMTC) to close its waste disposal site with immediate effect after the town council failed to enforce a mandatory compliance order dating back to August 2016.
WINDHOEK - Okakarara Constituency Councilor Vetaruhe Kandorozu has dismissed suggestions by some quarters that recent clashes between residents and police were tribally motivated.
WINDHOEK - Children born during the liberation struggle visited the president of the Popular Democratic Movement (PDM) McHenry Venaani seeking his involvement in their quest to get jobs, a plight shared by many other youths.
JOHANNESBURG - South African Kumi Naidoo, a prominent anti-apartheid activist who as a teen organised peaceful civil disobedience against racist authorities in that country, has been appointed secretary-general of the world’s largest human rights group Amnesty International.
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