Nguuru gomukunda Zambezi Lawrence Sampofu katente asi vanafarama womoMusele Island vahakambadara asi kusinga nongombe dawo ditunde mevango lina asi dize nako peke, dogoro mukisi ogu gokana nokakombo guna haga.
Three drug law enforcement officers were arrested last week for allegedly taking bribes from a suspected drug dealer.
Relatives of the late Amalia /Hones, who died in 1963 and buried at farm 508, part of the Havana informal settlement, have requested the City of Windhoek to put the relocation process on hold while they investigate the burial site.
OMUTHIYA - The environment ministry has launched an investigation to determine if a police case can be opened after farmers recently undertook to hunt a lioness that was reportedly killing goats north of Etosha National Park.
KEETMANSHOOP – Keetmanshoop mayor Gaudentia Kröhne said it is worrisome that some of today’s children fail to speak their mother tongues.
NKURENKURU – Marginalised communities, particularly the residents of Nkurenkuru Extension 5, Siurungu and Mayara villages, received 33 housing units last Friday.
OMUTHIYA - The Oshikoto Regional Council has undertaken an initiative in which it seeks to procure mahangu from local farmers, with a view to assist some residents who lost their produce in fire incidents.
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KEETMANSHOOP - Pre-primary and grade 1-3 learners in the //Kharas region were excited after resuming face-to-face learning this week following a long break due to the Covid-19 pandemic.
ONGWEDIVA – The police holding cells at Eenhana have been placed under quarantine after 19 inmates tested positive for the coronavirus, the regional commander, Commissioner Elizabeth Sibolile said yesterday.
OMUTHIYA - An unidentified half-naked man jaywalking on the road was on Monday evening run over by a vehicle in the Oshikoto region and died on the scene.
KEETMANSHOOP – The //Kharas region’s political leadership has intervened in a labour standoff at the Naute Dam, which is run by the Namibia Industrial Development Agency (Nida), following allegations that people from the south were being overlooked in the hiring of seasonal workers.
The United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) yesterday endorsed deputy information minister Emma Theofelus, who will be joining other A-list celebrities for the MTC Knockout Project in aid of efforts to address homelessness in the country.
OMUTHIYA – The Grootfontein municipality has vowed to continue with the recruitment of about 32 workers despite a request by the local Swapo leadership to halt the process due to cost implications.
ǂGuro Ministers Beros ge ai!â gere ǂoa wekheb !nâ ge ǂanǂan hâ i, ǁîs ge N$50.3 miljun marisa ǀkhaeb ase !khō!oasa Covid-19 ǁōsa !hūb !nâ ǁkhaes ase.
ǂNŪǂGOAES- ǁÎs di !uru ǁgūbas ǀhûhâsib !nân ǁîna hoan xa a ǂkhawusa khoena huis dis ases ge ǂNūǂgoaes di !Ā!khōmai-ao-i ǂGaesa ǀgūǁae sao ra xūna
Bush encroachment can simply be defined as the dominant increase in density of woody plants species on a land area.
Parasites like ticks and worms can develop resistance against drugs when dosed incorrectly.
Love it or hate it, agribusiness is the main player in the realm of food and fibre production.
Conservation agriculture, which is world-renowned for enhancing production while protecting and conserving the natural environment, has been struggling to gain steam in Namibia, a newly released report has found.
KEETMANSHOOP – The Ministry of Sport, Youth and National Service, through its subsidiaries, the National Youth Service (NYS) and National Youth Council (NYC), availed N$1 million to set up greenhouses for horticultural production in all 14 regions.
In 2017, young farmer Vezemba Katuuo (30) drove one of his best cows to a cattle auction.
OMUTHIYA – A 16-month-old toddler burned to death at the weekend after a pot of scalding water fell on him.
AUS - !Nami#Nus constituency councillor Jan Scholtz said feedback and review is a critical component of every organisation with a joint vision.
WINDOKO – Muzamaisi wa katengo kakatalima mayemo akutuituta, ili kakazibahala ka NQA Frans Gertze, yana tamilwe kakalezo ya kukunupa musala’ hae hasilezi, nalukuluzwi mwakhuta ya muatuli yomunyinyani mwa Windoko, kasamulaho taba yahae izwisiwa.
WINDOKO – Mueteleli wa kopano ya Popular Democratic Movement (PDM) McHenry Venaani, uli limembala za kopano ya Swapo mwandu ya milao ki “mapyeha”, kasamulaho akuhana kuambola mayemo alitaba za lipolitiki mwanaha Zimbabwe.
WINDOKO – Likwambuyu wa Misebezi ni Linzila John Mutorwa, ufile mamela kuli nihakuna ni tokwahalo ya masheleñi mwakueza mapurojekiti abutokwa, sina naha haitalimana ni kakokwani ka Korona, hakuna libaka hala kusupala kwa miyaho.
WINDOKO – Daniel Matengu ili ya zibahala hahulu kalibizo la Coolstyle mwalitaba za buopeli, ukaba muipapati ya ikemezi mwaliketisa zetaha za likiliti ni milonganyana mwakweli ya Njimwana unumwaha.
Namcol director Heroldt Murangi has urged all Namcol learners who are about to write their final examinations to study hard despite the deadly pandemic of Covid-19.
The Rundu Town Council and street vendors have reached a consensus after lengthy discussions were held between both parties following a meeting convened by the governor of the Kavango East region, Bonifatius Wakudumo recently.
OMUTHIYA – Fraud and corruption accused, Grootfontein local authority councillor Jack Tsanigab, says he is open to any investigation against him and is ready to pay the price of the outcome.
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Registered voters in the Erongo region are gearing up for the regional council and local authority elections slated for November this year.
OTJIWARONGO - In the quest to ease the housing backlog, the Otjiwarongo municipality has developed an Accelerated Land Delivery Process Plan (ALDP), which is aimed at fast-tracking land delivery at the local authority.
ONGWEDIVA – About 11 learners from the Nehale Secondary School have tested positive for Covid-19, education director Vilho Shipuata has confirmed
OMUTHIYA – About 30 workers, employed to do work on a government project at Oshivelo in the Oshikoto region, claimed they have not been receiving due salaries for three months now.
Khomas acting regional education director Paulus Lewin said over 80% of learners in the Khomas region have returned to school except for some few schools, which could not resume due to various reasons.
OMUTHIYA – The land ministry says it would be difficult to evict a number of farmers subletting portions of a San resettlement farm in the Tsintsabis area of Oshikoto region.
Otjomuise- Turimuro Hoveka wOuhonapare wOmbazu wa Hoveka, wa sekamena ouzeu wo zo mbakero otja kombazu mbwa yetwa iyo mutjise imbwi o Corona.
Otjomuise- Ehi nambano rayera ondondo yaro yo ku kambura ozombindu zo vandu no ku zetara kuja vena omutjise wo Corona poo indee.
Otjomuise-Erero oruveze ro mo uzeu mena ro Covid-19 ndweya mo maunguririo mo Namibia okuza ku Seninarindi tjiyari 20, otji rweere komayandero outuku tjiina ominute imwe okutona omurongo nambari youtuku petjire omuhuka wandino ndiri Oritjatano.
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Young community activist Elifas Helao Nghitomoka (27) believes there is a leadership vacuum in his constituency, which prompted him to run for public office in the upcoming regional council elections slated for November.
Bank of Namibia governor Johannes !Gawaxab yesterday shared his achievements and challenges of his first 100 days in office. During the same occasion, the governor also outlined the vision he has for the bank.
The health ministry has confirmed the parcels, prepared by relatives and friends of Namibian students currently studying in Cuba, will finally leave the country this week via Johannesburg.
ONGWEDIVA – In the quest to eliminate open defecation, the Elim constituency office on Wednesday handed over 41 toilets to benefit at least 500 people at Ontanga village.
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National Assembly members this week were mostly in support of the revised Orange-Senqu Watercourse Commission (Orasecom) Agreement following a motion tabled by agriculture, water and land reform minister Calle Schlettwein in which he asked lawmakers for endorsement of the new plan.
President Hage Geingob is expected to participate in next week’s virtual meeting of the 75th Session of the United Nations (UN) General Assembly (UNGA).
A number of children at Mix settlement, which is situated north of Windhoek, are missing out on education due to the absence of a school at the settlement.
NKURENKURU - Konyima tupu zomakwedi aga gapita morwa malirango, Covid-19 evango lyokulikarera modoropa zaNkurenkuru kuna kulindindira likapaturuke peveta moyivike yeeyi tupu yina kuwiza.
ONGWEDIVA - Ndango zodoropa zaHelao Nafidi kuna kuhundira vatungimo morukanda rwa Eeshoke ntani Engela vagaveko evango eli nalikara asi lyokuzugumina yihando yipo vahageku ndi bvatunde kevango lyadivikwa lyakara poEhafo.
KEETMANSHOOP— //Kharas regional council chairperson Jan Scholtz said the daily administrative and political functioning of the Keetmanshoop Urban constituency office has not been hampered since the death of councillor Maxie Minnaar.
