Already in 1978 there was a possibility for Namibia to attain freedom when some stumbling blocks entered the works. One was that the South African military forces attacked Namibian refugees at Kassinga in Southern Angola leaving hundreds dead and capturing many.
ONGWEDIVA – The Ministry of Education, Arts and Culture – through its Friends of Education in Namibia Special Initiative (FENSI) – has named the Ondjungulume Primary School in Omusati Region after Chief Herman Ndilimani Iipumbu of Uukwambi Traditional Authority.
WALVIS BAY - Walvis Bay businessman Louis Nasilowski who was arrested on Friday afternoon for being in possession of the illegal stimulant amphetamine, which he allegedly sold over the counter at his video shop, was rushed to Windhoek on Saturday after he fell ill while in police custody.
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LÜDERITZ – The National Fishing Corporation of Namibia (Fishcor) and the University of Namibia (Unam) on Monday signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU), for collaborative work, in Lüderitz
KATIMA MULILO – The Liselo and Namalubi police roadblocks, situated about five and 12km respectively from Katima Mulilo, can now operate 24 hours per day after they were electrified by Nored.
WALVIS BAY - Tunacor Fisheries has renamed one of its vessels, MV Katutka, after anti-apartheid stalwart Herman Andimba Toivo ya Toivo at an emotional ceremony held here on Monday.
WINDHOEK – Namibia’s International University of Management (IUM) and the People’s Friendship University of Russia (RUDN) have launched a centre for Russian language and pre-graduate studies at IUM.
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ǀAEǁGAMS – Ai!gû ra ǀgaisa ǀkhurub mâsib Aminuis ǁHûi!nâǂharis hîa Omaheke ǀKharib !nâ ǁgoes !nân ge 300 xa a !nāsa ǀui!nūǀgoana ǁōǂoa hâ, ǂgari-aon huiose ra !gawa nē !nae!khaisa hîa. Nē khao-oa ra mâsib ge ǂgui ǂgari-aona ge ǁgari in ǁîn !gau hâ ûitsamaxūna nau !âgu tsî ǀkhariga !oa doe-ū, !gōsase Otjozondjupa ǀkhariba, !gâi !û-aib !aroma. ǂOago wekheb Wunstaxtsēs aib ge New Erab ǂhôare-ao-i ǀkha ūhâ i dî!nâǁgamǁares !nâb ge Aminuis ǁHûi!nâǂharis di ǂGiǂgosi ǀAwemā-aob, Peter Kazongominjaba nē !huri!hurixa !gôagu mā tsî ge mî nē ǂkhawusa mâsib ûitsamaxūn hâ!nâb ge nē kurib di !Khanǀgôaba xu îbe-îbe a khao-oasa ǀnanuba ǀkhais xa. ǁÎb ge !aruǀî nē ǂhôare-ao-e ge mîba, 17 000 xa a !nāsa ûitsamaxūn ge Aminuisa xu nau !âga !oa a doebē-ūhesa !aruǀî hâ ǂoa!nâde ǁkhaes !aroma.
ǀAEǁGAMS – Namibiab ǀAwa!namn ǀHûs (Nampol) di koro kuriga !khōǂgā hâ ǀaweǁguib ge a hui ǁkhā in mâǂoa hâ ôa!nâs ǁhōna !hūb a ǂhabase dītoa. Nēs ge ǀaweǁguib 2017ǁî kuriba xu 2022ǁî kurib kōse a ǂgaekhâisab tsî !Oabahe ra Khoen Sîsenǁguiǂuib hâra hîa ge ǂhanusise Daniel Kashikolab, !Nakaǂnôa Ministeri !Norasasib tsî ǁAwosasib Ministeris dib xa ǀgūǁae a mâi-ai!âs !oagusa. Kashikolab gere ǁgui!āsa !oan ge ôa!gaohe nîse ī ǁhōna ǀgam !âkha !nâ nî ǀgoraǂgāhe, ǂgaiǀons ai ǀasase ra !nurihe ǁhōn tsî mâǂoa hâ ǀoro ǁhōn ǁaegu. Nēs ge nî īǁkhā kai !kharaga ǁhōna mîǁguisa ǁaeb !nâ dītoasa.
