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ǀAeǁGAMS – Air Namibias ge ǁnāti ī ǀhaeǂhôana ge !haraxū mî rana ǁîs !aruǀî hoarahus ra !oaba !auga!hūsi ǁkhanadi Franfurts ǁga hâde nî ǀûsa, nausan ǁnāti ī ǂhôana ǂhôamāǂuidi !nâ ge hâ i xawes ge noxopa
ǀAEǁGAMS – Sîsenǂui ra direkteri ǂGuro Ministers Beros !nâb I-Ben Natangwe Nashandib ge ra mî, ǂhanub ǀkhamasa tsî ǁawosa sîsenǀgauga ǂgaekhâi hâsa, îb ǁawoǁawo nē proxrammi hîa ǀkhurub huib !aroma hâb
WINDHOEK – Khomas regional police chief, Commissioner Joseph Shikongo, has called on civil society organisations – and particularly the People’s Litigation Centre (PLC) – to be objective in their demands and reporting.
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WINDHOEK – The Namibian Police Force and Windhoek City Police on Friday embarked on a new joint operation to make the capital safer.
RUNDU - Several businesses in Rundu have drilled boreholes without acquiring consent to do so from the Rundu Town Council, a town official says.
KATIMA MULILO – Liofesi zalilalanda za Kabbe ya Mbowela ni Linyanti, nelikwaluzwi simubuso ki Likwambuyu wa Zwelopili ya Libaka Zalitolopo ni Matakanyani Dr Peya Mushelenga, Labune ni Labutanu
KATIMA MULILO – Sipatelanyana sesibona zalikalafo zabatu babakula butuku bwa lipiyo ili sesise sikuyuzi sililo sabakuli balipiyo mwasikiliti sa Zambezi, nesikwaluzwi simubuso ki Likwambuyu wa Makete ni Pabalelo
The board of the Southern African Research and Documentation Centre (SARDC) met in Butiama, the Tanzanian birthplace of Mwalimu Julius Nyerere, recently. This was a deliberate choice in order for us to
WINDHOEK – Scores of people, who included former Namibian President Hifikepunye Pohamba, converged in prayer and thanksgiving at St George’s Diocesan School in Windhoek recently as the school
Residents of Omaheke Region last week Thursday flocked to the Ben Van Der Walt Primary School hall in Gobabis to engage with President Hage Geingob on issues affecting them and their communities. The President is on a series of such meetings, with each region to interact with him. Journalist Kuzeeko Tjitemisa captured some of the interactions as follows:
RUNDU - Kavango traditional leaders – during a recent engagement with the Presidential Commission of Inquiry into Ancestral Land Claims and Restitution - said they lost huge tracts of land through
KATIMA MULILO – Following the fourth Delimitation Commission in 2013, Namibia was demarcated into 14 regions and 121 constituencies of which two new constituencies were created in the Zambezi Region.
RUNDU - Two men were arrested on Thursday last week at Electoral Commission of Namibia (ECN) voters supplementary registration point at Sikanduko informal settlement on the south outskirts of Rundu. It is
KEETMANSHOOP – Statistics from the supplementary voters registration process in the //Kharas Region thus far suggest that persons turning 18 years old make up the biggest portion of eligible voters.
KEETMANSHOOP – Inspector General Sebastian Ndeitunga has told police officers that if they fail to prevent and detect crime timeously, they would lose the trust and confidence of the public.
WINDHOEK - The Namibia National Student’s Organisation (Nanso) has been approved as an official member of the World Federation of Democratic Youth (WFDY).
RUNDU - Northern Regional Electricity Distributor (Nored) yesteday donated equipments to use for the training of artisans at Rundu Vocational Training Centre (RVTC).
RUNDU - Northern Regional Electricity Distributor (Nored) has commissioned Rundu’s Ndama Extensions 2 and 3 electrification project.
NKURENKURU – Bad or non-existent roads in the Kavango West Region remain a huge concern as this continues to make life difficult for residents.
MARIENTAL - Newly appointed regional resettlement committee members for Khomas, Hardap, //Kharas and Omaheke regions were advised this week not to disclose any of the information they discussed during their committee meetings as it is confidential.
OSHAKATI – The water crisis in the Uuvudhiya grazing areas will soon be an issue of the past after the Oshana Regional Council, in collaboration with the Rural Water Supply Department, secured 10 water tanks from the Office of the Prime Minister.
WINDHOEK - The prevailing water scarcity in the country and the persisting drought should serve as a reminder that water management and supply in Namibia remain a daunting task.
Omuthiya - Mukadona gonomvhura 21 munasure gomarutu gavali momandaha ganapuko kavamukwaterere kononkondo mukamukundagona gaOnethindi gwakara momukundahorowero gwaOshikoto. Age kuna
Divundu - Ndango zegendeso zodoropa zaDivundu mokupitira momukurona gomberewa Athanasius Maghumbo katente asi ava vadiva kukulika mavango nomatungo ngesi kuna kuvandindira vawize modoropa
The Minamata Convention on Mercury to which Namibia is a Party - is one of the newly established global environmental agreements. But what is really the Minamata Convention, how did it come about, what are
WINDHOEK – Draft regulations to the Access to Biological and Genetic Resources and Associated Traditional Knowledge Act of 2017 have been referred to the legal drafters for final input.
WINDHOEK - Ovaherero Paramount Chief, Advocate Vekuii Rukoro has described the Presidential Commission of Inquiry on Ancestral Land Claims as an election gimmick.
OMUTHIYA - Just in time when community members of Nehale Lya Mpingana Constituency - worst hit in terms of availability of basic services - were wondering about the slow paced development in the
KEETMANSHOOP - The Constitution of Namibia, Article 95, requires the state to actively promote as well as maintain the welfare of people and create equal opportunities.
KEETMANSHOOP - “It would be a consolation to the community if justice prevails and only a prison sentence can satisfy this consolation,” argued prosecutor Lewis Chikungwe when presenting aggravating
RUNDU – Ndonga Linena Constituency Councillor Petrus Kavhura, who is also a member of parliament in the National Council, says the Ministry of Environment and Tourism (MET) did not consult the Kavango East
WINDHOEK - Recently appointed police Khomas regional commander, Commissioner Joseph Shikongo is ready to work and build a bridge between the community and the police.
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RUNDU - ECN regional coordinator for Kavango West Romanus Haironga says despite transport challenges,
OMUTHIYA – An instructor at Valombola Vocational Training Center in Ongwediva and a member of the Namibian Defence Force attached to the Otavi military base, were on Sunday arrested by the Oshikoto police
WINDHOEK – President Hage Geingob has revealed that the establishment of the Southern African Development Community (Sadc) free trade area has led to an increase in intra-regional trade to above 22
ǀAEǁGAMS – ǁNāpa ge !oega hâ i gǂans in tā ǂhanuba ra sîsenba khoena 2019ǁî kurib di hāǀaro ra xoamâisendi garu a ǁaeb !nâ nî dīhe ǁhûidi !aroma xoamâisens !aroma ǁaerob ǀguib di sîsen!harodi !nâ
ǀAEǁGAMS – Namibiab Pos tsî !Gaeǁaredi ǂNûiǂgās (NPTH) ge ǂoago wekheb Donertaxtsēs ai N$60 miljunsa ǂhanuba ge ǀkhae ǁîb di ǀKhurub huib Proxrammi !nâ nî sîsenūhese. Nē marisa marisihuib dimāǁnâs
ǂNŪǂGOAES – Ministeris ǂUrusib tsî ǀHûhâsib !Oabadi dis !naka ra ǁnā !âb hîa ǀHubuǀhubusenxūn Hîǀhurus, ǁKhaubas, ǀHubuǀhubusenxūna ǁKhaes !nâ ūhâs tsî Khoen nē mâsib !nâ hâna ǁKhawa ǂŪruǂūrus dib ge ai!â
GIBEON - “As a Chief, recognised under the Traditional Authorities Act, 25 of 2000, you will be required to be the custodian of the Customary Law of the Witbooi traditional community,” said Peya Mushelenga, the
DIVUNDU - Divundu Village Council CEO Athanasius Maghumbo said property developers are welcome to approach his office for virgin land, as the village battles housing and accommodation challenges.
KATIMA MULILO – Lipatisiso hala lifu la Lemmy Mutonga yana kunupilwe kwamunzi wahae kwa Naziabo, mwasilalanda sa Nankuntwe mwasikiliti sa Zambezi lizamaya hande. Muongaongi walitaba zabubangoki
KATIMA MULILO – Mapokola banaha Namibia mwasikiliti sa Zambezi nebacisize matokwani abuima bwa 371.35 kg, ateko yamwamakululu yelikana bolule babalalu nilikiti zemyanda isupile (N$3.7 million).
KATIMA MULILO – Baituti bamyanda yemibeli kabamashumi amabeli kabaketalizoho, batuhezi sikolo mwasikiliti sa Zambezi unumwaha feela. Kubaleha piho kuzwelela kwamutayi waliluko latuto mwasikiliti sa
WINDHOEK - A two-weeks-old baby girl was brought in at Otjomuise police station on Friday evening after claims that her mother left the baby for days in the care of her brother.
WINDHOEK – The Electoral Commission of Namibia (ECN) says that since the N$220 million allocated to it for the 2019/20 financial year is not sufficient to successfully cover its programmes and activities, it will be
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ONGWEDIVA - Reverend Lukas Kaluwapa Katenda is now the bishop for the Reformed Evangelical Anglican Church Namibia (Reach-Na).
DIVUNDU – The Divundu Village Council in Mukwe Constituency of Kavango East Region is in the process to service some 82 residential erven, CEO Athanasius Maghumbo said.
WALVIS BAY – Minister of Economic Planning and Director General of the National Planning Commission (NPC) Obed Kandjoze has called upon regional councils to assign officials to conduct regular monitoring of
Otjomuise- O ku risa o vi namwinyo oo tji¿a otji zeu nu tji tji nana otji mariva mo ndjaÞu yo mu Þuta mo vi¿a vyarwe ovingi vyo ku tumba o vi na mwinyo.