Speaker of the National Assembly Peter Katjavivi has reiterated the need for parliaments to transform the SADC region by enacting progressive legislation.
ONGWEDIVA - President Hage Geingob has honoured the first governor of Oshana region and struggle stalwart Silvanus Vatuva with an official funeral.
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The Affirmative Repositioning (AR) movement this week named current Student Union of Namibia (SUN) president Simon Kanepolo Amunime as its spokesperson with immediate effect.
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KEETMANSHOOP – As part of its core objective to assist vulnerable members of the community, the Keetmanshoop Mayor’s Trust recently handed over school uniforms, beddings, educational materials school children, needy parents and the town’s Covid-19 isolation centre.
More than 1 000 residents of Mix settlement, situated north of Windhoek, yesterday received land occupation acknowledgement certificates from the Minister of Rural and Urban Development, Erastus Uutoni.
Land Activist Dimbulukeni Nauyoma has dragged the government and attorney general to court to get the Squatters Proclamation AG, 21 of 1985, repealed.
The Tunacor Group has offered employment to 180 fishermen who were retrenched by Namsov in 2015.
ONGWEDIVA - Inmates at the Oshakati police holding cells are living in fear of contracting Covid-19 after a fellow prisoner tested positive on Tuesday.
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Spending one night at the Marina Bay Sands Hotel in Singapore was a memorable lifetime experience that absolutely rocked my world.
ONGWEDIVA - As the world celebrates National Month of the Deaf, the Namibian National Association of the Deaf (NNAD) is pleading for the Namibian Sign Language (NSL) to be recognised as an indigenous language in the country.
OMUTHIYA – The community of Oshivelo is up in arms over what they termed discriminatory practice by the settlement office, alleging they are being sidelined in acquiring plots, jobs, as well as equitable services.
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Despite the negative impacts of Covid-19 on the trophy hunting sector, the environment ministry says there has been renewed interest with application for permits streaming in.
Popular Democratic Movement (PDM) parliamentarian Nico Smit has demanded a comprehensive response from finance minister Iipumbu Shiimi on how government will be able to allow Air Namibia to continue operating while insolvent.
An impoverished family, residing in one of Windhoek’s informal settlement, is barely making ends meet.
!Gae-auto !nari-aon ǀAeǁgams din ge ra !gaesen, ǁîn di tsīkorobe hōǂgās nē ǂharuguba xus ǁaupexa 60 persentgu kōse ge ǁnāsa, Covi-19 ǁōs ge ǂgâxasa xu.
ONGWEDIVAS – Old Mutual Namibias ge ǂoa ge wekheb di Denstaxs ai ǁaupexa N$110 000 maris ǁkhāsiba ūhâ ǂûna Oshana ǀkhariba ge ǀkhae, ǁnāpa xu di 180 omaride nî domdorese.
Mariǁhōn ministeris ge ǂoa ge wekheb Wunstaxs ai ge ǂanǂan, ǁaupexas ge 96%gu marisa ǁnā !hūǁîn hîa ge ǂganamsensa a dīn, nēti ī ǂōǂōsib hōǂgās huib
Many farmers seem to focus more on forage or feed intake as the factor that contributes to livestock performance, however, all physiological processes responsible for intake, reproduction, growth, milk and meat production, amongst others, depend on water.
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Mountain goats are not true goats – but they are close relatives.
Despite its obvious benefits, the noble initiative of subsistence crop farming which enables a family to feed right off the fields, have not been successfully replicated across the country.
Summer is approaching fast, and this is an opportune time for farmers to get ready for cultivating vegetables.
NKURENKURU – After months of delay, the Covid-19 isolation facility in Nkurenkuru is expected to be fully operational in the coming weeks.
ONGWEDIVA – The Helao Nafidi Town Council is appealing to the residents of Eeshoke and Engela to avail land to council to relocate the infamous Omafo dumpsite.
The prime minister’s office has encouraged government offices to embrace and enhance the use of digital technology to enable the work from home strategy and to minimize exposure of employees to the novel coronavirus.
ONGWEDIVA – Rally for Democracy and Progress national executive member Eino Heelu has resigned from the party. His resignation came to effect last week Friday.
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Student leaders at the University of Namibia (Unam) say they have never engaged the government on the initiative of laptop purchases from funds provided by the Namibia Students Financial Assistance Fund (NSFAF) and therefore distance themselves from the communication that such decision was approved by their constituency.
The Namibian police in Erongo are appealing to the public to assist them in tracing unknown suspects who carried out a robbery at the Puma Service Station in Kuisebmond yesterday morning. The robbers got away with N$77 000.
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The Landless People’s Movement (LPM) has slammed the Popular Democratic Movement (PDM) president McHenry Venaani over his recent comments in which he warned against “new political messiahs”.
KEETMANSHOOP – Disgruntled residents of Aminuis constituency in the Omaheke region recently stopped construction of the main road that stretches from Onderombapa to Aranos via Aminuis, citing unfair labour practices.
WINDOKO – Lindalamiti zesika fasuka nelifumanwi lipumbekilwe kwa Lizauli mwasikiliti sa Zambezi.
WINDOKO – Sikiliti sa Zambezi sitalimana ni kuzuha kwa linziye zefubelu zetuta za Afilika, ili ze sweli kusinya libaka za mafulelo ni licalano.
WINDOKO – Katulo mwataba yeo mubatisisi yomuhulu mwa ofesi yelwanisa litaba za bulyangelino ili yezibahala ka ACC Phelem Masule, ya zekisa Ngambela Saara Kuugongelwa-Amadhila hala kulundulwa fasitulo sa litaba za kubatisisa ni kuzekisa, mazazinyana amano huliswa ika fiwa la 28 Muimunene.
OMUTHIYA – Bayahi ba Choi mwasilalanda sa Kongola, mwasikiliti sa Zambezi bakupa baliofesi kuankufisa kuisa mezi kwateñi, kakuli bahapelezwa kuzamaya misipili yemitelele kuyoka mezi kwaminzi yeli bukaufi.
Seven police officers at Oshikango were left destitute after their caravans were gutted by fire on Friday afternoon.
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NKURENKURU - As part of their countrywide food supply relief, Old Mutual Namibia extended its Covid-19 food delivery outreach to the Kavango West region aimed to benefit eight constituencies in dire need of basic food items.
KEETMANSHOOP - Swapo //Kharas regional coordinator Matheus Mumbala said the Keetmanshoop Urban constituency seat they lost last year to the Landless People’s Movement (LPM) is merely like a room rented by a landlord and that the term will expire very soon.
ONDOOZU – The human remains alleged to be that of a People’s Liberation Army of Namibia (PLAN) soldier were discovered at Ondoozu village some 150 kilometres east of Kunene’s regional capital, Opuwo.
KEETMANSHOOP – Tensions flared up at the weekend following a standoff between political parties and the Namibian police during the ongoing supplementary registration of voters at Keetmanshoop.
The Dolphin Private School at Walvis Bay was ordered to stop school activities on Friday after it was found operating from a warehouse in the industrial area at the town.
Otjomuise- Omieze ape kehi ya vitatu uriri ko ma toororero wo zo ngomainde no tukondwa, otjikamba otjizoozu tjawire Orata yOkarukondua Komatoorore ka Katutura Mondivitivi.
Otjomuise- Nambano ka ngamwa auhe poo orutu kangamwa aruhe ndunorupa poo otji¿a no zo mbakero zovandu mbaÞu iyo Covid-19 waso poo twaso oku tjita owatjiri kutja mbyaso oku tjitwa otja ko ndjeverero yorutu indwi mavi tjitwa.
Otjomuise- Omikambo mbya tuwa mo ma unguriro oku tjurura o Covid-19 vya utu okuyeta ovihape tjinga ouhonapare worupa rouveruke awa utu oku yendekera kutja ovivarero vyo ma hwangero vya utu oku henunuka.
Otjomuise- Nai mberi apehe puveri nu mave vanga okunyinga nyinga okupita poo okuhita oku ritjangisa ko ma toorore ma ve yenene okutjita nao.
OMUTHIYA - The Otavi Town Council has announced plans to write-off millions of dollars in municipal debts owed to it by elderly residents.
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Khomas governor Laura McLeod-Katjirua has expressed concern over some members of the public’s non-adherence to Covid-19 state of emergency regulations as well as the rampant vandalism of property meant to help fight the pandemic in the informal settlements such as water tanks.
OMUTHIYA - Health director for Oshikoto Joshua Nghipangelwa has refuted claims some health facilities are without personal protective equipment (PPE).
ONGWEDIVA – Founding President Sam Nujoma has described his late sister Sofia Asino as a pioneering veteran of the liberation struggle, a fearless fighter and a teacher.
OMUTHIYA – The informal settlement of Kuvukiland in Tsumeb will soon be electrified with high-mast lights.
The Zambezi region is experiencing another African migratory red locust outbreak which is extensively destroying grazing areas and crops.
ONGWEDIVA – All schools in Oshana region, with the exception of Erundu Combined School where a staff member has tested positive for Covid-19, have resumed classes.
President Hage Geingob yesterday paid tribute to the anti-apartheid stalwart and South African human rights lawyer George Bizos following his death on Wednesday.