RUNDUS – ǁAnǂgāsaben ǁîb hoan xa a kai ǂnaumaiǁanǁguib Rundus !nâb, !khawagas ǀkhāb Trans Kalahari Kaidaob dib ai ǁgoeb din ge ǀawa!namn ai ǁgâiba ge ǁgui in ǀawa!namn nē ǀhûhâsiba nî !oaba xuse, hais !naka tsoatsoa tsî nē ǁanǁguib ra
KEETMANSHOOP - The Namibia Federation for the Visually Impaired (NFVI) has expressed concern that there are parents denying their children a chance to be tested to avoid blindness.
ONGWEDIVA – As part of its corporate social responsibility, Sanlam on Friday handed over renovated facilities to the Haimbili Haufiku Secondary School in the Ohangwena Region.
RUNDU - The Namibia Network of AIDS Service Organisations (Nanaso) is currently training community health workers on noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) such as asthma, hypertension and diabetes to name a few.
SWAKOPMUND - “I am still dreaming to be resettled because I know I have enough knowledge to contribute to our country’s food security.”
WINDHOEK - Adults who have no affiliation with the schools but impregnate learners will be dealt with in accordance with relevant national laws protecting children from sexual violence.
WINDHOEK – Following a number of consultations held on the modalities of the levy on plastic bags with the Namibia Trade Forum, retailers and industry as well as the Cabinet Committee on Trade and Economic Development, Environment and Tourism Minister Pohamba Shifeta revealed they will finish the process by the end of the month before giving due notice in the government gazette.
LÜDERITZ – Nam-mic Financial Services Holding (Pty) Ltd (NFSH) CEO Walter Don said the company’s investments in various sectors currently stands at N$1.2 billion.
WINDHOEK – The Alliance of Churches and Ministries in Namibia (ACM) is of the view that Christians can no longer afford to be silent on rape, gender-based violence and murder that are frequent occurrences in Namibia at the moment.
KATIMA MULILO – Libunda la masila asa olelwi kuzwelapili kubeya makete abatu mwa likayamana mwa Katima Mulilo, kasamulaho katengo katolopo nekayemisize peleko yaku olela masila kweli yefelile. Kasamulaho akulaelwa kufundota sinca
KABULABULA – Liuluta la babeleki bamuuso nebatobile mwaliofesi mwa Katima Mulilo, nikuyoba hamoho ni undiwanyangela wabane balibile kwa Kabulabula, ili teñi batu babañwi mwabuñwi neba ikubukanyeza libunda la nama, hala
NKURENKURU - Police in Kavango West are awaiting post-mortem results to ascertain the cause of death of a two-year-old girl who was found dead on Wednesday afternoon at the neighbour’s homestead where she was left by her mother to play with other young children.
WINDHOEK – With over ten years of crafting and molding his love and expression for music, DJ Desertstorm under Stormuzic Productions over the weekend celebrated this milestone with a bash at Trinity Lounge.
SIKONDO - Sikondo green scheme project assistant manager Maxwell Nghidinwa says in order for the fresh produce market to be sustainable there is a need to have a supply chain where there are producers, wholesalers, retailers and for that supply chain to be respected for everyone to benefit.
WINDHOEK - A number of gaps and shortcomings have been identified in the implementation of the Environmental Management Act of 2007.
WINDHOEK - Namibia made considerable progress in phasing out ozone depleting substances and adopting ozone and climate friendly technologies.
WINDHOEK- The Inspector General of the Namibian Police Force, Sebastian Ndeitunga, said he wants the salaries of officers holding the rank of inspector and below increased as the force is losing personnel due to resignations.