Otjomuise-Ma pe munika ayo na ngwari ongendo mo kati ko vakwatera va Namibia kahi ro tjizeero porwe nu ngwari mo kati kaimba mba pandjara ehi rao ro tji zeero mu na va rwe mba pa ndjara ehi mo ru veze ro
KEETMANSHOOP- In commemorating the Day of the African Child, teachers and learners from J.A. Nel
WINDHOEK - A Goreangab Dam informal settlement resident accused of stabbing his former girlfriend
OMUTHIYA – Okashana rural development centre in Oshikoto recorded an income generation of over N$5 million for the 2018/19 financial year. The institution, situated about nine kilometres south of Omuthiya,
LILONGWE, MALAWI - The United Nations Office of Drugs and Crime (Unodc) has held a series of training
KATIMA MULILO – Likwama Farmers’ Union feels the criteria for people to benefit from the government drought subsidy, “for only those that have 26 cattle – 25 females and one bull – does not go down well in
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KATIMA MULILO - Two hundred and twenty-five learners have already dropped out of school in the Zambezi
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RUNDU - Several youths in Rundu have organised themselves to establish a motivational club, Kavango Motivational Club (KMC).
GOBABIS - The Gobabis Municipality this week launched its five-year strategic plan, which will guide it for the next half decade. The plan was launched on Monday, exactly a year since their current CEO took office
WINDHOEK – Following calls to bar civil servants from taking up temporary jobs during the 2019 supplementary registration of voters, the Electoral Commission of Namibia (ECN) says no single
Mukwe - Presidentegona Nangolo Mbumba katente asi eyi kuna kuretesapo matjiliso omu tuna kukulika
WINDHOEK – The Deputy Minister of Disability Affairs Alexia Manombe-Ncube has said if Namibia is serious about addressing issues of equality, the country should drastically boost the number of women with
WINDHOEK – With the provision of menstrual hygiene being an issue in the country, Kapana in Town (local kapana business) decided to help less privileged girls by offering kapana to people in exchange for sanitary
WINDHOEK – Following the government’s call on the international community to join its efforts in tackling the
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DAR ES SALAAM - Former Tanzanian President the late Julius Kambarage Nyerere was an icon and
OMUTHIYA – Swapo Party regional leadership for Oshikoto will on Saturday convene a regional executive committee meeting to discuss corruption allegations levelled against its local authority councillors serving on the Omuthiya Town Council.
WALVIS BAY – Minister of Urban and Rural Development Peya Mushelenga says access to affordable serviced urban land and housing remains a key challenge.
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KEETMANSHOOP – Gender-based violence has wider implications for society, says the national coordinator for Namibian Men for Gender Justice (NMGJ), Junian Gaweseb.
DIVUNDU - The CEO of Divundu Village Council Athanasius Ndjamba Maghumbo has applauded Standard Bank and Metro Cash & Carry for extending their services to Divundu.
KATIMA MULILO – Police investigations in the death of Lemmy Mutonga shot dead at his village at Naziabo in Nankutwe area in the Zambezi Region.
WALVIS BAY - At least 406 projects worth billions of dollars are still incomplete in Namibia. The situation denies ordinary Namibians especially in rural areas much needed services such as housing and health.
WINDHOEK - Stereotypes, bias, stigma and misunderstanding continue to isolate career options in the technical and vocational education and training (TVET) domain.
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WINDHOEK – Kunene Governor Marius Sheya has warned the region’s inhabitants against exploiting ethnic division, saying Namibia has only one Kunene and the context of north and south Kunene is being used by
ONYAANYA – Councillor for Onyaanya Constituency Petrus Kambala has honoured his promise to forego his entertainment allowance and divert the funds to buy food for the needy. Kambala made the pledge last
RUNDUS – !Nakaǂnôa Presidenti Nangolo Mbumbab, ge ra ǂhâba ǂurusib ministeris, Rundus ǂhanusi ǀaeǁgâub ǂgaeǂguis tsî omaob tsîn nî sîsenǁaresa in ǀasase ge omhetsoatsoa ǁora!khaiba omtoa. Nē ommi
ǀAEǁGAMS – Hoa !Hūbaisise ūsa !gôakhâigu ge ra ǁgau, khoen hîa !âtsūǀkhāb !nâ hân di !gôab ob ra ǂharo o ra ǂharosa tsî nēsi 821 miljun khoena !khōǂgā hâsa. 113 Miljun khoen ge ǁkhōǁkhōsa !âs mâsib !nâ ûihâ tsî
GOBABIS - Atlantic Catering Services in Omaheke donated 108 000 sanitary pads to needy schoolgirls in the region.
WINDHOEK - The Minister of Labour, Industrial Relations and Employment Creation, Errki Nghimtina, has expressed concern that employers and employees are not in full compliance with labour legislation, although
ONDIJE – Ondije Mobile School in Epupa Constituency of Kunene Region, situated 180km west of Opuwo, became the beneficiary of two new hostel blocks for boys and girls and accommodation for teachers with
KEETMANSHOOP – The subdivision Substance Abuse, Prevention, Drug Control and Rehabilitation of the Ministry of Health and Social Services commemorated the annual international day against drug abuse and
WINDOKO – Khuta ya sikiliti ya Windoko nelengile muuna yana fumanwi mulatu wakufundota matokwani amasheleñi alikana N$228 000, lilimo zesupile mwatolongo. Muatuli yomunyinyani Elina Nandango nalengile
IMPALILA – Likwambuyu wa Sisole Penda Ya Ndakolo nakwaluzi simubuso kampe ya Impalila yasisole samwamezi viki yefelile, ili yeo alumela kuli ikabapala kalulotuna mwakutisa silelezo, nikulwanisa bubangoki
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Bukalo – Sikolo sesituna sa Sanjo, sesifumaneha mwasilalanda sa Katima ya Matakanyani, silela kunga koleko yelikana N$850 000, kwamulalelo omutuna oka kubukanya cwalo nibabatompeha. Yanali Likwambuyu
WINDHOEK - The Minister of Home Affairs and Immigration, Frans Kapofi said the new supply of passport booklets would be received before the end of the second quarter of the 2019-2020 financial year.
WINDHOEK – Finance Minister Calle Schlettwein last Tuesday tabled two bills in Parliament, which are the Financial Services Adjudicator Bill and the Namibia Financial Institutions Supervisory Authority (Namfisa) Bill.
SWAKOPMUND – The Walvis Bay Municipality has been accused of discharging sewage into the lagoon, an international Ramsar site that is home to water birds from all over the world.
Ombwenge na Tjomuise- Orutu rwehi rOvandoitji ro ma ungurure kumwe, o u supi ndu tjiukwa otjo GIZ, ma rut ja otutu tu tuzikamena ko u tuta matuso oku pewa omasa. O mu yandja ndunge ko GIZ, Oliver Manungo,
OTJOMUISE- O mu kuramenepo wehi rOvandoitji mo Namibia, Christian Mathias Schlaga, nai ngwamana o u yenda we mo Namibia, ma rakiza kutja ozo horomende azeembari inda, ya Namibia no yehi re, aze
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Otjomuise- Otjiuru tjehi Hage Geingoba, matja ovandu va Namibia maveso o ku wangata no ku yakura ovapwike pendje no ku ve ramba.
WINDHOEK – In response to Miss Namibia 2018 Selma Kamanya’s public statement on the woes of the Miss Namibia pageant, the venture running Miss Namibia has indicated it will seek legal action against the
OSHAKATI - The Director of Education in Oshana Region Hileni Amukana has exhorted teachers to provide quality and inclusive education to rural learners in the region. Amukana called for teachers to provide quality
KEETMANSHOOP – Swapo Party national secretary of information and mobilisation Hilma Nicanor said the path trotted to independence by party cadres was not an easy one and did not come on a silver platter,
WINDHOEK - The Ministry of Poverty Eradication and Social Welfare proposed in their social protection policy draft that maternity leave period for all employed women be increased to four months from the
Rundu– Elikwamo eli vaturapo lyokutara asi ngano ngapi vanandima navalituramo mokuzangura nombuto
Omundaungilo–Mokukwama noveta kadipwege mosayitunga mokuhamena mbatero navagwana vaduni ntani vakurupe, vantu vatunga mononzugo dopampo momukunda horowero gwaOhangwena mvhura zina
WINDHOEK – The Abidjan Convention to which Namibia is a party will hold its second conference of its
WINDHOEK - The condition of a little girl who had a protruding tongue caused by lymphangioma condition
WINDHOEK - The Geological Survey Department in the Ministry of Mines and Energy has a leading
WALVIS BAY – The Walvis Bay Municipality is in the process to establish a satellite fire station in order to cut down the response time firefighters take to get to shack fires.
WINDHOEK – There is an urgent need for a bigger airport at Oranjemund to accommodate more visitors. Since Oranjemund has been proclaimed an ‘open town’, there is a higher demand and need for more
RUNDU - The Minister of Works and Transport John Mutorwa recently approved five new local authorities as motor vehicle registering authorities and he has thus directed Roads Authority (RA) to act swiftly on his ministerial directive.
WALVIS BAY - The Walvis Bay Urban Constituency office donated equipment worth N$130 000 to capacitate Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) with the necessary tools in Walvis Bay in an effort to boost their
WINDHOEK – Nudo member of parliament Meundju Jahanika has called on fellow MPs to amend the electoral law to compel all political parties to submit a zebra-style list to the Electoral Commission of
KEETMANSHOOP - A recent approval by the Ministry of Urban and Rural Development will put smiles on the faces of 26 residents of Aus settlement in //Kharas Region. They have been anxious to get decent houses
IMPALILA – The Minister of Defence Penda Ya Ndakolo last Friday officially opened the Impalila Naval Base which he believes will play a pivotal role in providing security and to bolster the fight against crime in the far-eastern island bordering Zambia and Botswana.