Independent Patriots for Change (IPC) leader Panduleni Itula has criticised recent measures imposed by government such as enforcing a night curfew countrywide, while gradually reopening schools.
ONGWEDIVA – The supplementary registration of voters for the upcoming regional council and local authority elections got off to a slow start in both the Omusati and Oshana regions this week.
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OMUTHIYA - The police in Oshikoto have warned to take stern action over the violation of the night curfew imposed recently nationwide to curb the spread of Covid-19 in the country.
OMUTHIYA – Over 2 000 eligible voters in Oshikoto have registered to take part in the November regional council and local authority elections thus far since the supplementary registration process started this week.
Twenty-two pupils from St. Joseph’s Roman Catholic High School, who had tested positive for Covid-19, have been cleared.
Following weeks of uncertainty over the issue of laptop procurement, higher education minister Itah Kandjii-Murangi yesterday assured students funded by the Namibia Student Financial Assistance Fund (NSFAF) will not forfeit their non-tuition fees as per the signed contract.
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Speaker of the National Assembly Peter Katjavivi has said the installation of a new information technology system in the chamber is part of efforts to move towards the long-held goal of becoming a paperless institution.
The Affirmative Repositioning (AR) movement on Monday called for the withdrawal of the Electoral Commission of Namibia’s decision not to hold a by-election at Keetmanshoop Urban constituency, arguing it is unlawful and not in compliance with the Regional Council Act.
The Covid-19 stage three restrictions in Windhoek has caused a temporary delay in the trial of a teenage girl, who is accused of dumping her dead infant last year after giving birth at home in Katutura.
A University of Namibia wildlife field practical at the Otjikoto B2Gold reserve early Tuesday morning was delayed after a helicopter crash. No one was injured.
The Electoral Commission of Namibia (ECN) yesterday assured electorates that voter cards issued to eligible voters in 2014 during the general registration of voters can still be used in this year’s regional council and local authority elections.
The City of Windhoek has appealed to the nation to help trace the family of the late Amalia Ihones, who died in 1963 and was buried at farm 508, which is part of the Havana informal settlement.
OMUTHIYA - The community of Choi in Kongola constituency of the Zambezi region has appealed to the authorities to fast-track the provision of water, as they are forced to trek long distances to fetch water from nearby villages.
Live ammunition was found early this week and buried at the Lizauli area of Mulikete in the Zambezi region. The police on Monday detonated the ammunition, which was discovered by Nored employees who were clearing business in the area.
KEETMANSHOOP – Recent large social gatherings in the //Kharas region are, according to summaries submitted, proof that most of the Covid-19 cases were contacts of confirmed cases.
KEETMANSHOOP - Over 500 eligible voters who participated in the supplementary registration of voters in the //Kharas region on Monday were young people.
Have you ever stumbled upon your livestock in the morning and discover that it had died during the night?
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For those who may have never seen a Damascus goat, you are in for a surprise. To say they look like something out of a horror film is an understatement, though they are a very useful breed.
Oh, how the world has changed.
Major crop-producing regions across subsistence and commercial sectors have recorded significant improvements in the crop harvest this season.
GOBABIS – In an effort to curb the further spread of Covid-19 in the region, healthcare workers at Gobabis, including doctors and nurses, took to the community to educate and share information on the deadly virus.
KEETMANSHOOP - //Kharas regional governor Aletha Frederick said the community service orders (CSO) process is designed to manage offenders in the community so that they can positively contribute to the wellbeing of the general public.
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KEETMANSHOOP - Chairperson of the Swapo national leaders assigned to the //Kharas region Lucia Witbooi said the prevailing Covid-19 pandemic has robbed people of their loved ones and livelihoods.
Members of the National Assembly will resume their sitting today after a two-month recess.
Zambezi regional governor Lawrence Sampofu said the supplementary registration of voters was well on course in the region, with no challenges experienced during the first day of the process amid the Covid-19 pandemic.
OTJIWARONGO - The supplementary registration of voters exercise of the Electoral Commission of Namibia (ECN) in the Otjozondjupa region, officially kicked off on a slow pace yesterday.
The Okahandja Secondary School has delayed the resumption of face-to-face classes for grade 8 and 9 learners due to possible Covid-19 exposure.
WINDOKO – Butuku bwa Covid-19 ili bobu tisize butata hala kueza liketisa mwalinaha zeñata unumwaha, butisize lipuzo kana Namibia itukiselize kueza liketisa zalikiliti ni litolopo mwakweli ya Njimwana unumwaha.
WINDOKO – Likolo za kwamukunda viki yefelile neli hanile mulelo wa liluko la tuto wa kukwalula likolo, kasamulaho akusundwa ki katengo kaka yemela maticele ka Nantu. Liluko neli cincize muhupulo viki yefelile kaku bulela kuli likolo lika kwalula mwa likalulo zetalu, ili kubeela kwatuko zibahazo ya Mueteleli Hage Geingob ya la 28 Muyana yakuli likolo likwalule kacenu.
WINDOKO – Taba yeo mubatisisi yomuhulu mwa ofesi yelwanisa litaba za bulyangelino ili yezibahala ka ACC, Phelem Masule ya zekisa Ngambela Saara Kuugongelwa-Amadhila hala kulundulwa fasitulo sa litaba za kubatisisa ni kuzekisa, mazazinyana amano huliswa ika kena mwa Khuta Yepahami Labune.
WALVIS BAY - Some Namibians are compromising their chances of surviving Covid-19 by seeking medical assistance at the last minute, while they barely can breathe.
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KEETMANSHOOP - Around 300 unemployed residents from the Ileni and Gereres informal settlements at Keetmanshoop have to share one prepaid water point and in most cases, they do not have access to the precious resource.
WALVIS BAY – The Walvis Bay municipality has dismissed claims that millions of dollars meant for the massive urban land servicing project has not been explained.
The Electoral Commission of Namibia (ECN) will today kick off its week-long supplementary registration of voters despite some stakeholders expressing fears due to the Covid-19 pandemic.
WALVIS BAY - A Covid-19 isolation facility constructed by government at the Walvis Bay state hospital and one erected by a local private hospital are not comparable, health ministry executive director Ben Nangombe said on Friday.
ONGWEDIVA - Two minor children drowned in a sewage dam at Onandjaba in the Okalongo constituency on Thursday morning.
Otjomuise- Tjipasana imba otjouye ouni mbwa kandongue, omundu ko noo tjiwa kutja hapo ma ka rarisiwa pi tji pe kapora.
Otjomuise- Ozondondo azehe zo ma hongero kaze na kupaturikira rukwao tjimwe otja komazuvarisiro wo tjiuru tjehi otjiveke tji tja zuko kutja ovahongwa maveso oku yaruka no ma hongero wao.
Otjomuise-Otjihungiriro pokati kotupa tutatu, ohoromende yEhi rOvandoitji, ovakuramenepo va katjotjiri vo zo ndekurona zaimba mbaihamisiwa iyOtjiÞiro
Growing up in a political family, Aletha Frederick (AF) has come of age after years of youth activism to now lead the great//Kharas region. New Era journalist Steven Klukowski (SK) sat down with Frederick on her new journey.
Speaker of the National Assembly Peter Katjavivi this week expressed his condolences over the death of former Indian president Pranab Mukherjee who died on Monday aged 84. Mukherjee was the president of India from 2012 to 2017.
The councillor of Samora Machel constituency, Samuel Shivute, has urged the City of Windhoek to speed up the process of allocating plots to residents to address congestion challenges and ultimately curb the spread of infectious diseases such as Covid-19.
ONGWEDIVA – The ministry of education is reeling in shock following news of the death of the director of education in Omusati region Laban Shapange.
The National Unity Democratic Organisation (Nudo) says it is opposed to the idea of resuming face-to-face learning amid the Covid-19 pandemic.
The Hospitality Association of Namibia (HAN) says it expects tourist arrivals in the country by mid-September following the reopening of the Hosea Kutako International Airport this week.
Mayara – Rudi rwaukwangali moKavango zoutokero vana gava mbudi zoruguwo kuhamena nomfa daChristian Shimuketa, ogu gakere asi munasipundi gondango zokugava magano kwaHompa gorudi roVakwangali.
Kabinete kazigeve epulisiro asi kuvofera ntoko yahepa tupu kukara ngwendi mwanare kapisi yeyi yokuvhumbika nomabure eyi vahepa kuyihageka ngesi.
Ongwediva – Vaporosi wokusika komurongo kuna vagwana kambumburu kokorona,navenye kwatunga moEenhana momukunda horowero gwaOhangwena, omu vana kara asi nawo vamwe mowo 12 vantu ava kavakere asi kuna vakona kona yitundwamo yakawiza asi kuna kara noCorona kodruha rodoropa zokomuzogo mosondaha.
WALVIS BAY - The Welwitschia private hospital, which has been at the forefront of fighting Covid-19 in Walvis Bay, has completed a 40-bed isolation facility to cater to more patients that are positive.