KEETMANSHOOP - Keetmanshoop residents will again today march to the //Kharas governor’s office to hand over their petition after such an attempt failed last Friday.
KAYENGONA - The Minister of Health and Social Services, Dr Bernhard Haufiku says although the Southern Africa Development Community (SADC) region is united and determined to end the scourge of malaria, there is a need for member states to work together and network.
SWAKOPMUND - The Governor of Erongo Region, Cleophas Mutjavikua says Namibia has become a nation that acts only when tragedy strikes, in terms of gender-based violence (GBV) instead of spotting the dangers and avoid them from happening.
OUTAPI - Swapo Party Youth League (SPYL) secretary Ephraim Nekongo said he will name and shame the authors of the infamous ‘breaking news’ currently rife on social media.
KATIMA MULILO – A former Chief Information Officer in the Ministry of Information and Communication Technology (MICT) Fredrick ‘Kachilichili” Simasiku passed on at the age of 68 in a Windhoek Hospital on Saturday after a long illness, several sources confirmed his death.
SWAKOPMUND - The Oceana Group, of which Etosha Fishing and Erongo Marine Enterprise are a part, has invested N$2.9 million into a fish packaging plant to prevent job losses in a sector that has not been spared from the ravages of a shrinking economy.
OTJOMUISE-Ourumbu mbwahingi orure mOkarukondwa kOmatoororero ka Mongua mOrukondua rwa Maheke, wazepa ovinamwinyo mbiri kombanda yo 300 ovaÞuta amavetarere ovinamwinyo vyao amaviÞondjara.
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WINDHOEK – The Social Security Commission (SSC) and the University of Namibia (Unam) on Wednesday signed a five-year memorandum of understanding (MoU) that will make collaboration in areas of mutual cooperation in academic, technical, social, cultural, economic and environmental fields.
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KABULABULA - Hordes of government officials sneaked out of their offices at Katima Mulilo and joined the multitudes of people who headed to Kabulabula where some of the people individually grabbed dozens of the over 400 buffaloes that died in a mass drowning while escaping from a pride of lions.
WINDHOEK- The Directorate of National Examinations and Assessment in charge of protecting the integrity of national examinations has described the marking process for the Grade 10 and Grade 12 higher levels as going smooth.
KATIMA MULILO - An 11-year-old boy went missing in the Zambezi River on Wednesday while he was swimming with his friends in the river on the eastern side of Protea Hotel.
WINDHOEK -Khomas, Otjozondjupa, Erongo and Oshana are the regions which have been mostly affected by crime over the last two months.
WINDHOEK – SADC member states have been urged to adopt the call to action for renewed commitment on early childhood nutrition as a regional commitment to accelerate nutrition actions.
Video: Government briefs nation on NDP5 progress
Windhoek - Hamutjanga goministeli zoukangungi nokukali nawa Ben Nangombe, nkera katente asi yimaliva oyo vana gwana yokugwedererako yokusika ko N175 yono miliyuna vana yerekere kominsteli zoukanguki noukali nawa zina gwana nobiliyuna dokusika ko N$6.5, meyereko lyosimaliva, simwe navakarugana kukavatura moyirugana yepangero.
WINDHOEK – In the dusty informal settlement of Goreangab is the Hope for the Hopeless centre which cares for children of that community of urban poor.
Video: Temporary upgrades at HKIA to cost N$245 million
WINDHOEK – The Katutura Magistrate’s Court postponed to 2019 the case of a 55-year-old man who is in police custody on suspicion he fatally stabbed his live-in girlfriend last year at the home they co-habited in Katutura.
ONGWEDIVA - In its quest to uplift the marginalised communities, the Division of the Marginalised Communities within the Office of the Vice-President has schooled about 765 students through its Education Support Programme at various local tertiary institutions since 2005.
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WINDHOEK - Southern Africa needs strong regional collaboration for countries in the region to improve their access to international climate change funds. Therefore, the importance of organised learning forums cannot be underestimated.