KEETMANSHOOP – //Kharas Regional Governor Lucia Basson when she delivered her state of the region address in Keetmanshoop over the weekend said she is profoundly happy that the //Kharas Region has achieved a lot.
OMUTHIYA – Local councillors at Omuthiya who are at the epicentre of allegations of corruption and occupying multiple plots have come out guns blazing, denying and justifying their dealings in a response
WINDHOEK - City of Windhoek (CoW) CEO Robert Kahimise has been served with several charges by the council, ranging from allegedly purchasing a vehicle and using City money without proper authorisation, and
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WINDOKO – Yana beleka mwakatengo ka Global Fund, Simataa Simasiku, walilimo zemashumi amalalu kazetalu, ili yanyazwa kamulatu wakukunupa folomani wahae nikuholofaza yana beleka niyena mwakweli ya
WINDOKO – Panka yapili yanaha Namibia ineuzi masheleñi alikana N$775 000 kutusa mwakulwanisa bundui isi kamulao mwalilimo zetalu, kwasibaka sapabalelo yalitapi sa Sikunga mwasikiliti sa Zambezi.
KATIMA MULILO – Bayahi basilalanda sa Kabbe babazielehanga linako zalitabula kwaminzi yefumaneha kwamukululela wa Zambezi, bakazwelapili kuzieleha hala linzila kakuli milelo yakuzusulusa nzila yanuka
OMUNDAUNGILO - Following a news article in a local newspaper about the plight of San community,
OMUTHIYA - Many factors need to be present to contribute to quality education.
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OKALONGO – Well-known resident of Okalongo and Oshakati Natanael Ndikwetepo will be coronated this Saturday – June 29 – as traditional head of Ondudu district in Okalongo.
RUNDU - A career fair was held on Friday at Rundu Creation Centre where learners from various schools around the town were invited to get first-hand information on what career choice to make.
BUKALO – The high-profile reunion planned at Sanjo Secondary School in Katima Rural Constituency in July intends to generate N$850 000 through a gala event to be graced by alumni of the school and possibly some invited diplomats.
WINDHOEK - A resident from Otjiwarongo unhappy with his sentence of 17 years on a rape conviction got more than he bargained for when two judges of the Windhoek High Court increased his sentence instead of decreasing it as he wished.
Video: Salvaged car tyre sandals of Brakwater
Otjomuise- Operesidenda Hage Gingoba matja o rumbo ro ndjeverero yo vi puka o ru nene nene mo
Otjomuise- O tja tja rira o mbazu o tjikando no tjikando o vatuta mberi mo tjomuise o kuya pamwe o ku hungira o wanyoro o hunga no vi nenge vyo u tuta, Oritjatu indi va tjitire nao metuwo ro me ri naneno ro Komando ye rapi ro Tjiserandu, o komando oi tjavari muno.
WINDHOEK - The Judicial Service Commission (JSC) yesterday announced that President Hage Geingob has appointed the current Chief of Operations at the Office of the Ombudsman, Eileen Rakow as an Acting
OMUTHIYA - A cow is said to have been killed by two lions that escaped from Etosha National Park outside a farm near Oshivelo, revealed Romeo Muyunda the spokesperson for the Ministry of Environment and Tourism.
WINDHOEK - City of Windhoek spokesperson Lydia Amutenya said the current indications are that the available water in the dams can only sustain Windhoek for the next two years.
OKAHAO – The Office of the First Lady Monica Geingos together with Ongwediva Medipark Academic
ONKUMBULA – The assistant pro-vice chancellor of the University of Namibia’s Oshakati campus, Dr Paulina Uugwanga, has expressed concern over the suffering of the African child in an independent
WINDHOEK - The Namibian University of Science and Technology (Nust) chancellor Professor Peter Katjavivi yesterday said he is disappointed by the recent turn of events at the country’s largest university. K
WINDHOEK – Government yesterday launched the National Action Plan (NAP) on Women, Peace and Security that aims at strengthening the integration of a gender perspective in peace and security
OSHAKATI - While the Oshana Regional Council has made great strides towards developing the region, there are still many critical projects that are yet to be fully implemented.
RUNDU - A 20-year-old man reportedly committed suicide by hanging himself in the wee hours of Sunday and according to the police the deceased was under the influence of drugs.
OSHAKATI - Oshana libraries celebrated library day by taking their services to the Eluwa Special School in Ongwediva under the theme “Humanitarian Action in Africa Children’s Right First.”
ONDANGWA - Humbleness, hardwork, quality leadership and commitment from the mayor of Ondangwa led to Ondangwa being selected the cleanest town in Namibia for 2019.
RUNDU - The Director of Education in Kavango East Region Fanuel Kapapero feels it is not enough to just teach, but there must be quality teaching taking place in schools especially in rural areas.
OMUTHIYA -The Namibia Statistic Agency (NSA) needs an estimated budget of N$1.1 billion to
ONGWEDIVA – The head of rural and water supply in the northern region in the Ministry of Agriculture, Water
KEETMANSHOOP - The Adventist World Radio - Namibia (AWR-Namibia) has extended its operations to the southern part of the country, after it recently opened a community radio station in Keetmanshoop. AWR-
OMUTHIYA - There is a new dawn at Ohamaye Primary School in Eengodhi Constituency with the recent inauguration of a block of four classrooms, bringing an end to learners being taught in ramshackle classes
KATIMA MULILO - The inhabitants of Kabbe North and Kabbe South constituencies usually stranded during
WINDHOEK – President Hage Geingob yesterday said the call by some to terminate Operation Kalahari Desert, due to its perceived violations of human rights, is an election ploy aimed at discrediting his administration.
WINDOKO – Muongaongi wa Katengo ka United Nations (UN) mwanaha Namibia Rachel Odede,
KATIMA MULILO – Babane ili limembala zalubasi luliluñwi babanyazwa mwapulao ya Lemmy Mutonga,
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WINDOKO – Kamaiso ya muuso ilumezi kuli kampani ya Namibia Oriental Tobacco, izwelepili nimulelo wakuyo lima kwai ni mbonyi mwasikiliti sa Zambezi. Likwambuyu wa Lizibiso ni Zwelopili ya
Prior to the colonisation of Namibia, the territory that lies between the Ugab River in the south, including the Etotha lyaNuumbwambwa, currently known as Etosha National Park, up to the Kunene River in the
With the United Nations General Assembly scheduled to take place in September, Namibia is ready to bring to the fore her humble role in the international arena, including on the plight of the people of
WINDHOEK - Kunene Region and Impalilia Island in Zambezi Region lag behind in ICT access and in
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WINDHOEK- Cabinet last week gave its blessings to renaming Wenela and Kamenga border posts, Minister of Information and Communication Technology (Mict) Stanley Simataa said.
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OKANGOROROSA - Okangororosa Combined School on Friday received a cash donation of N$200 000 from Hondago Fishing to construct a block of classrooms.
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OSHAKATI – The Department of Veterans Affairs in the Office of the President on Friday ingurated its
OMUTHIYA – The Namibia National Teachers Union (Nantu) in Oshikoto Region has elected its new leadership to steer the regional executive committee for the next four years.
Otjomuise- Otjomundu ngwari o mbombota nu ngwa seko ovi hando no zo ndambo ozongote, eye ka the zemburukwa ndino.
Omauezonjanda- Ko uruvi we nambano mbwa kurupa oma hongero wo uÞuta atja ye vatera no ku rira ohepero ndoovazu maye karako otjikando no tjikando no ku hina oku porera, umwe wo va Þuta mbari po ma hongero otji veke tji tja zuko muno mazeri nao.
ACCRA, GHANA - Namibian parliamentarians in Ghana attending the Commonwealth expert regional workshop on the role of parliamentary committees in combating human trafficking and forced labour say
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OSHAKATI - A project has been initiated to provide safe and adequate access to the community of Omusati Region, to schools and clinics during the rainy season in areas prone to flood.
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KAKEKETE - Rundu FNB Business Manager Geraldo Illarius says expanding educational opportunities is one of the ways that Namibia could bury the scourge of poverty.
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OPUWO - A group of six out-of-school youths from Opuwo are making headlines by making different types of toy cars from wire and zinc which have become part of their daily survival.
KATIMA MULILO – Four family members co-accused in the murder of Lemmy Mutonga, 52, who was a
WINDHOEK – Namibia has decided to start issuing visas on arrival to a good number of African, Asian, European, North American and South American countries, Minister of Information and Communication Technology (MICT) Stanley Simataa announced yesterday.
WINDHOEK - Cabinet has approved Namibia Oriental Tobacco’s right of leasehold application for a tobacco and maize plantation in the Zambezi Region.
WINDHOEK - Munamberewa kurona moministeli zoyirugana nougendero, Lemmy Mutonga moune kaupwire kavamuroyere, pevango lyokulisira nongombe eli garuganesa nomvhura donoNanziabo gwakara
WINDHOEK – As part of the United States President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (Pepfar), the U.S.
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KEETMANSHOOP – Chinese Ambassador to Namibia Zhang Yiming this week handed over scholarships to the top performing learners of two schools in the //Kharas Region at a prize-giving ceremony in
SWAKOPMUND - The police in the Erongo Region has issued a stern warning to women and school-going teenagers to be wary of sexual predators, especially when walking alone.
ONGWEDIVA - The Electoral Commission of Namibia (ECN) will today commence with the registration of voters for the Oshakati East Constituency by-election.
HOACHANAS - Even though the country is facing one of the worst droughts recorded, crop farmers in the Hardap Region are not deterred as they continue using the little resources they have in order to make ends meet.
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WINDHOEK – The Minister of Agriculture, Water and Forestry Alpheus !Naruseb has called on Southern African Development Community (Sadc) member states to make the effort to avail resources for the
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WINDHOEK – Members of parliament (MPs) and staff from relevant ministries engaged in the governance of land tenure yesterday commenced with a three-day workshop aimed at promoting responsible governance of tenure of land, fisheries and forests.