Following weeks of complaints and anxiety, the University of Namibia (Unam) and the medical students who temporarily withdrew from clinical settings have finally reached consensus over the need for adequate personal protective equipment (PPE).
Agriculture minister Calle Schlettwein has sounded an urgent call for Namibians to transform and modernise agriculture into a vertically and horizontally integrated sector in order for it to serve as the strong bedrock of the country’s economic recovery efforts.
OMUTHIYA – The governor of Oshikoto region, Penda Ya Ndakolo, has told the community of Omuntele who have been demanding the construction of a tarred road in the area, that there are no funds at the moment for such a project.
The Bank of Namibia (BoN) continues to ban dubious financial schemes operating in the country which, more often than not, prey on vulnerable Namibians during these tough economic times.
GOBABIS – Drimiopsis community members marched to the regional police headquarters in Gobabis yesterday where they handed over a petition concerning the violence and abuse against San women and girls in their community.
National Unity Democratic Organisation (Nudo) secretary general Josef Kauandenge yesterday called for the postponement November regional council and local authority elections due to the Covid-19 pandemic.
Namibian students studying in South Africa and who are currently stranded at home due to travel restrictions may apply for a permit to leave the country, the home affairs ministry said.
RUNDU – Ukwangali leader Hompa Eugene Siwombe Kudumo says the traditional offices at his palace have been closed for disinfection after it was confirmed his right-hand man died of the deadly virus last week.
Keetmanshoop residents bid farewell on Monday to a member of the community who succumbed to Covid-19.
ONGWEDIVA - The Ohangwena Regional Council has hit back at claims that the council’s procurement process is flawed and discriminating against small and medium enterprises (SMEs).
Opongandas tsî Gammams hâra ǁkhō!hanakha ge Covid-19 xa ra !aromahese hâ ǁkhōdi !aroma ǀAeǁgams !nâ go ǁhûiǂuihe, nēsas ge ǀKhomas ǀKharisi Mûǂamaos Laura McLeod-Katjiruasa ǂoa go wekheb Donertaxs ai ge ǂanǂan.
ǂHatsamas 283, hîa ǁaupexa 60 kilometerga ǀGordabes !auga ǁgoe tsî ǁîs tsîna ǀAeǁgams !Garo!ā ǁhûi!nâǂharis !nâ ra ǁnās ge ǁgam-i ǀorosib ǀkha ǂnôa.
OSHIVELO – Located centrally between Omuthiya and Tsumeb in Oshikoto region is the Oshivelo settlement, with a historical connotation as an animal disease control point.
ONGWEDIVA – Ten police officers, stationed at Eenhana in the Ohangwena region, are amongst the 12 people who tested positive for coronavirus at the northern town on Sunday.
The country has reported three fresh fatalities due to Covid-19, including the death of a healthcare worker, deputy minister of health Esther Muinjangue announced yesterday.
KEETMANSHOOP - The Namibian Police in the //Kharas region educated Keetmanshoop residents on Sunday evening on the dusk-to-dawn curfew imposed by government to curb the spread of Covid-19 in the country.
ONGWEDIVA - Police in the north say there is still a lot of awareness creation to be done to ensure the successful implementation of the curfew regulations imposed across the country since Sunday.
WINDOKO – Kuekezeha kwanombolo yababaswalezwi kakokwani ka Korona kwa tolongo yetuna mwa Windoko kutisize tiyeho yamizeko.
WINDOKO – Mubatisisi wa katengo kaka lwanisa litaba za bulyangelino ili kaka zibahala ka ACC Phelem Masule, waitwanela kasamulaho akulundulwa fasitulo sakuba yomuhulu walitaba zakuzekisa ni kubatisisa kwa katengo kaka lwanisa litaba za bulyangelino.
WINDOKO – Naha Namibia itukiselize kukwalula miseto kuli bapoti bakale kutaha, mi silelezo ilukisizwe kuamuhela bapoti kukala kamuso.
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The Chinese embassy in Namibia handed over 40 000 masks to the City of Windhoek on Friday afternoon as part of the fight against the Covid-19 pandemic.
NKURENKURU – The prices at which the Agro-Marketing and Trade Agency (AMTA) is buying mahangu grain from local producers has been hugely criticised by producers in the Kavango West region, describing it as peanuts.
HIV positive patients who take their medication every day keep the HIV virus in their body under control.
TSUMEB – Over 50 households benefitted from a birthday treat, hosted by teenage cousins Pedro Adriano and John Francisco, who spent their day distributing food hampers to the less fortunate around Tsumeb on Saturday.
ONGWEDIVA - With the increasing number of Covid-19 cases in Oshana, regional health director Johanna Haimene said they are working on a plan to increase the number of isolation beds.
MAYARA – The Uukwangali Traditional Authority (UTA) in Kavango West region has confirmed the death of Christian Shimuketa, who served as chairperson of the traditional chiefs council.
OMUTHIYA – Tsumeb constituency councillor Lebbius Tobias says urban constituencies do not receive food aid from government for the less fortunate in towns.
Okahandja municipality has approached the Windhoek High Court to evict people currently occupying municipal land “illegally” in the areas of Eekunde Proper, Eekunde Extension 5, Veddersdal Extensions 1, 2 and 3 and Five Rand Extension 3 and 4.
She said the negative results are now being collected at the old filling station near the health ministry’s regional office since Tuesday this week.
A tailor who chose to only be identified as Anna said she had to send her children back to the village as there is no income to sustain them.
The children had accidentally locked themselves in one of the cars in the neighbourhood
I express gratitude, on behalf of all Namibians, in remembering all those who suffered so that we may be free.
ONGWENDIVA - Vamitili vatano woposure zaOngha sekondere skool moOhangwena kuna kara vamwe ava vana gwana uvera wokambumburu aka koCovid-19 yitundwamo kuna kara mosipangero saEngela sivike sina puko.
Speaker of the National Assembly Peter Katjavivi says there is a need for countries to continue to innovate in order to deal with the Covid-19 pandemic that has ravaged economies globally.
Members of the Shack Dwellers Federation of Namibia in Maltahöhe in the Hardap region recently received plots to build their houses.
The spike in the number of Covid-19 positive cases at the Windhoek Correctional Facility has resulted in a number of court case delays.
OMUTHIYA – A self-proclaimed pastor from Oshikoto region was this week arrested and later released on warning for allegedly contravening Covid-19 state of emergency regulations.
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The Popular Democratic Movement (PDM) says it is perplexed by the deafening silence of SADC and its member states despite the continuing oppression and violence being perpetrated against opposition activists, government critics and media personnel by the Zanu-PF regime in Zimbabwe.
“The majority of the clinical trials and studies conducted to date have pointed to the need for continuous research through randomised clinical studies
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Swanu president Tangeni Iijambo has written to President Hage Geingob requesting him to accord former director of the Electoral Commission of Namibia (ECN) Moses Ndjarakana a state funeral.
“How will the commission be able to conduct the supplementary registration of voters slated to take place from 7-15 September 2020, and the election itself on 25 November 2020, while there is a restriction on gatherings?”
She advised residents to exercise caution and adhere to prevention measures.
Otjomuise- Korui kupi ko nganda kupi mOtjiÞiro Otjindjandja?
Otjomuise- Onÿengu yo tjisuta nai ohoromende yEhi rOvandoitji tji ya twa kotjiriro kutja o Namibia ri ripurireko nu ku kuhungirirwa ka ndjakurwa ko horomende ya Namibia.
Otjomuise-Otjirata Tjotjihunguriro TjotjiÞiro Otjindjandja tjOvaherero,Ovambanderu nOvakwena tjo 1904 -1908, ma tji ningire ohoromende kutja tjimangan tji ririse tjiyeri 29 ku Kambundu, Eyuva Romazemburukiro wOtjiÞiro Otjindjandja kotjiveta.
Otjomuise- Mondjivisiro ya Ritjatatu movandu avehe kumwe mouparanga wehi mba munikire o Covid-19 kombunda yo ngonÿononeno womata wombinÿu yawo, movandu o 201, o 158 ova Tjomuise.
GOBABIS – Being one of the governor’s initiatives aimed at fighting unemployment, which is rife especially amongst the youth in the region, the Omaheke incubation hub has taken its first step towards achieving this goal.
There was surprise and disillusion all round when Namibia’s president pinned a figure on Germany’s compensation offer for colonial-era genocide - then rejected it.
The Khomas Regional Council says it has so far managed to provide safe water to 28 out of 31 sites identified in the region.
The health ministry has so far spent about N$51 million on the quarantining and isolation of Covid-19 patients since March this year.
Kabbe South constituency councillor John Likando has bemoaned the Electoral Commission of Namibia’s decision to reduce the number of supplementary registration points for the upcoming regional council and local authority elections in his area of jurisdiction to only two.
OMUTHIYA - The Affirmative Repositioning movement has appealed to the ministry of safety and security to consider setting up a police station at Tsumeb’s Kuvukiland.
Local forex traders Michael Amushelelo and Gregorie Cloete suffered a legal blow yesterday in the Windhoek Magistrate’s Court after the presiding officer dismissed their application to provisionally withdraw their case from the court’s roll.