WINDHOEK- The Namibian Police Force (Nampol)’s five-year strategic plan could help the force tackle the backlog of pending dockets or investigations countrywide.
WINDHOEK - Last week Nedbank Namibia in partnership with iStore launched the TechLoan offering at an event at the Grove Mall. The new offering allows customers to purchase Apple products, including phones, laptops and tablets - through financing offered by Nedbank Namibia.
OMALINDI - Hopes to possibly get redress by a farmer in Oshikoto Region who lost some goats to unknown predators were shattered yesterday when officials from the Ministry of Environment and Tourism informed her, she will not get compensation for her eight goats.
ONGWEDIVA – Minister of Urban and Rural Development Peya Mushelenga exhorted the Ohangwena regional leadership to closely monitor the implementation of developmental projects in the region.
ONGWEDIVA - The police in Omusati Region have charged the four suspects arrested in connection with the riot on Monday when police had to fire teargas at vendors who stoned them.
KHORIXAS -Swapo Secretary-General, Sophia Shaningwa yesterday issued a directive to all Swapo regional coordinators across the country stating no elections are to take place for local authority office bearers, namely; the mayor, deputy mayor and members of the management committee.
RUNDU - The Ministry of Agriculture, Water and Forestry (MAWF) recently decentralised its rural water supply and sanitation coordination services to regional councils in its quest to improve service.
SWAKOPMUND - Tracing men who are in arrears for child maintenance and holding them accountable still remains a challenge for many heartbroken coastal mothers who feel the justice system is too lenient on these fathers who impregnate women and then vanish.
ǀAEǁGAMS – Ministeris sîsengu dis ge ǁgâu!nāpe sîsenaon ǁkhâkorobe !khō!oamaris di ǀgapiǀgapihes 4.15%gu disa ge ǂanǂan, 1 ǂNūǁnâiseb 2018 dis ai ge sîsentsoatsoase, Nē ǀasa !khō!oamaris ge xūn ǂganǀgaub !nâ ra hâ ǂharodi tsî ǀgui persenti ǀaros ai ge !gao!gaohe.
RUNDUS - Aiǂnû-aob Kavangob Aiǂoas ÅKharisi ǂGari-aon !Nans dib, Adolf Muremib ge !hū!nāsi ǂgari-aona ra ǂgan in ǂgui Ånōb !nâ haiǂûn haide ǂgāsa, ǂharugub īǁkhāsib ase.
WINDHOEK - Speaker of the National Assembly, Professor Peter Katjavivi last week signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the global chairman of the Konrad Adenauer Stiftung (KAS), Professor Norbert Lammert, at a ceremony in Windhoek.
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RUNDU - Friday was a good day in the streets of the recently formalised Kaisosi location as PSI Praktische Solidaritat International (PSI) Kaisosi branch collaborated with learners from Kaisosi Combined School, Sarusungu Combined and Wazungu High School in a clean-up campaign.
KHORIXAS - T.H.F !Gaeb Primary School pupils in Khorixas have for the past three years been using the riverbed to relieve themselves that is also a haven for dagga smokers, because their school does not have toilets.
KHORIXAS – The District Executive Committee (DEC) of Swapo at Khorixas on Sunday evening reportedly voted in favour of removing Khorixas mayor, Elizabeth Geises.
WINDHOEK - The meeting of the SADC Ministers responsible for Health and HIV/AIDS yesterday started on a rather slow note in Windhoek with the gathering of permanent secretaries and senior officials from SADC countries failing to meet the quorum of eleven members.
MUZII – Mbututu walikweli zene natibile kwa Muzii mwasilalanda sa Kabbe ya Mbowela mwasikiliti sa Zambezi viki yefelile. Mbututu nali ni bashemi bahae hane balika kusila nuka kuya mwa Zambia kuti kwakuyo leka lico, mukolo wabona walikonde
NKURENKURU – Musali wa lilimo zemashumi amane kasilisiñwi (41) uakalezwa kuli nabitelezwi nikubulawa ki muuna walilimo zemashumi amabeli kazelobañwi (29) kwamunzi wa Wini, mbowela wa Nkurenkuru mwasikiliti sa Kavango ya Wiko.