NKURENKURU - Kavango West Regional Governor Sirkka Ausiku, wants offices, ministries and agencies to speed up the decentralisation of their functions to regional councils to make service delivery effective.
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ONGWEDIVA – The majority of the 300 learners who were left without school following the temporal closure of the Bin Six Vocational Training School outside Ongwediva have been placed in schools within and beyond Oshana Region.
OMUTHIYA - A catastrophic drought has curved in on Eengodhi Constituency in Oshikoto Region where livestock are dying due to lack of water and sufficient grazing.
WALVIS BAY – The Erongo Region will embark on an infrastructural and housing project that will see at least 61 000 houses constructed in the region over the next five years.
ONGWEDIVAS – Oshana ǀKharisi ǁGau!nâs Direkters Hileni Amukanas, ge ge mî ǁgûn hîa ǁîn ǀgôana ǂan!gâsa Ministeris ǁGau!nâs, ǂNuwiǁkhāsib tsî !Hao!nāsi ǁNaetin dis tsî !Hū!nāsi ǂNûiǂgās ǂGaoǀkhādi ai
OTJIWARONGOS – Ministeris Suri ǀGuitikōsib tsî ǀGôaǁgaros !Oabadi dis Doreen Siokas ge ǀgūae huisen tsî sîsenūxūn hîan khoena ǁîna xu hōǂgāde a hōbasenū ǁkhāna Otjozondjupa ǀKharib !nâ ge mā. Nē ge
WINDHOEK - The two lawyers involved in the trial of a woman accused of luring two under-aged girls from a village in northern Namibia under false promises of employment and then sold them into sexual slavery,
OTJIWARONGO - Drought, crime and safety, and gender based violence were among the concerns highlighted in Otjozondjupa governor Otto Ipinge’s 2019 State of the Region [Sora] address last week.
KARASBURG - “We do not know if it will work,” remarked Benedictus Ortman with uncertainty on whether moving his animals to other areas will be a solution to the devastating effects of the current severe drought.
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NKURENKURU - Kavango West Regional Governor Sirkka Ausiku in her fifth state of the region address (Sora) last week said the region is disappointed to note that most government agencies and ministries still did
ONGWEDIVA – Although Namibia is classified as a middle-income country and has made remarkable strides in reducing poverty and income disparity levels, there is still a wide gap in income development levels between urban and rural areas.
WINDHOEK - Minister of Fisheries and Marine Resources Bernhard Esau says even though food security is mainly measured from a cereal and other staple foods point of view, total fisheries and aquaculture
WINDHOEK – The construction of a N$54 million police headquarters at Outapi that has been in limbo for about four years will now finally be completed by the end of this month.
KATIMA MULILO – Mubusisi wa Sikiliti sa Zambezi Lawrence Sampofu, ubulela kuli mayemo a mapurojekiti mwasikiliti sa Zambezi ashutashutana. Naize kutoloka kuli mapurojekiti amañwi sabato feela, ase afelile,
WINDOKO – Bakuli bane bazamaya musipili walibima zebato eza likiti zepeli kuya kwa Windoko nikukuta, kuli bayofumana likalo zalipiyo, sebakona kukatuluha kasamulaho wakukwalulwa kwasipatela salipiyo mwa
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OTJOMUISE- Ozondekurona peke peke zaimba mbayekwa nokupandjara ehi, tjinene ehi maa mumuturire ovanene novakuru vao.
EENHANA - The Ohangwena Regional Coordinator for Popular Democratic Movement (PDM) Hidipo Hamata has made an impassioned appeal to the political leadership of Ohangwena to deliver much-
WINDHOEK - Khomas police regional commander Commissioner Joseph Shikongo has assured the public that the recently launched Operation Kalahari Desert is not there to suppress, brutalise or intimidate
WINDHOEK – The Chinese government on Wednesday donated N$2. 2 million (US$150 000) in cash to the Office of the Prime Minister (OPM) to help alleviate the hunger of thousands of people in need of food aid
WINDHOEK- The Ministry of Environment and Tourism says it has noted with disappointment the allegations made in a video circulating on social media that government’s interventions on timber harvesting are aimed at jeopardising economic development in the Kavango East and West regions.
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ONIIPA – Some 8 322 adolescent girls from 32 schools in Oshikoto Region have been reached through HIV prevention education, with more than half of the them identified as eligible from the provision of a
NKURENKURU – Achieving the right to an inclusive and quality education for learners with disabilities
KEETMANSHOOP- “The quality of the air we breathe needs to be maintained and ensured for the health of our people and environment,” said Bernadette Jagger, the Deputy Minister for the Ministry of Environment and Tourism.
ONGWEDIVA - A 10-year-old boy is reported to have fallen ill and subsequently died at the Onandjokwe Intermediate Hospital on Wednesday, after he was allegedly given deworming tablets at school a week ago by health personnel.
WINDHOEK - Patients who travelled a weekly round-trip of roughly 2600 km from the Zambezi Region to
WINDHOEK - Omaheke Regional Governor Festus Ueitele has observed that a lack of proper coordination
Windhoek – Presidente Hage Geingob kakere gumwe ana kupitisira kugava mbudi zoruguwo kovakansela ava vavali Lotto Kuushumwa naSamson Nghilumbwa ava kavadogorokere monomfa dokulisiga nkera
RUNDU - A 30-year-old banker at Bank Windhoek Rundu branch reportedly committed suicide by hanging in the early hours of Tuesday at around 06h00 at Sauyemwa location, Rundu District, indicating in a suicide note that his lover should give reasons for his action.
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WINDHOEK – Namibian students who qualify to be financially funded by the Namibia Students Financial Assistance Fund (Nsfaf) but who were rejected say they are under tremendous pressure to settle their tuition fees.
OTJIWARONGO - Almost 4 000 drought-stricken households in the Otjozondjupa Region will receive food drought assistance this month as part of the drought relief initiative managed under the Office of the Prime Minister (OPM).
The three students who are in their second and third year are pursuing studies in accounting and electrical engineering.
KATIMA MULILO – Driving around Katima Mulilo in various suburbs like Boma, Soweto, Nambweza and Newlook, one would see several undeveloped plots. The town council said the plots already have owners, yet they have been undeveloped for many years.
KATIMA MULILO - Zambezi Regional Governor Lawrence Sampofu has reiterated capital projects in the region are in different stages of development.
NKURENKURU – During her visit to Kavango West region, Dr Itah Kandjii-Murangi the Minister of Higher Education, Training and Innovation has encouraged teachers to play a bigger role in learners’ lives and
WINDHOEK – Agribusdev MD Petrus Uugwanga who oversees the green scheme operations has revealed that the tender to install a solar system at Etunda, Sikondo, Hardap, Shadikongoro and Uhvungu-vhungu will soon be awarded.
OPUWO – Opuwo town hosted yet another successful trade fair under the theme ‘Promoting Entrepreneurship and Cultural Diversity,’’ which ended over the weekend
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WINDHOEK – Minister of Education, Arts and Culture Katrina Hanse-Himarwa has announced the appointment of the National Arts Council of Namibia new board members who will serve for a three-year
OSHAKATI - The Oshana Regional Council is fighting tooth and nail to avert the water situation at the grazing area in Uuvudhiya Constituency in order to save thousands of livestock currently grazing there.
OMUTHIYA - Individuals have been finding it difficult to own land in proclaimed settlement areas as the land still belongs to the government through regional councils under the current laws.
ǀAEǁGAMS – Direktorats ǁGau!nâs, ǂNuwiǁkhāsib tsî !Hao!nāsi ǂNaetin dis !naka ra ǁnā Kaiǀoahân ǁGau!nâs
ǀAEǁGAMS – Sîsenosib tsî ǀgâsib tsîn ge tsēkorobe ǁnae-ams ase ge hā, !gōsase ǀAeǁgams !nâ, nausas ge ǁnāpa Lidar ǀHûhâsib ǂNûiǂgāsa hâ hîa ǁnaetisa ǂnûiǂgādi ǀguis hîa khoena huis ase hâ tamasa xawes ge
There is a saying that change is inevitable, so if you don’t adapt you die. The world is changing at an alarming rate and technology has played a massive role in this. In an ever-changing world, social norms,
WINDHOEK - As African correctional facilities continue bursting at the seams due to overcrowding, the Commissioner-General of the Namibian Correctional Service (NCS) Raphael Tuhafeni Hamunyela, is
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ONGWEDIVA – The education directorate in Oshana has vowed to assist in placing 300 learners from the Bin Six Vocational Training School that was ordered to cease operations until it is properly registered.
NKURENKURU – The lack of proper sports facilities in Kavango West adversely impacts on the region’s sports performance particularly when it wants to compete at different levels and it undermines the region’s capabilities of developing sports.
ONGWEDIVA - The Director of Education in Oshana Region Hileni Amukana said parents who send their children to unregistered schools could face the prospect prosecution.
OSHAKATI – Baituti mwa mutulo wanaha basabisa kuli bakashomaeta batu babañwi kuli basike babota mwaliketisa zetaha, kasamulaho baituti ba 12 000 nebasikalifelwa kwasikolo kikatengo kakalifela baituti
Katima Mulilo – Nihakubonahala kuli kiomuñwi wamiseto yepatehile hahulu mwanaha Namibia, mi batu babafitelela likiti zemashumi amabeli bakena kamuseto mwakweli iliñwi feela, mi ñohola neba bafumanezi
BUKALO – Sikolo Sesipahami sa Sanjo kwa Bukalo mwasikiliti sa Zambezi siitekezi kueza koleko
Keetmanshoop-based journalist Steven Klukowski zooms into !Nami#nus, one of the constituencies of the vast //Kharas Region, by speaking to its councillor, Jan Scholtz.
RUNDU – Deputy Minister of Environment and Tourism Bernadette Jagger says the northeastern region of Kavango East is one region in which one can easily note the importance of biodiversity and the benefits it gives to its residents.