ONGWEDIVA – The University of Namibia’s Hifikepunye Pohamba Campus has warned the residents of the New Reception location against vandalism of its fence following two fires at the campus this week.
“We were hoping to rebuild our business hence going back to stage 3 is like a slap in the face. Why should we be bottled up in the same category as Windhoek. They operated while we were in stage two,”
According to Shikerete, this meeting could have led to the royal factions of Kandambo and Katiku deciding on the way forward as to who should be named the new Hompa.
The students initially submitted a list of complaints to the management this week before resolving to withdraw from clinical settings on Tuesday.
After shocking traffic accidents witnessed on our roads, the Namibian Police Force has to deal with cases where deceased accident victims’ bodies are submitted to the state pathologist for identification.
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There’s a saying that goes “when everything is taken away, we see who we truly are” and I have been exposed as certified travel addict and enthusiast. The travel bug has me good.
THE chief regional officer of the Oshikoto Regional Council, Frans Enkali, believes the youth should use lessons from Covid-19 to think of creative and innovative ways to add value to the region’s raw materials.
The forestry ministry has enforced precautionary measures during the high season of veld fires, including the prohibition charcoal burners scattered on a farm.
Speaker of the National Assembly Peter Katjavivi has congratulated the University of Namibia (Unam) management and its vice chancellor Kenneth Matengu for a “milestone achievement” following the university accreditation as one of the country’s certified Covid-19 testing centres.
KEETMANSHOOP - //Kharas regional governor Aletha Fredericks said leaders should present themselves at all times with strong values such as integrity, fairness, and transparency to reduce poor service delivery in the region.
ONGWEDIVA - The Sam Nujoma Foundation in collaboration with Kambwa Trading recently donated food items and baby products, as well as N$5 000 cash to a 26-year-old mother who gave birth to triplets at the Onandjokwe Intermediate Hospital at the end of May this year.
Water is scarce at farm Hatsamas 283 – a settlement that is part of the Windhoek Rural constituency, situated 60km outside Dordabis.
!GOMENǁGAMS – Covid-19 ǁōs ge !aoroxa tsî kai ǁgoaǂuis ase ǂurusib !âba ra ība, ǁnāpan ǂgui !gôab ǂurusib sîsenaona tsēkoroba nē ǁōs ǀkha !hūb a ǂhabase ra ǂhōhe amaga.
Sewerage, water supply, hostel block renovation and extensions are some areas being prioritised and receiving urgent attention from the Covid-19 budget allocated to the Omaheke region.
OMUTHIYA – The Covid-19 pandemic has disrupted a number of examination proceedings for grade 11 and 12 at some schools in the Oshikoto region after teachers and pupils tested positive for the virus.
Khomas police chief Commissioner Joseph Shikongo has warned against citizens taking the Covid-19 state of emergency curfew lightly.
ONGWEDIVA – A pupil who allegedly went on a spitting spree after being in close contact with a confirmed Covid-19 case was issued with a written warning last week.
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Zambezi police regional commander Karel Theron says the illegal crossing of borders by Zambian nationals continue to haunt the law enforcement due to the vast and unfenced borderlines in the region.
ONGWEDIVA - The seven families whose belongings were destroyed in a fire at the end of last month received five beds last week.
KEETMANSHOOP – Chairperson of the Klein Karas Farmers Association Hansie Esthuyse said despite the negative effects of Covid-19 on the livelihood of farmers and their workers, they remain optimistic about the future.
There was not a dry eye in sight when Bob Mabena's wife, Eucharist, sobbed as she paid tribute to the love of her life at a funeral service at a crematorium in West Pretoria on Saturday.
WINDOKO – Sintolo sa Namibia sa Pick n Pay nesi zibahalize viki yefelile kuli babeleki ba 229 basiizwe misebezi, kamabaka akuli tekiso haizamai hande.
WINDOKO – Mutangana ili muyahi wa tolopo ya Windoko, yana ile kwa kuitabisa nakonyana amano tatubiwa hala butuku bwa Korona, ufitisize manzwi akuikupela maiswalelo bakeñisa zana ezize.
WINDOKO – Khuta yepahami ya Windoko haisika amuhela kale piho ya mayemo amunahano ayo nali mubeleki wakatengo ka Global Fund, yanyaziwa kakubulaya folomani wahae ni kuholofaza yana beleka ni yena, kwa liofesi zefumaneha fahala muleneñi wa Windoko ñohola.
Ohangwena governor Walde Ndevashiya recently handed over donated items ranging from food parcels, shoes, clothing and several 50kg bags of mahangu to the Otweya fire victims.
MADJWA – Residents of Madjwa in the Rundu Rural constituency of Kavango East are pleading with the authorities for better roads, a clinic and a school for their children, who are forced to travel 15km to access education daily
In celebration of International Youth Day, the governor of the Hardap region Salomon April held a consultative meeting with young people from Mariental last week.
The National Democratic Party (NDP) president, Martin Lukato, said his party is raring to go ahead of the regional council and local authority elections in November this year.
ONGWEDIVA – The University of Namibia’s student leadership has given the Namibia Students Financial Assistance Fund (NSFAF) an ultimatum to avail student funds by the end of August.
With contemporary times calling them disease detectives, epidemiologists play a central role in investigating patterns and causes of disease in humans.
WALVIS BAY – Suicides are on the increase in the Erongo region, with a teenage boy and a young woman taking their lives at the weekend.
The Otavi Town Council has vowed to fast track the allocation of plots after a number of residents complained they are yet to be presented with proof of ownership despite paying for the land almost a year ago.
Otjomuise-Ngunda nai ozondekurona zOtjiÞiro Otjindjandja azeerike okuza kehi ra Tjauana onÿa zirire kondjivisiro yOmuhindwa Wapeke wa Namibia mOtjiÞiro Otjindjandja, Ondjesiro nOtjisuta, Onongo Zed Ngavirue.
Otjomuise-Nangwari tjiri ozo zetara okuza membo no tji za tjitire Oroviungura ndazuko ozo tji za ngundire ama ze huhuna ozoiri zo zo gnumbiro nambano ndu ma ze kara opure wo zoiri mbari uriri.
Otjomuise- Ehi arihe nambano riri kehi yondondo oitjatatu yo mo ruveze eouzeu mena romutjise wo Corona.
New Era’s Kuzeeko Tjitemisa this week caught up with Omaheke governor Pio Nganate to discuss issues affecting the region’s inhabitants and how he intends to deal with some of these challenges.
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.
RUNDU – Staff from the Kavango East Regional Council have been working from home this week due to possible coronavirus exposure.
NKURENKURU - A family of six was left homeless on Saturday evening after an aggressive herd of elephants destroyed their home and everything in it at Simwege village in the Mpungu constituency.
WALVIS BAY – A Walvis Bay family is reeling in shock after their nine-year-old girl took her life on Wednesday evening by hanging herself with a nightgown belt.
The man at the helm of the biggest local listing on the Namibia Stock Exchange (NSX), Vetumbuavi Mungunda, has confirmed his resignation and will leave Standard Bank Namibia (SBN) Holdings Group with effect from 1 May 2021.
The country’s Covid-19 death toll continues to rise, with health minister Dr Kalumbi Shangula yesterday announcing that five more people have succumbed to the deadly virus.
The Landless People’s Movement (LPM) and the National Unity Democratic Organisation (Nudo) yesterday criticised the ongoing genocide negotiations between Namibia and the German government, asking for the inclusion of people in the diaspora, especially those in Botswana and South Africa.
WALVIS BAY – Fisheries minister Albert Kawana says the fish quotas the government intends to auction off are not that significant and will not have an effect on the fishing industry.
The decision by the government to move the entire country back to stage 3 of the Covid-19 state of emergency is a huge blow for the tourism revival initiative whose reopening modalities were due to be completed this week.
GOBABIS - Kugava mukisi ogu guna kutundilira monda zosirongo ndi asi modoropa zaGobabis kamukere mukadi gonomvhura 44 yitundwamo eyi kavageve mosondaha kongurova kutundilira kwaministera goukanguki kuna kureta ekankamo momukunda gwaOmaheke.
The Namibian Constitution, specifically Articles 13 and 16, gives Namibian citizens the right to privacy and to acquire, own and dispose of all forms of immovable and movable property.
KEETMANSHOOP – //Kharas governor Aletha Frederick says the region is committed to ensuring quality education and lifelong learning for all its inhabitants.
KEETMANSHOOP - The Keetmanshoop police station in town has been temporarily closed for 48 hours since Tuesday afternoon following the visit of a positive tested Covid-19 public member at the facility.
In the wake of increasing transmission of Covid-19 across Namibia, diamond mining giant Debmarine Namibia and the University of Namibia (Unam) have teamed up and established a laboratory that is licensed to conduct Covid-19 tests as from 3 August 2020.
OMUTHIYA - The ministry of education has made a U-turn on its initial plan to hold mock examination for grade 11 and 12 pupils in September.
OMUTHIYA – Children from Tsumeb’s Kuvukiland informal settlement on Tuesday morning stumbled upon a half-naked and lifeless body of a 25-year-old woman.