Oshikoto Chief Regional Officer (CRO) Frans Enkali tells Paulina Moses, of the Ministry of Information and Communication Technology, about how the region is tackling development and the challenges that inevitably accompany it.
WINDHOEK – The Eenhana Town Council has dismissed as malicious a report in a daily newspaper that one of its officials is being investigated for a loss of N$8 million.
OSHAKATI - Paulus Nghipulenga, who stands accused of killing his girlfriend who was a student at the Unam Hifikepunye Campus, pleaded guilty when he appeared in the Oshakati Magistrate’s Court on Wednesday.
RUNDU - Executive Director in the Ministry of Education, Arts and Culture Sanet Steenkamp says N$3.6 million will be spent on a dignity project whereby not only girls will benefit from sanitary pads but boys will also get to buy soap and other sanitary products to improve their hygiene.
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OSHAKATI – University students in the north have threatened to mobilise other voters not to cast their votes in the upcoming polls after 12 000 students were not given NSFAF funding.
WINDHOEK - Ndonga Linena Constituency Councillor Petrus Kavhura says he is much disturbed and disappointed by the decision of the Ministry of Environment and Tourism (MET) to close down the Ndiyona satellite offices that serve three constituencies, namely Ndiyona, Ndonga-Linena and Mashare.
WINDHOEK – The Foreign Minister of the People’s Republic of China, Wang Yi has sent his condolence message to his Namibian counterpart, Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah, on the death of the former vice-president Dr Nickey Iyambo who died on May 19 following an illness.
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Recurrent droughts have severely affected both the inhabitants and livestock in Opuwo and the situation is so grim the Opuwo Rural Constituency Councillor, Kazeongere Tjeundo, is appealing for the immediate release of the constituency’s share of drought relief.
Despite being one of the busiest border posts in Namibia with over 20 000 arrivals in a single month and raking in over N$30 million in revenue collection for state coffers last year alone, Wenela in the Zambezi Region remains inadequately resourced.
The community of Neu Sommerau government resettlement farm near Kombat will from now on take less time travelling long distances to fetch water after a Chinese company spent N$3 million to construct a gravel road for this rural community.
Chinese Ambassador to Namibia, Zhang Yiming, has reiterated that China, the world’s fastest-growing economy, enjoys a strong and sound political and economic relationship with Namibia.
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The Directorate of Education, Arts and Culture under Adult Education awarded over 90 graduates their certificates after they completed their Adult Upper Primary Education (AUPE) and Family Literacy Programme (FLP) courses.
Unemployment and poverty have become a daily song specifically in Windhoek, however Lidar Community Foundation is not just an ordinary charity organisation, it wants to change the fate of a lot of poverty-stricken people.
The Deputy Minister of Health and Social Services, Juliet Kavetuna, has called on Omauni residents to use health facilities the government has provided to them.
OTJOMUISE- Ombara ya Vitoto mOuhonapare wOmbazu wOvaherero, Vipuira Kapuuo, waweza eraka re kOmutju¿ikwa o Minister Ondenga, Saara Kuugongelwa-Amadhila, kutja Ovanamibia avehe novazapamwe momekurisiro veyandje ohambwaraka¿a yao otja tjimaveyenene nokutara kondjururiro yourumbu mehi.
OTJOMUISE-Ozonganda azehe kumwe o 600 mOrukondua rwa Maheke mazemu ombwiro motjungura tjorupa rOmuhokomikutasane ndinotji¿a nOvikurya nOtutumbo nOvikunwa, ousupi indwi o FAO (Food and Agricutlral Organisation).
KATIMA MULILO - The Zambezi Regional Council has joined the growing chorus of despondency over the centralised manner in which capital projects are being implemented in the regions.
GOBABIS - Omaheke Governor Festus Ueitele has exhorted residents of Omaheke to formulate innovative ideas to address the current drought crisis facing tens of thousands across the country.
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RUNDU - The Ministry of Works and Transport, has handed over the site to its regional office for Meteorological Services in Rundu that has been standing incomplete to be renovated and completed in conformity with the minister’s wish.
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WINDHOEK – Children of the liberation struggle whose parents died in exile want government to repatriate the remains of their parents who died in Angola and Zambia and recognise them as children of war veterans.
OUTJO - Eight rural projects received funds from the constituency office of Outo through various initiatives such as Poor Farmers Initiatives, Constituency Development Fund, Micro Finance and Regional Specific Action Plan.
WINDHOEK – Some members of the Daure Daman community at Uis in Erongo Region are questioning the recognition of chief Zacharias Seibeb.
WALVIS BAY - About 600 first graders at Walvis Bay might not be going to school in 2020 due to classroom shortage unless extra classrooms are constructed at the coastal town.
KEETMANSHOOP - The Presidential Commission of Inquiry into Claims of Ancestral Land Rights and Restitution has, as part of its preparations prior to public hearings paid a courtesy call to engage with the //Kharas region’s political and traditional authorities’ leadership in Keetmanshoop.
WINDHOEK - Chinese ambassador to Namibia, Zhang Yiming has expressed concern the tit-for-tat trade war between China and the US could result in a global economic crisis.
Rundu - Vaporosi moKavango zoutekero moutatu una puko kavagwanekerere nombudi zondona omu kavagwene simpu somugara ana dogoroka ntani sina zonauka unene, simpu esi kavasigwene vantu ava kavazire vakapapare nongombe dawo kadizumbanene mevango lya Mbeyo eli lyakara asi lyompongasano omu ava zangura yikaramo. Egwano lyosimpu esi kwahorkere mouvali koyiha yono vili 07h0. “
Nkurenkuru - Munasipundi gondango zovakansela moKavango zoutokero, Joseph Sivaku Sikongo katente asi mukunda horowero kapi guna hafa morwa noprojeka nadinye dono nene vatumbwidira momukunda kapi daza mouta wakora kapi
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OTJIWARONGO - A new shopping complex under construction in the heart of Otjiwarongo could bring close to one hundred jobs when it officially opens.
RUNDU - Mpungu villagers in Mpungu Constituency in Kavango West are enduring a shortage of water. Their livestock are also affected as their community borehole constantly breaks down and relies on dinging earth dams known as “matope.”
WINDHOEK - The country’s largest opposition party, Popular Democratic Movement (PDM) says it will not take lightly the announcement made by Namibia Students Financial Assistance Fund (NSFAF) that is only able to fund study loans of 2 925 new applicants, out of 24 739 applications.
WALVIS BAY – A handful of residents from Walvis Bay and Swakopmund yesterday took to the streets to voice their opinion against any plans to legalise marijuana in the country.
OMUTHIYA - During a recent consultative meeting the Swapo Party leadership in Oshikoto Region added their voice to proponents for the removal of the veterinary cordon fence, also known as the redline, in an effort to unlock business opportunities for beef farmers north of the cordon fence.
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KARIBIB – With the large number of school learners growing and the government struggling to build classrooms at marginalised schools, the Namibian Community Trust (NCT) built a classroom at one of the less privileged schools at Karibib in Erongo Region.
OMUTHIYA - A group of about 20 people under Turning Point Namibia, staged a peaceful demonstration yesterday in Omuthiya where they handed over a petition to the Oshikoto governor, objecting to recent campaigns and protests calling for the legalisation of cannabis.
IIHEKE YA NAKELE – The community of Iiheke ya Nakele where subsistence sand mining has one of the economic mainstays for over 20 years said it will not entertain sand mining for purposes of resale.
OSHIVELO -The owner of Oshivelo Farm, Jan Harm Cronje has promised to provide staff housing if land is to be made available and if the need arises among his employees.
WINDHOEK - Education, Arts and Culture executive director Sanet Steenkamp has urged all regional directorates and schools to study their environment and demographic circumstances in order to make an informed arrangement on the official operational time of their respective schools during the winter season.
WINDHOEK - The Night of Inspiration in its 5th term had the National Theatre of Namibia packed to capacity as the audience truly waited to be inspired.
KEETMANSHOOP - The //Kharas Regional Council has distributed 10 817 bags of 12.5kg maize meal to four drought-affected areas as part of the national Disaster Risk Management Programme set in motion by the Office of the Prime Minister (OPM).
WINDHOEK – Minister of Urban and Rural Development Peya Mushelenga has hit back at Ondonga chieftainship throne claimant Fillemon Shuumbwa Nangolo, saying he is not above the law and can only act within the parameters of law, as he has taken an oath to uphold, protect and defend the constitution and laws of the country.
WINDHOEK- The water levels of many boreholes in //Kharas Region have dropped below catch point levels, resulting in many communities being placed on the tanker-water-supply services-a situation that has put a tremendous burden on the already under-resourced department of rural water supplies.
ǂKHOANDAWES – Sîsenǀgaugu hîas ge ǂurusib departements tsî îs !âhuru-aon tsîna a ūs in Omaheke ǀkharib !nâ Hepatitis Es di khoraǂuisens tsî khoena ûiga ǂoa!nâsa ǁkhaes ge, ǁgausen-i rasa !oa sîsenǂuiba ūhâ tama hâ, nē ǀkharib !nâs
ǀAEǁGAMS – Auton ra ǁāhe !khaigu, hoteldi, !gûkhoen hâ!khain tsî nau hâ !âgu ǂgui !gôab ǁgam-e ra sîsenūgu hâna xu i ge ra !âubasenhe, ǁgam-e sâus !aroma a ǀnōsa ǀgaugu ain ǁgam-e nî sîsenūtsoatsoasa, !ā!khōmais ǁgam-i ǀorosiba ǀkhurub
Tsoaxubams – Erongo ǀKharisi ǀAwemā!nans ge 12 936 maiǁhōga ǂoago kurib di ǀHōǂgaeba xu nē kurib ǀKhūǁkhâb ǀams kōse ge ǀgoraǂui, ǂgari-aon tsî omaridi ǂGaribeb tsî Dâures ǁhûi!nâǂharidi !nâ ǁan hân !aroma. Erongob di ǀkharisi
RUNDU - The Ombudsman’s Office has opened a Zambezi Regional Office in Katima Mulilo along Ngoma Road, in the former Zambezi Regional Council Offices.