Acting Nudo youth league’s secretary Veparura Kandirikirira has urged young members in the party to step to the challenge by contesting for positions within the party to enable them to contest as councillors in upcoming elections.
The Landless People’s Movement (LPM) has picked a 24-year-old activist as the sole party candidate for the Khorixas constituency in the upcoming regional council elections set for November.
ONGWEDIVA – A grade 11 learner at the Mupewa Combined School in Oshikuku, who is alleged to had gone on a spitting spree after being in close contact with a confirmed Covid-19 case last month, will be hauled before a disciplinary hearing today.
KEETMANSHOOP – //Kharas regional Swapo coordinator Mattheus Mumbala has called on party members to accept their fate if not elected to stand as candidates for the upcoming regional council and local authority elections.
KEETMANSHOOP – Government has ordered an investigation into the abandoned Fonteintjie fish farm project in the //Kharas region, which was supposed to be completed more than three years ago.
OMUTHIYA – Popular Democratic Movement town councillor at Tsumeb Daniel Venaani claims the party’s advice and input towards the smooth and timely recruitment of a substantive CEO for the local municipality is being ignored by the majority members of the council who are from the ruling party.
The Namibian Constitution, specifically Articles 13 and 16, gives Namibian citizens the right to privacy and to acquire, own and dispose of all forms of immovable and movable property.
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No one needs me to tell them that Namibia is a breathtakingly beautiful country quite unlike any other destination on earth.
A national task team is expected to finalise modalities related to the targeted international tourism revival initiative this week before the country reopens for inbound tourists.
ONGWEDIVA - Despite calls to the public to seek counselling when confronted by suicidal thoughts, the police in Omusati region has recorded yet another case of suicide.
ONGWEDIVA - The Ohangwena region has made good strides in preventing HIV mother-to-child transmission with recent reports indicating that 99% of the babies born to HIV-positive mothers have tested negative.
SCHLIP – Information deputy minister, Emma Theofelus, who is currently on a national familiarisation mission, recently visited the ministry’s multipurpose centre in Schlip in Rehoboth Rural constituency to assess its operations.
ǀ A E ǁ G A M S - ǀ A e ǁ g a m s !Ā!khōmais ǀAwa!namn Danab Abraham Kanimeb ge ge mî, ǁîb di sîsenǀûsa ǂanǂans hîa ge !nubu ǁaerob ǀguiba a hâs di !uru ǂâibasens ge, ǁîb di sîsenǀûs ǀkha hâ marisa hōs ai hâ isa.
!GOMENǁGAMS - ǂHanub di ǂam skolgu hîa Tsoaxubams tsî !Gomenǁgams !nâ māgu ge ǀgaisa ǁgâib !naka hâ, ǁnāpa gu ǀgauna nî ôa mâtin ǀasa xoaǂgāde !gaoǁgui xrats tsî xrat 1’s hâra !aroma nî dīsa nî ôase.
ǀAEǁGAMS – Covid-19 xa !aromahe hâse ra sîsenǀû kaihe khoen di ǂharo ra !gôab !hūb a ǂhawaseb ge hâ a ǁgoaǂuidi di ǀguis ǀguisa i.
GRÜNAU - After struggling for years to source funding, residents of //Gamaseb and !Gawachab conservancies in //Kharas region could not hide their joy when they recently received N$3 million from the European Union (EU) through the Environmental Investment Fund (EIF).
Namibia Students Financial Assistance Fund (NSFAF) has placed some staff members on suspension for various reasons.
The Namibia University of Science and Technology (Nust) announced that its lecturer and Deputy Head of Department: Social Sciences, in the Faculty of Human Sciences, Dr Pilisano Masake, was recently included in the list of professional investigators of the International Criminal Court (ICC).
ONGWEDIVA – Police in Omusati registered one case of murder and one case of attempted murder over the past weekend.
OMUTHIYA – The director of health in Oshikoto region, Joshua Nghipangelwa, has appealed to members of the public to avoid partying and unnecessary travel in an effort to contain the spread of Covid-19, saying such gatherings are a risk as the majority do not practise preventative measures of social distancing and the compulsory wearing of face masks at such occasions.
The Namibian Police Force yesterday received 200 shields to help combat Covid-19.
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.
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.
KATIMA MULILO – Babeleki bamulao mwasikiliti sa Zambezi ili sesi polohilwe ki linaha za Angola, Zambia ni Botswana, babulela kuli neba pulusize liezwa, ili babali mwahala lilimo zelishumi kazetalu kuisa kuzelishumi kazene, ili bane baputelezwi kibalekisi babatu mi bababeli kubona kibana banaha DRC, mi babañwi kibana banaha Zambia.
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.
City of Windhoek Mayor Fransina Kahungu last week announced 103 stalls in, Khomasdal and Katutura have been earmarked for electrification for the 2020/21 financial year.
City of Windhoek mayor Fransina Kahungu is concerned over a fraudulent scheme that targets people with disabilities in Otjomuise, where a woman defrauded them purportedly in exchange for non-existent land title deeds.
WALVIS BAY - Walvis Bay based Seaflower Pelagic Processing was thrown a temporary lifeline on Friday when the Erongo governor, Neville Andre, on Friday during his weekly media briefing announced the government awarded the horse mackerel holder an additional quota to save 655 jobs.
WALVIS BAY - A Swakopmund businesswoman lost N$1 million during housebreaking while another woman from Walvis Bay lost a substantial sum of N$425 000 through fraud.
WALVIS BAY - Namibia will auction off a chunk of horse mackerel, hake and monk quotas to the highest local and international bidders.
Plans are at an advanced stage for Namibia to ratify the International Labour Organisation (ILO) convention 190 concerning the elimination of violence and harassment in the world of work including boardroom bullying.
ONGWEDIVA -The Ongwediva town council recently inaugurated the N$2.5 million sewer reticulation system to benefit 113 erven at its New Reception 3.
The head of marketing and corporate communication at the water utility, NamWater, Johannes Shigwedha was pleased to inform all stakeholders the case of an employee at its head office suspected of having contracted the coronavirus had tested negative.
Otjomuise- Ehi rOvandoitji ariyata ozombaze mbari yevari nungwari ngari toree po tjimwe tjavyo povi¿a vivari poo ozondjira mbari, Ombara Otjitambi yOvaherero maitja.
Otjomuise- Ovitjitwa avihe vyo zo kowa mbyari ama vikarako omayuva wo ma suvuiro inga kavitjiko kombunda yaindu o Corona tji ya munikire mo u ¿epo wo mbongo imwe yotu kwise mOtjomuise.
New Era senior sport journalist Otniel Hembapu caught up with former Namibia Football Association (NFA) secretary general Barry Rukoro to talk about life post-NFA, his legacy, the current football politics and his love for farming; among a raft of other issues.
ONGWEDIVA – Following a series of drowning incidents reported recently in the Omusati region, the police have urged residents to stay away from the Calueque Canal and other open water points.
//Kharas regional governor Aletha Frederick feels it is time to unleash the region’s full economic potential and showcase it to the world.
The Erongo Regional Council (ERC), through its Regional AIDS Coordinating Committee (RACOC) has been combating a multitude of social ills through its pioneering male forum.
RUNDU – In line with Sustainable Development Goal 4 that is to ‘Ensure access to quality inclusive education,’ the Zambezi Education Directorate received N$2.6 million for renovations and N$4.2 million for the construction of basic education facilities for the current financial cycle.
Namibia Industrial Development Agency (Nida) executive director Uparura Kuvare has denied allegations of corruption, describing the claims made by staff as a fabrication of lies and incorrect realities.
Forestry minister Pohamba Shifeta has announced the ministry will, with immediate effect, issue transport permits for already-harvested timber destined for the local market.
The Grootfontein municipality is embroiled in a tug-of-war with street vendors who are refusing to move to the newly established temporary open market opposite the town’s famous Otjivanda shopping mall.
Rundu – Ndango zodoropa zaBukalo kavatulire mepulisiro vatunge evango lyokatomeno lyoyimaliwa yokusika konomiliyuna N$145 eli nalikara asi evango lyokwantyani lyomutaro lyokatomeno pevango lyevhu lyokusika ponomusunda ntano devhu omu navaruganena nyama zonkunkutu, omu vana kuyimona asi tavakaretesapo yirugana, yimo ngoso ana kutanta nguuru gomukunda Zambezi Lawrence Sampofu posiruwo sokugava mbudi zendi katambeserere kovatungimo womomukunda ngwendi moune wakapita. ‘
Beijing – Mbunga zokusika korongwa 25 vaNamibia ava ava lirongere mosirongo saChina ngesi tavatengura mosirongo kupitira zaZambia sivike seesi.
Ongwediva – Mbunga zovanangesefa zovaChina vakara moOshikango moutano kaupwire kavageve uhwi wononguhwo nomatarese komapata aga ntambali morwa mambo gawo kagapire komundiro sivike sooso.
WALVIS BAY – Frontline workers and ordinary residents from Walvis Bay, which became the flashpoint of the Covid-19 pandemic in the country, have warned Windhoek inhabitants not to take the virus lightly.