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OMUTHIYA - Many communal farmers in the northern regions are flocking to Oshivelo settlement to buy dry grass in an effort to save their livestock.
NKURENKURU - Kavango West Regional Governor Sirkka Ausiku last week said the region wants to establish a database of the youth involved in businesses which she believes will assist with finding interventions.
KEETMANSHOOP - The United Reformed Church (Verenigde Gereformeerde Kerk) (VGK) in Krönlein, Keetmanshoop has been running a daily feeding programme for the past four years, caring for some elderly, vulnerable school children and impoverished members of the town’s community.
WINDHOEK - National Council Swapo MP, and Rundu Urban Constituency Councillor Victoria Kauma has called on the Ministry of Health and Social Services to give special attention and speedily complete the Rundu maternity ward to assist pregnant mothers in the vast region.
WINDOKO – Kamulelo wakubata kukutiseza njimo sakata kwasimu aketalizoho, muuso noezize manyamenyame kulifa sikoloti sesibato fita kubolule babalalu (N$3 million), seo masimu nakolota kampani yehasanya mulilo wamagesi yezibahala hahulu ka Nored. Zeo kaufela litaha mazazinyana kasamulaho kampani ya Nored nekauhezi kuisa mulilo wamagesi,
KATIMA MULILO – Sicaba sa Choi mwasikiliti sa Zambezi banyaza Yomuhulu wasikolo sa Mayuni kuli nakutisize banababona kwahae, kasamulaho akupalelwa kulifa mali asikolo. Macaziba babulela kuli Lamubulo viki yefelile yomuhulu
Rundu – Baana bababeli babanyazwa kakufumanwa ni litalo la ñake, Thomas Nduhe Thikoko ni Ben Ndembere ili babana ni lilimo ze 58 bubeli cwalo, nebahanezwi kuzekela taba yabona kwande hane babonahalile mwakhuta kamulatu wakuloba
WINDHOEK – National Assembly PRO, David Nahongandja, has clarified the return to Treasury of National Assembly N$16.4 million.
WINDHOEK – The National Electoral Civil Education Campaign, aimed at this year’s Presidential and National Assembly elections of 27 November, was officially launched on Friday at a ceremony led by Electoral Commission of Namibia (ECN) chairperson, Notemba Tjipueja.
WINDHOEK - National Council Swapo MP and Rundu Urban Constituency Councillor Victoria Kauma has called on the Ministry of Health and Social Services to give special attention and speedily complete the Rundu maternity ward to assist pregnant mothers in the vast region.
WINDHOEK - The Commissioner-General of the Namibian Correctional Service (NCS) Raphael Tuhafeni Hamunyela, will be among hundreds of delegates from all over the world meeting in Vienna next week to participate in meetings and events related to the 28th session of the Commission on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice (CCPCJ).
ONGWEDIVA – The future of about 300 learners at the Bin Six Private School in Ongwediva hangs in the balance as the school is not registered with the Ministry of Education, Arts and Culture despite enrolling learners for formal education since last year.
WALVIS BAY - A tanker vessel will have be pay up for last weekend’s oil spill that occurred in the port of Walvis Bay. It will also have to fork out for the clean-up of another oil spill that was detected at Longbeach Extension 1, north of Walvis Bay that was traced back to their vessel.
KEETMANSHOOP- Commercial, communal and resettlement farmers from the //Kharas Region attended a drought-relief information sharing meeting in Keetmanshoop earlier this week where they were implored to register for government drought relief interventions.
KATIMA MULILO – Employees at Hollard Insurance Katima branch which opened its doors in the north-eastern town in March, have accused the insurance company of not paying them their salaries for the past two months in breach of its contractual obligations.
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CORRIDOR 17 - Deputy Minister of Marginalised Communities Royal /Ui/o/oo has urged the community of Corridor 17 to stay away from alcohol and drugs, and rather double its effort in ensuring its kids’ future is secured through education
WINDHOEK – About 514 workers were retrenched in various sectors of the economy in the fourth quarter of the 2017/18 financial year, with the construction sector accounting for the biggest number – 172 – of those laid off.
WINDHOEK - Businessman Fulbertus Kwedhi with the help of his wife Lucia Shindume-Kwedhi built a kindergarten and also used his own money to build an office for Swapo Party in Okathitu Konkayi village in Omusati Region. The two projects cost the couple over N$300 000.
WINDHOEK- South Africa last Friday celebrated Freedom Day, the day chosen by the High Commission to commemorate the country’s 25th Freedom Day bears utmost significance.
WINDHOEK – The Inclusive and Collaborative Local Tech Innovation Hub and the Faculty of Computing and Informatics at the Namibia University of Science and Technology (Nust), host the first ever national Innovation Bazaar.
OMUTHIYA -The water crisis in Oshikoto Region has reached alarming levels that require urgent interventions and if not timely addressed this will lead to loss of human lives, says the head of Rural Water Supply Stevenson Tuukondjele.
NKURENKURU - Whilst some residents of Kavango West Region have endured sleepless nights by the elephant raids, for 64-year-old resident of Marema village in Tondoro Constituency, nocturnal crop invasion on his field by hippos has become a handsome.
ONGWEDIVA – The chief veterinarian in Omusati Region Dr Josephat Peter has advised the public to report strange behaviour in pets and livestock in order to curtail the spread of diseases to other animals and humans.
RUNDU - Former Rundu mayor Verna Sinimbo says she has not defied the Swapo Party constitution or the Local Authorities Act by not availing herself to serve on the management committee as she is at liberty to serve the town as an ordinary councillor.
OTJIWARONGO - Otjozondjupa Governor Otto Ipinge during the launch of the annual Tsumkwe Trade Expo 2019 said the event will be a golden opportunity for Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) in the region to expand their horizons to new openings and in the process securing new ventures by tapping into new markets and promoting sustainable development.
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WINDHOEK – Employees at a local restaurant and bar, The Kitchen (located at Freedom Plaza in Windhoek), are allegedly struggling to make ends meet because of non-payment of wages.
SWAKOPMUND - Karibib and Swakopmund have been identified as the two towns for the establishment of the food bank for Erongo Region.
KATIMA MULILO - Community members of Choi in the Sibbinda Circuit in Zambezi Region have accused the principal of Mayuni Senior Secondary School of sending their children home, after they failed to pay school funds.
ONGWEDIVA – The Ministry of Justice has directed the suspended faction of the Ondonga Traditional Authority councilors gazetted as justices and assessors to resume the community court proceedings which have been on hold following squabbles at the tribal authority.
SWAKOPMUND - The Erongo Regional Council distributed 12 936 bags of maize meal from November 2018 until the end of March 2019 to farmers and households in Karibib and Daures constituencies.
WINDHOEK - Car washes, hotels, lodges, and other large water consumers are expected to implement water saving measurements as the city faces water scarcity due to drought.
RUNDU - Two suspects who were arrested on Monday night at Kantenture village in Kavango East Region with Pangolin skins worth N$200 000 are due to appear in court today.
GOBABIS- The measures put into place by the health department and its stakeholders to mitigate the Hepatitis E outbreak in Omaheke Region seems to be futile, as the confirmed cases of the disease and fatalities keep growing.
KEETMANSHOOP- The Central Region of the Evangelical Bible Church recently held its general youth conference at the Diaz School Hall in Lüderitz under the theme “the value of singing and dancing”.
WINDHOEK - The Ministry of Home Affairs and Immigration is experiencing a low stock of passports hence it will be rationing and issuing them according to crucial travel needs.
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WINDHOEK - In its efforts to ensure equitable distribution and access to land to previously disadvantaged Namibians, the Ministry of Land Reform this financial year has put aside N$120 million to acquire resettlement farms for resettlement purposes.
OMUTHIYA - Despite a reduction in the 2019/20 financial year budget that was reduced by 13.94 percent from N$59 million to N $50.8 million, Omuthiya Town Council in what it termed as a pro-poor budget has decided to maintain water tariffs at N$15 per cubic metres for low-income earners in Kaniita informal settlement and other low-income areas.
SWAKOPMUND - Households with a combined income not exceeding N$2600 per month and are from drought stricken rural areas will be eligible for government drought relief food.
Windhoek- A Namibian company recruiting qualified graduates with excellent command of English to go teach English at Chinese private schools in Asia have refuted claims that this is a human trafficking syndicate.
An 18-year-old man found himself in police custody following allegations that he sexually violated his 10-year-old sister since she was five years old.
Katima Mulilo – Mubakweli Kumuetapili wa Liluko la Kutisezo ya Mubu mwasikiliti sa Zambezi, Charles Musiyalike ufumaneha fahala komano yamubu, kwaminganda yalikomu kwa Mumona
WINDOKO – Ngambela wanaha Saara Kuugongelwa-Amadhila ni mubakweli wahae Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah, viki yefelile nebalaezi babusisi balikiliti kuli basike
WINDOKO – Mueteleli wanaha viki yefelile nazibahalize linanga lacwale lelitaselize babañata mwanaha kaufela kakuba nako yetata yanaha. Kuzwa silimo sa 2013 nekubihilwe pula yelikani mwalibaka zeñata zanaha, kacwalo mafulisezo nasukehile mi nasina hande nako yakushoshomela. Patalazo yeo kiyabulalu mwalilimo zesilezi muuso inge uzibahaza nako yetata.
WINDHOEK - The Minister of Presidential Affairs, Martin Andjaba, recently announced that N$355 million would be needed to pay veterans’ monthly allowances (subvention grant).
ONGWEDIVA - The ongoing drought which is causing displeasure of animal movement in the country could be the cause of the recently reported outbreak of Crimean-Congo Haemorrhagic Fever (CCHF) in Oshikoto Region.
SWAKOPMUND - Governor of the Erongo Region Cleophas Mutjavikua and several councillors in the region have appealed to government to avail farms belonging to the Namibian Defence Force (NDF) for resettlement purposes.