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RUNDU – The Zambezi Regional Council has started disbursing over N$16 million to residents for a swathe of land at the recently proclaimed settlement of Kongola, which has been designated for development.
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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.
OMUTHIYA – The Onambango family, whose home was damaged by fire last month, resulting in the death of two children, received cement and corrugated iron sheets from Swapo Party Youth League (SPYL) and Swapo Party Women Council (SPWC) to enable them to rebuild.
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OMUTHIYA – The councillor for Eengodi constituency Protasius Neshuku shakes his head as he recalls the daily struggles faced by members of his community to access water for both humans and livestock, and the prospect of ponds drying up.
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.
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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.
She explained her journey was an emotional one because she was going far away from home but all in all, it was exciting because it was her first time going out of Africa and being on the plane.
The health ministry on Monday received a donation of personal protective equipment (PPE) worth N$2 million from Capricorn Group, Project HOPE Namibia, and FirstRand Namibia.
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.
With government’s recent decision to gradually reopen borders previously closed because of Covid-19, the Mata Mata and Klein Menassa borders present some challenges to both visitors and residents.
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Zambezi region governor Lawrence Sampofu, during his recent state of the region address (SORA), said the region is working towards meeting its basic human needs through different offices, ministries and government agencies to provide services to residents of the region.
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RUNDU – Fraudsters have been using cellphone texts purported to be that of the Kavango West regional governor Sirkka Ausiku to defraud several elites across the country who got tricked into sending money thinking they are assisting the governor supposedly in distress.
OMUTHIYA – The community of Tsintsabis in Guinas constituency can breathe a sigh of relief as the area was formally proclaimed a settlement, says its chief regional officer Frans Enkali, who assured the public that the area is receiving undivided developmental attention.
The Editors’ Forum of Namibia (EFN) has warned against hostility towards the media by local politicians and private newsmakers.
NKURENKURUS- Kavangob Huriǂoas ǀKharisi Mûǂamaos Sirkka Ausikus, ge !hao!nāsi ǂgaeǂguidi ǁnā ǀkharib !nâ hâdi ǁga ra ǀkhoma in tā !hū!âde ǀgoraǂui nau ǀhûhâsigu ǂans tsî ǁnâugus ose.
Namibian Institute of Pathologys (NIP) ge ǁîs di !âidi Covid-19sa !âis !aroma ra ūhe ǁgauǁgaudi disa ǁîs di laboratoriums hîa Oshakatis Oshana ǀkharib !nâ ǁgoes !nâ mâs ǁga ra khoraǂui, îs nēs ǀkha khaohâs !nurigu dis !hūb a ǂhabase hâsa oresa hōba.
Presdidenti di ǀawemā-aob ǂurusib ǁhōn ǂnamipeb, Dr Bernard Haufikub ge ge mî, ǁîb ge Hoa !Hūbaisi ǂUrusib ǂNûiǂgās (WHO) di mâisana Genevas !nâ a ǀgūǀkhāsa, ǁîn di mûǂgāb tsî mâtikō amab ǁnāti ī videob hîa ǂhabase ra mûmâheb hîa mâti-i hydroxychloroquine-e koma corona-xoxoros xa ǀaehâ khoena ǂuruǂurus !nâ !gâiba ge sī!nâsa ǁawoǁawos !aroma.
Economic, social and political empowerment are important tools in fighting gender-based violence and achieving gender equality in Namibia.
Dr Peng Wang a specialist in acupuncture – a drugs-free alternative medicine that has evolved into one of the most utilized forms of complementary integrative medicine – says a handful of Namibian medical insurance firms have finally agreed to sanction the therapy, thus enabling medical insurers to start accepting acupuncture claims.
RUNDU – The Bukalo Village Council has approved the construction of the N$145 million modern meat processing plant on a five-hectare piece of land where a dry meat processor, meat boilers and several other meat products would be processed, thereby creating much-needed jobs, revealed the Zambezi region governor Lawrence Sampofu during his state of the region address last Thursday.
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 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.
More than 80 disgruntled volunteer workers at the Katutura Intermediate Hospital in Windhoek are demanding that they be given priority when government recruits for new positions.
The high-level research coordination task force on Covid-19 has successfully developed a contact tracing app, meant to assist the ministry of health in its response to the global pandemic.
KATIMA MULILO – Law enforcement agents in the Zambezi region that is surrounded by Angola, Zambia and Botswana say they rescued four victims aged between 13 and 14 who were entrapped by human traffickers, two of the cases from the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC).
WALVIS BAY – An angry mob of the DRC informal settlement residents yesterday morning attacked a fire truck that had responded to a fire incident at Swakopmund.
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RUNDU – The Directorate of Customs and Excise in the Zambezi region has collected revenue in excess of N$88 million during the last financial year, governor Lawrence Sampofu said last week.
KEETMANSHOOP – Namibia Statistics Agency (NSA) statistician general Alex Shimuafeni said the State could prosecute residents who refuse to provide information to enumerators during the process of census.
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Governor of Ohangwena region Walde Ndevashiya has mobilised resources to erect structures for 17 San families at Onakalunga in the Eenhana constituency.
President Hage Geingob said Jamaica’s black nationalist and leader of the Pan-Africanism movement Marcus Garvey planted the seeds in them to combat colonialism, racism and division, and to pursue Pan-African solidarity towards a liberated continent.
Otjomuise- Oongooneya ya Maheke, Pijoo Nganate, ma toko nomasa o Ministeri yOtutumbo nOvikunwa, Omeva nOmatungururiro wehi, oku hanena ovature vorukondwa ehi ndi ma ringara.
Otjomuise- Oruwano rwa Namibia ro zo miÞiri, indwi o Teachers Union of Namibia (TUN), no vi mbumba vyo tutu two vakwatera matutja o Ministeri yOmahongero ndinondi yaso oku tjivisa kutja otuveze two ma hongero okuza ko Mandaha ma tu pata nganduu kondjivisiro yarwe.
RUNDU – All People’s Party (APP) secretary general Vincent Kanyetu has accused senior members of traditional authorities of unethical behaviour involving underhand land dealings.
The office of the home affairs ministry in Zambezi region is challenged by the late registrations of birth.
Haufiku, who served as the national coordinator of the Covid-19 task team, said he received a lot of queries from the public regarding the claims in a video made by an American doctor.
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The Ministry of Defence and Veterans Affairs (MODVA) has alerted members of the public not to panic because of the sight of military equipment and the shooting demonstration that will be occurring in the Erongo region.
Omaheke governor Pijoo Nganate has implored the regional political leaders to fix the region’s image, which he said has been of late in the news for all the wrong reasons. He described this as regrettable and damaging.
NKURENKURU – Kavango West regional governor Sirkka Ausiku is displeased with the slow issuance of IDs and birth certificates by officials from the Ministry of Home Affairs, Immigration Safety and Security in Kavango West.
AUSSENKEHR – The Minister of Labour, Industrial Relations and Employment Creation, Utoni Nujoma, is of the view that employers, employees, trade unions and the government should all join hands in the spirit of tripartism to fully develop Aussenkehr to the optimum benefit of all to heed the call for inclusivity by President Hage Geingob.
A 60-year-old Khorixas businessman in the Kunene region yesterday pleaded guilty to a charge of murder read with the provisions of the Domestic Violence Act, as well as two counts under the Arms and Ammunition Act when his trial started before Windhoek High Court Judge Christie Liebenberg.
James Uerikua, the governor of Otjozondjupa, has asked inhabitants of the region to convert the current challenges faced by the region, including the outbreak of the Covid-19 pandemic, into opportunities.
WALVIS BAY – Walvis Bay is currently a hive of activity as consignments of food, mattresses, clothes and other basic essentials are arriving at the town to aid the residents of Twaloloka who lost everything during a devastating fire on Sunday evening.
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Industrialisation and trade minister Lucia Iipumbu yesterday said the ministry was investigating allegations of corruption and mismanagement made against senior officials of the Namibia Industrial Development Agency (Nida).
The Electoral Commission of Namibia (ECN) on Monday approved the registration of the Affirmative Repositioning (AR) movement to contest in the Windhoek local authority polls set for November.
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WALVIS BAY – Health minister Dr Kalumbi Shangula has pleaded with Namibians to take the Covid-19 pandemic seriously, as cumulative confirmed cases in the country nearly hit 2 000.
New data shows that the prevalence of global acute malnutrition among children under age five is above 5% in five southern African member states, including Namibia.
The Namibia Institute for Pathology (NIP) has ramped up testing for Covid-19 in recent weeks, despite a backlog of cases.
Senior information officer at the Ministry of Information and Communication Technology Paulina Moses (PM) recently sat down with the Frans Enkali (FE), the chief regional officer of Oshikoto on prevention measures put in place by the authorities to fight Covid-19.
KEETMANSHOOP – Staff members from the headquarters of //Kharas Regional Council and the Directorate of Education might be possibly placed under quarantine pending the outcome of the Covid-19 results of one female staff member at the premises.
The Ministry of Home Affairs, Immigration, Safety and Security is concerned about the high number of uncollected national documents, such as IDs, at their regional and sub-regional offices.