OKOMUBONDE- KatjiÞu ndino atjiharamenwe, embo rOtjimbanderu poo Otjiherero ritja nao.
OTJOMUISE- Ovakuramenepo vOvaherero nOvakwena Oritjavari otjivatjivisire kutja vayarurakisa otjiposa tjawo kunehi rOvandoitji mOtjombanguriro Tjokombanda Tjomayarurakisiro wOviposa tja New York mOmahi Omakutsanane wa America.
WINDHOEK - Government is in the process of considering granting longer employment permits for up to five years for serious investors and professionals with scarce or rare, most-sought after skills, the Executive Director in the Ministry of
SWAKOPMUND - At 57 years old, furniture maker Mary Murembe is inching her way closer to retirement, but before she retires, she still needs to keep the production rolling, even more so after being commissioned by a charity project to assemble dog houses for distribution in the informal settlements in Swakopmund.
WINDHOEK - Agricultural Business Development Agency (Agribusdev), Managing Director, Petrus Uugwanga, this week refuted allegations that he has failed to convene a meeting aimed at addressing the parastatal’s out-dated board of directors.
NKURENKURU - Nkurenkuru CEO, Petrus Sindimba, says preparations for this year’s upcoming expo are well on track and is urging businesses, companies and ministries to book their stalls on time to avoid disappointment.
WINDHOEK – The Central Procurement Board of Namibia (CPBN) recently responded to media reports suggesting irregularities and/or shortcomings within the central procurement agency
KEETMANSHOOP - The Landless Peoples’ Movement (LPM) in a recent press statement compared the government’s decision to give marketing incentives to farmers who intend to destock by selling their livestock due to the prevailing drought “to resuscitating an already dead person”.
WINDHOEK - Namibian Police Force Inspector-General Sebastian Ndeitunga has revealed ‘Operation Hornkranz’ will cease on Friday. However, another police-led law enforcement operation, code-named operation Kalahari Desert, will commence immediately thereafter nationwide.
WINDHOEK –In line with stimulating youth entrepreneurship and addressing the constraint of access to finance, a skills-based lending facility has been introduced at Development Bank of Namibia (DBN). This is according to the Harambee Prosperity Plan progress report dated April 2019.
WALVIS BAY - The #Khaxab Royal house of Chief Samuel #Khaxab says the Topnaar chieftaincy rightfully belongs to the #Khaxab and it should be restored as such by appointing him as the rightful person to take over from the late Chief Seth Kooitjie.
SWAKOPMUND - The new container terminal constructed at a cost of N$4 billion at Walvis Bay will be commissioned within three months. Namport upon inquiry yesterday told New Era the new container terminal is currently 96 percent complete with only the final touches being added to the mega project.
RUNDU – Shadikongoro government irrigation project is about to reap what it sowed. According to its manager Daniel Marais the project expects to soon harvest about 3 500 tonnes of maize that they planted on January 23.
WINDHOEK- The Ministry of Industrialisation, Trade and SME Development has also not been spared in terms of budget cuts for the 2019/20 financial year - a situation described to have adverse implications towards Namibia’s industrialisation drive.
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As fate would have it, my friend of close to fifty years, Kavazeua Ngaruka, passed on, on 28th March 2019 (that happens to be my wife’s birthday) and was laid to rest on 06th April 2019 (one day short of my birthday, which falls on 07th April).
WINDHOEK - Namibia’s very own Dr Japie van Zyl, a Solar System Exploration Director at National Aeronautics and Space Administration (Nasa), has reliably informed this publication that last month they detected the first Mars quake.
WINDHOEK - The University of Namibian offers support and confidentiality through its counselling services to students who have suffered sexual assaults.
KEETMANSHOOP- Julian Bloodstaan, a part-time communal farmer in the //Kharas Region has not yet given up hope, despite losing more than two-thirds of his livestock.
KATIMA MULILO - The Deputy Director of Land Reform in Zambezi Region, Charles Musiyalike, is at the centre of a land dispute at Mumona and Nechakala cattle posts in Lusese area.
WINDHOEK- Out of the N$500 million budget allocated to the Namibia University of Science and Technology (Nust), an approximately 70 percent goes towards personnel expenditure.
WINDOKO - Muuso uekelize musulo wakulwanisa linanga mwaofefi ya Ngambela wanaha kuzwa fabolule ba mashumi alobañwi (N$92.86 million) kuisa kubolule bamwanda kabamashumi amabeli (N$123.5 million). Namibia italimani nilinako
KAMANJAB – Babanca babafitelela myanda yemine kuzwelela mwalikiliti zanaha zelishumi kazene, nebaitombozi kulukisa lukwakwa lwa sibaka sasilelezo yalifolofolo sa Etosha, mi neba yahile sinca lukwakwa lwa silelezo ya litou kwamunzi wa
SWAKOPMUND – Mwana naha China yana tamilwe kakukulubelwa kuli nabata kuleka mubeleki wakatengo katolopo kweta, kakumufa N$200 kuli asike amufa mulatu wamafosisa ahae, nalukuluzwi viki yefelile kasamulaho akulifa mali alikana N$10
ONGWEDIVA – The Namibian Training Authority (NTA) last week marked the commencement of the expansion of infrastructural development at both Nakayale and Valombola vocational training centres for a combined amount of N$90.7 million.
WALVIS BAY – Police impounded alcohol worth thousands of dollars, while traffic fines to the tune of N$25 250 were issued during the second phase of Operation Hornkranz carried out on Friday and Saturday in Swakopmund and Walvis Bay.
WINDHOEK – Speaker of the National Assembly Professor Peter Katjavivi has rebutted allegations by the Popular Democratic Movement (PDM) president McHenry Venaani that he cut him short during his contribution to the budget
OTJOMUISE- Epukiro eetenga nambano mourunga wovinamwinyo mozoresevate zOrukondua rOmatoororero rwa Maheke. Orata yOkarukondua kOmatoororero ka Pukiro, Vejamuavi Kanguatjivi matja nao tjaziririre kombongarero yotjiwana okarukondua kukari nayo Oritjavari mOmauezonjanda pomberoo ye okutara mourunga wovinamwinyo mokarukondua.
OTJOMUISE- Okanepo ko Rally for Democracy and Debvelopment (RDP) mombongarero yOtjiwana, Mike Kavekotora, wasewa nomapura we komurungu ohunga nOtjiÞiro Otjindjandja motjinyo tjinga ou¿epo aa umuwire momambo eye tjaakondjisa okukongorera omaziriro ngapewa iyo Ministera yOngaro Pokati Komahi nOmaunguriro Wawo Kumwe, Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah nganda ondjuwo aiha¿ika.
OMUTHIYA - There is an African proverb saying, “An environment must be suited to the age and men to their environment”. Putting the proverb into practice, a group of 40 farmers from the Onyaanya Constituency in the Oshikoto Region, gathered to deliberate on new farming methods to survive the current drought.
NKURENKURU – The Namibian Police Force Regional Commander for Kavango West, Commissioner Josephat Abel, has called on residents of Kavango West to report criminal activities and work closely with the police to help combat crime and maintain peace.
ONDANGWA - As the country strives to become industrialised, Prime Minister Saara Kuugongelwa-Amadhila has implored local businesses to support one another by developing business linkages to source local products.
OSHAKATI - Cassinga day is a very emotional day for me, it is a difficult time and once I hear about Cassinga commemorations, I always cry because it is not an easy day for me,” 78-year-old Maria Nantanga from Omuthitugwalwani in Omusati Region, a Cassinga survivor said.
KAMANJAB – More than 400 youths from the 14 regions across the country worked on the dilapidated fence of Etosha National Park and rebuilt the damaged elephant protection wall in Makalani village in Kunene Region as part of the commemoration of National Youth Week.
OTJIWARONGO - The resealing of seven kilometres of tar road in Otjiwarongo will receive the largest portion of the town’s 2019/2020 municipal capital projects budget allocation, after council approved the budget on Monday.
The African National Congress (ANC) is a true liberation party which brought about majority rule, democracy, respect for the rule of law and human rights in South Africa and ended the apartheid regime in that country.
Following the National and Presidential Elections in 2014, the Swapo Party election manifesto was adopted as government policy for the period 2015-2019. Subsequently, Cabinet by its decision No. 44/02.06/003 adopted the said manifesto and directed that all government offices, ministries and agencies, regional and local authority councils as well as State Owned Enterprises (SOEs) should incorporate the manifesto into their strategic and annual plans.
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EENHANA - While the Eenhana Town Council made great strides in housing provision, council is struggling with waste disposal as the oxidation pond is not sufficient for the town.
ONDANGWA - Two micro projects within Ondangwa Rural Constituency have benefited from the micro project financing run by the office of the councillor at Eheke settlement.
OMUTHIYA -Build It in Omuthiya aided three shack-fire victims by providing building materials, after a thirteen year-old-girl last week set alight the shacks in what is believed to be a vengeful act. They are all in one house.
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KAKEKETE – Kakekete villagers, deep in the forests of Ndiyona constituency, have constructed a wall made of rocks around their water reservoir to prevent elephants from damaging them.
KEETMANSHOOP - Raised in a family where teaching runs in the blood, Shannen da Rocha – who walked away with four prestigious accolades qualifying her as the top performing Unam student for the 2019 academic year – shed more light on her journey leading to such outstanding achievements, in an exclusive interview with New Era.
KEETMANSHOOP – McHenry Venaani the leader of the Popular Democratic Movement (PDM) has avowed to transform the country into a “changed Namibia where all of us can have an equal footing” since they “need a true government of the people for the people”.
WINDHOEK - Child labour is a global concern, with the agricultural sector accounting for the majority of child labourers.
WINDHOEK – The distribution of employment in Namibia by economic sector in 2017 was made up of 20.24 percent of the employees active in the agricultural sector, 19.56 percent in industry and 60.2 percent in the service sector.
WINDHOEK – It is imperative that financial resources allocated in the national budget circulate in the domestic economy, as more money spent locally will have a greater impact on economic growth and job creation. This is according to a local
WINDHOEK - Being a farmer, and thus the owner of agricultural land in Namibia, is regarded as a privilege, although not every citizen in the country can own it.
WINDHOEK - Despite the prominent role played by Namibian trade unions in the country’s struggle for independence, and regardless of the fact that the labour movement is still among the strongest of Namibia’s ‘civil society’ organisations, trade
WINDHOEK – The 2018 National Labour Force Survey results point to an increased need to address youth unemployment, which is estimated to have increased from 43 percent in 2016 to 46 percent by 2018, while the net effect on the overall unemployment rate is assessed to be generally neutral.
WINDHOEK – Josephine Shifotoka – passionately known as simply Meme Kayoso by her colleagues – is an inspiration to New Era Publication Corporation (NEPC) where she is employed as a general worker.
EENHANA - Despite the global economic hardships, the Eenhana Town Council has increased its budget by at least 4.8 percent and reduced its expenditure by a whopping 40 percent.
UUKWANDONGO – Dissimilar to preceding celebrations of the Omagongo festival, Omunyekadhi Adelheid Mupiya of Ongandjera rewarded 10 women who contributed the most litres of omagongo for the festival.
SWAKOPMUND – The Swakopmund council has availed N$850 000 towards the construction of a shelter to assist displaced fire victims at the town.
WINDOKO – Piho yamuuso yene izibahalizwe viki yefelile, ibonisa kuli “silimo se ikaba samaswenyeho”, kasamulaho akutokwa pula, mi muuso uelezwa kutaleleza milelo yakulwanisa linanga kusina tiyeho, ili kuli sicaba sesise sizielehile
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RUNDU – Bana ba China bababeli, babanyazwa mwakezahalo yacwalecwale yakubulaya mubeleki wabona, Hausiku Andreas Muyevu, kwa munzi wa Andara mwa silalanda sa Mukwe, nebahanezwi kuzekela taba yabona kwande, hane
WINDOKO – Mafelo aviki amukiti wapaseka nasika ikela feela kusina likozi zafamukwakwa, mi balobapeli nebalatehezwi kibupilo bwabona. Kanako yeswana ñohola batu baketalizoho nebabihilwe kuli nebatimezi mwanaha kaufela.
SWAKOPMUND - A collaborative mindset is needed to fully maximise the potential of Africa’s oil and gas industry to reinvest its earnings to other sectors such as agriculture and infrastructure.
KAMANJAB – Minister of Environment and Tourism Pohamba Shifeta has called upon young people, in particular those in rural areas, to take up opportunities available under conservation institutions to empower themselves.
KAMANJAB – China firmly supports Namibia in combatting illegal wildlife activities such as illicitly carrying and smuggling wild animal products, a senior official from its local embassy said.
OMUTHIYA -The Minister of Urban and Rural Development Peya Mushelenga has granted an audience with distressed community members of Omuthiya and surrounding villages who claim to have been robbed and unfairly compensated by the town council when they ceded their land to pave way for township development.
TONDORO - A seven-year-old girl drowned and died on Thursday last week while playing along the Kavango River with other kids at Tondoro village in Tondoro Constituency of Kavango West.
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ONGWEDIVA – Fillemon Nangolo Shuumbwa – one of the two men claiming to be the king of Ondonga – said there was nothing sinister about his absence from the Omagongo festival held in Ongandjera over the weekend.
KEETMANSHOOP – The University of Namibia (Unam)’s southern campus in Keetmanshoop in the //Kharas Region is on an exciting growth path, said Chancellor Nangolo Mbumba at a graduation ceremony here.
OTJOMINGONDO, OTJAUANA- Omurari wOndjivisiro Ombaranga omayuva womasuviro mare wOkambo Konÿiro were okuyekurikutjira komunane wawo Marina MaÞunÿu nguri otjiuri tjawo pombakero yaina, Vinde Webb ngwaÞire Oritjatatu ndazuko.
RUNDU - Rundu still needs a member of the council to be sworn in to complete its management in order to be fully functional, however the two Swapo councillors, former Rundu mayor Verna Sinimbo and former deputy mayor Ralf Ihemba say they are fine as ordinary members of council for now.
ONGWEDIVA - The Oukwanyama Traditional Authority said it will not dwell into the allegations made by a group of protestors against their tribal head Ohamba Martha Christian Nelumbu and her authority.
WINDHOEK- The Electoral Commission of Namibia (ECN) will hire helicopters to be used specifically in Kunene and Zambezi regions during supplementary registration of voters, polling process and voter education due to the geographic nature of these two regions.
Oluno - Karuha kamwe kezimo lyovandonga wouhompa nkera kavatamekere kurugana pamberewa eyi yapumbwapo omu Konisa Kalenga navakamutungika akare Hompa govandonga ndi asi (Omukwaniilwa) meraka lyawo”.
Rundu – Ruha ronombudi nomapukururo Ministeragona Engel Nawatiseb katente asi epangero kuna mosirugana mulyo gomagwanekero nokutara asi yinke nawa nawa yakaramo mokutara asi yikambekeko keekonomi lyosirongo nokovatungimo. Ruha our kuna tara asi dogoro papa yinke eyi vasikisamo ndi yaza mosirugana kutunda mo 1992, yimo ngoso ana kutanta murugani gwanare kosayitunga zaNew Era.
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WINDHOEK – The Easter weekend was not without accidents, with at least eight people losing their lives in road accidents during the just ended weekend.
NKURENKURU - Preparations to host the Nkurenkuru Expo Gala dinner are in full swing, says the Nkurenkuru CEO Petrus Sindimba who stressed all is set for Saturday.
OMUTHIYA – Amid widespread business closures and nationwide job losses as a result of an economic meltdown, the Omuthiya Town Council says it has repositioned itself as an emerging and preferred business destination for informal, small and medium enterprises.
OMUTHIYA -Traders operating at the renowned one-way-stop Omatala along the Omuthiya main road has expressed concern over prevailing unhygienic conditions they operate in.
GOBABIS - The Africa Group Heads of Mission in Namibia recently visited Omaheke Region to look for areas of possible economic cooperation.
WINDHOEK - Cabinet has approved the modified single buyer market model for the electricity supply industry, with effect from September 1 which will allow electricity consumers and independent power producers (IPPs) to transact with each other directly for the supply of electricity to allow for competition and to allow for private sector investment.
WINDHOEK- The Ministry of International Relations and Cooperation has pledged to continue lobbying qualified Namibians to fill Namibia’s employment quota at the African Union (AU), which remains unoccupied.
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WINDHOEK - Swapo president Hage Geingob has said the ruling party is leading Namibia towards another historic mission, consolidating peace, unity and stability, and commanding the Namibian people into an era of prosperity.
OPUWO – Governor of Kunene Region Marius Sheya together with Constituency Councillor Johannes Atsino and their team visited the Neumbo family on their government resettlement farm to assess the progress of the lucerne project, the only and first of its kind in Kunene.
ONGWEDIVA - In its quest to drastically reduce informal settlements, the Oshakati Town Council has committed itself to relocate all the residents at Eemwandi informal settlement to the Onawa Township.
UITKOMS - Adored retired veteran politician Dr Libertina Amathila, who last held the portfolio of Deputy Prime Minister, came under a barrage of misplaced criticism when she vigorously spearheaded a campaign to have the marginalized San community resettled at Farm Uitkoms.
WINDHOEK- An 11-year-old boy injured his hand after he shot himself with his father’s pistol in Gibeon on Saturday.
ONGWEDIVAS – Tarekhoedi ge 63.4 persentga ge dīǂui tsî aorega 36.6 persentgu ǀguiga, Universitaits Namibiab dis di ǀawas !âgu di ǁkhāǁkhāǂuisens ǂan!gâs kurikorobe ra dīhe ǁaxasib tawa. Sao ra !âgu Universitaits Namibiab dis !naka ra
WINDHOEK - Last week Stanlib hosted its annual Asset Management Roadshow and presented invited guests and members of the media with various views and insights covering the political, economic and investment landscapes in Namibia and neighbour South Africa.
WINDHOEK – The Namibian High Commission in Nigeria has resolved to open a Namibian Visa Processing desk in Lagos. The initiative is being implemented in partnership with Air Namibia as over 60 percent of travellers to Namibia reside in Lagos and surrounding states.
LÜDERITZ - The Refela chapter recently established in //Kharas Region elected Lüderitz mayor Hilaria Mukapuli as its regional commissioner, while Keetmanshoop councillor Hilia Titus was elected vice-commissioner and Aroab village councillor Annelien Vilander got the nod as its treasurer.
WINDHOEK – Shakwa Nyambe & Co Inc, a specialised energy and natural resources law firm with offices in Windhoek, commenced business on April 1.
RUNDU - The Chinese ambassador to Namibia Zhang Yiming has called on Andara residents in Mukwe Constituency and the family of the deceased who was shot dead by his Chinese boss to keep calm, and allow the case to be dealt with through legal procedures.
WALVIS BAY - The Namibian Ports Authority (Namport) signed a five-year memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the Port Authority of Dakar to promote trade between Namibia and Senegal.
NKURENKURU - Namibia’s giant telecommunications service provider Telecom Namibia officially opened a Teleshop in Nkurenkuru and launched its services in various parts of Kavango West Region.
ONGWEDIVA - The Directorate of Rural Water Supply and Sanitation in Ohangwena will today resume with the registration of private off-take water connections in the region.
WINDHOEK - Cabinet announced that government has scrapped plans to buy Erindi Private Game Reserve due to a lack of financial resources.
OTJOMUISE - Omurumendu ngwahandurisiwa mofarama me¿e ya Pako matja uri me¿e yokupandjara ehire okuza nokupanda okuyandja ekoti rehi re kOngooneya ya Maheke Festus Ueitele “otjotjisuta”.