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RUNDU – The Ministry of Agriculture, Water and Land Reform, under the directorate of veterinary services, has vaccinated about 20 607 cattle against the foot-and-mouth disease in the Kavango East region, where there are often outbreaks of the livestock disease.
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The governor of the Omaheke region Pijoo Nganate during his state of the region address called for concerted efforts from service providers and all stakeholders to ensure regional development such as the provision of housing.
It is imperative that the government assists citizens who are in need to make them self-sustainable, especially in these challenging economic times of the Covid-19 pandemic, said Keetmanshoop rural constituency councillor Elias Kharugab.
RUNDU – Court officials at the Rundu Magistrate’s Court on Tuesday were shocked by the suicide inside a court holding cell where a 31-year-old woman took her life shortly after receiving a fine of N$3 000 or alternatively six months in prison after she had abandoned her newborn at hospital.
OSHAKATI – Chief of the Namibian Defence Force Air Marshal Martin Pinehas is concerned with the increase in incidents of civilians encroaching into military camps countrywide.
Schools in the Zambezi region continue with face-to-face teaching and learning despite five positive cases of Covid-19 being registered.
The Minister of Agriculture, Water and Land Reform, Calle Schlettwein, has cautioned the landless to be aware of a scam, where those seeking resettlement are being asked bribes to be allocated resettlement farms.
OMUTHIYA – The community of Omuntele, which was last week at loggerheads with Roads Authority (RA) officials over a request to construct a tarred road in the area, has now requested Oshikoto regional governor Penda Ya Ndakolo to intervene.
ǁAupexas ge N$1.8 biljunsa a ǂhâbasa !hūb a ǂhabase 5 000 ǁkhāǁkhā!nā-omde oms !aroma. Nē ǂanǂansas ge Ministers ǁGau!nâs, ǂNuwiǁkhāsib tsî !Hao!nāsi ǂŪsin dis Anna Nghipondokasa ǂoa ge wekheb Donertaxs ai ge dī, ǁnāpas ge MTCs di !garo!āǀkharigu skolgu projeksa gere ū!oa soab ai.
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Windhoek – Hundreds of Namibians from all walks of life gathered in a large number at Gammams Cemetery in Windhoek, where veteran politician of the struggle for liberation and independence Jason Abed Angula was laid to rest on Saturday morning.
OMUTHIYA – Doreen Sioka, the minister of gender equality, poverty eradication and social welfare has condemned, in the strongest terms, the cold-blooded murder of Rejoice Shovaleka, who was stabbed to death two weeks ago by an unknown assailant in Tsumeb.
AROAB – Gender Equality, Poverty Eradication and Social Welfare Deputy Minister Bernadette Jagger has urged parents in Aroab to ensure more of their children are enrolled and attend the newly constructed early child development (ECD) centre in the south- eastern town where they will receive professional care and early stimulation for their future learning and development.
Some residents in Zambezi region are disappointed the regional council seems to have negligently failed to utilise over N$9.2 million allocated by government for the upgrading and installation of much-needed boreholes that would provide water to several constituencies.
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RUNDU – The governor of the Kavango East region, Bonifatius Wakudumo, has called on local and foreign investors to invest in the region while making reference to the political stability and investment-friendly environment in the region.
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In an attempt to address forest fires, environment and tourism commenced with its national fire management programme to detect, prevent and suppress fires in anticipation of the fire season from July to January each year.
The Ministry of Gender Equality, Poverty Eradication and Social Services recently handed over Income Generating Activities (IGAs) materials and equipment to six more beneficiaries in Ohangwena region, translating to a total of 23 direct beneficiaries in the region alone to a value of over N$180 000.
In addition to existing park entrance fees, the environment and tourism ministry will introduce the payment of a conservation fee, which will be charged to all visitors to national parks and game parks in addition to existing park entrance fees.
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KATIMA MULILO – Kamaiso ya sintolo sa Shoprite inyazizwe kuli ina ni ketululo ya mushobo, kasamulaho akufa babeleki bamashumi amabeli kabasilezi mwasikiliti sa Zambezi mañolo, kuli babonahale fapila katengo kakatalima mafosisa mwa Katima Mulilo.
WALVIS BAY – Lisebeliso zeñata ni batu bakalumelwa kwa sikiliti sa Erongo, mi lipatela za kwamukunda likafiwa maata akutatuba, kuli mundendende wa baba tatubiwa hala kakokwani ka Korona ufezwe kwa Walvis Bay.
Minister of Gender Equality, Poverty Eradication and Social Welfare Doreen Sioka has called on Namibian men to stop acts of gender-based violence (GBV) towards women and children – and subsequently, the abuse of pension and child grants.
The Namibia Student Financial Assistance Fund (NSFAF) says it will not be able to fund close to 50 University of Namibia (Unam) students pursuing a diploma course in local government.
WALVIS BAY – Frontline workers at the coastal towns of Swakopmund and Walvis Bay have observed it has become an uphill battle to trace some people who tested positive for Covid-19 and require quarantine.
Although the Presidential Commission into Claims of Ancestral Land Rights and Restitution concluded its fact-finding mission on the much-awaited recommendations, it will only be made public once President Hage Geingob studies it.
RUNDU – Kavango East regional governor Bonifatius Wakudumo, in his inaugural state of the region address, said the region made inroads in infrastructure development and improvements during the 2019/2020 budget circle from the N$414. 1 million allocated by the central government.
Otjomuise- Omatungururiro wehi kayesere okusana kokuhukura ingwi ngumangara una okambanda korutu okuhwikika ingwi ngumakuzu uri muzu.
Otjomuise- Ovengi mbazuvire kutja ovanane ovengi vOvaherero nOvambanderu mba na ngerwe ko ma zemburukiro wo zombura o 50 zondiro yOmbara Otjitambi yOvaherero, Katjikururume Hosea Komombumbi Hoveka, va ze rire kutja oo mautiro wo ma hingiro yombepo yo mbwaneno.
New Era journalist Kuzeeko Tjitemisa (KT) this week caught up with the Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) country director Dr Eric Dziuban to discuss some of the pertinent issues and challenges posed by the Covid-19 pandemic.
Popular Democratic Movement leader McHenry Venaani has pooled resources together to assist a 100-year-old woman from Mupini village in the Kavango East region with potable water.
NKURENKURU - A total of 14 420 children are currently receiving government social grants, while a total of 7 294 are getting a monthly old-age pension grant in Kavango West.
KATIMA MULILO - The management of Shoprite has been accused of tribalism after it served 26 employees in the Zambezi region with a notice to appear before a disciplinary hearing in Katima Mulilo.
Governor of Khomas region Laura McLeod Katjirua has warned residents involved in illegal poaching at the Daan Viljoen Game Park, saying the culprits should refrain or face action.
WALVIS BAY – Desperate employees of Seaflower Pelagic Processing plant at Walvis Bay on Wednesday appealed to President Hage Geingob to intervene and save their jobs by ordering the minister of fisheries, Albert Kawana, to reinstate their quota, so they can have their jobs back.
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It will require at least N$1.8 billion to construct over 5 000 classrooms countrywide, in order to address critical gaps in basic education.
President Hage Geingob says the late Andrew Mlangeni represents the last of a generation of top freedom fighters and cadres of the ANC who endured a lot for their country.
WALVIS BAY - More resources and personnel would be deployed to the Erongo region while private testing institutions will be contracted to clear up the current backlog of Covid-19 results at Walvis Bay.
OMUNTELE – Angry residents of Omuntele have rejected the promise of the Roads Authority (RA) to only rehabilitate and re-gravel the Engoyi-Omuntele road that is in a bad state, causing displeasure to motorists.
“I wonder what he was going to ask those who speak of unity. Was he going to accept that they speak of unity but the system, they represent create disunity in the community?
“The region is appealing to our traditional authorities to consult the affected communities before allocating land,” Ausiku urged during her state of the region address yesterday.
Advising the public to be cautious of where they put their hard-earned money, a bank statement noted that its investigation determined Elamant’s activities contravene Namibia’s Banking Institutions Act of 1998.
According to Shale, there had been incidents in Africa in which some politicians had fanned unrest during elections, merely to muddy the water or scuttle the democratic process.
The National Council’s Parliamentary Committee on Habitat has expressed satisfaction with the progress made by the Kunene Regional Council on the implementation of the drought intervention programme.
Meanwhile, frustrated Walvis Bay residents, who are currently quarantined at the National Youth Service facility at Henties Bay, packed their bags and attempted to leave the facility yesterday morning.
Have you ever wondered why many of our organisations do not function at the level that they should?
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The emergency of digital platforms, tools and highly specialised gadgets made the process of acquiring knowledge, skills and experiences in schools to be presumably less affected by natural catastrophic elements such as floods, outbreaks and pandemics.
RUNDU - In recent weeks, two villagers were attacked and killed by hippos in Kavango East region.
Nearly three months after an unfruitful frantic search for 22-year-old Shannon Wasserfal, the Namibian Police Force on Sunday announced a reward of N$50 000 for persons with information that might lead to her discovery.