LUHONONO – Bayahi ba Luhonono mwa silalanda sa Kabbe ya Mutulo babilaezwa kitaba yakuli bana babona bane bailo pepelwa mwa Zambia, kakuli kwa Luhonono hakuna muzuzu wababali fakaufi nikupuluha, bahanelwa mapampili asipepo
SWAKOPMUND - Namibian artists at the coast have vowed to clamp down on music piracy as they are losing out on their only source of income through this illegal practice.
WINDHOEK – In the spirit of giving and caring for the elderly, Namibian Diamond Trading Company (NDTC) on Friday organised an early Christmas lunch for the elders and staff from Katutura Old Age Home where they also handed over gifts consisting of cosmetic bags, sets of towels and other goodies.
BUITEPOS - The Road Fund Administration (RFA) on Friday honoured its pledge to the residents of Trans-Kalahari border post by officially handing over the Buitepos kindergarten and early childhood development (ECD) centre.
KEETMANSHOOP – The police have intensified their search to arrest a man suspected of stabbing a woman to death at a shebeen at Keetmanshoop on Saturday night.
TSES - Landless People’s Movement (KPL) leader Bernardus Swartbooi says government is to blame for the confrontation that erupted at Tses village last week, where the community opposed the recruitment of a ‘struggle kid’ as a cleaner at a local school.
WINDHOEK - The corruption trial of former governor of the Hardap Region and current education minister Katrina Hanse-Himarwa, 51, is taking a break for a week and will resume on Monday, November 12, with Merrow Thaniseb, the deputy director of housing in the Ministry of Urban Rural Development being the last witness in this session before Windhoek High Court Judge Christi Liebenberg.
WINDHOEK – The mid-year budget cuts tabled by treasury last week has forced the Ministry of Urban and Rural Development to freeze all its capital projects whose implementation has not yet commenced.
WINDHOEK- The Minister of Urban and Rural Development, Peya Mushelenga, has dismissed claims the City of Windhoek misled him when it suspended the city’s CEO, Robert Kahimise.
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WALVIS BAY - Civil servants who are unpatriotic and derelict in their duties are the worst enemies of development in Namibia as they derail efforts to woo investors through unnecessary bureaucracy that delays investment opportunities.
WALVIS BAY - The Ministry of Gender Equality and Child Welfare wants gender mainstreaming to be extended to the agricultural sector so that more women benefit from agricultural programmes, projects and initiatives.
KEETMANSHOOP - Residents of Tses village locked the gates to Nowak Primary School out of frustration after a ‘struggle kid’ was apparently hired as a cleaner by the school while the vacancy was allegedly not advertised to also give locals a chance to apply.
RUNDU – Government on Thursday reached an agreement with NamWater, to provide water to the Rundu Town Council, without council having to pay its monthly water bill of N$2 million, which would have amounted to N$6 million over three months while it puts its house in order.
Video: Unam not complying with strike rules
Rundu - Mangastrata gompanguro zaRundu, moutatu kaupwireko kanyokere kupulisira mugazarerwa gonomvhura 24 Henog Dihako gomomukundagona gwaMushashani momukunda horowero gwaMukwe ogu vana kugazarere asi yige gadipaga, kukwatera kononkondo ntani kuruganesa veta momukaro dona, omu gadipaga mukadona gwendi kumwe nokumuvhumbika montoko zonunu. Konyima tupu apa gamukwaterere gononkondo nokumudipaga age makura yiyo gamuvhumbikire poDivundu pepi nevango eli vakara vanadorongo.
Kapako – Mpitisili gorudi rovaMbunza, Hompa Alfons Kaundu katambwireko mbudi apa tupu kavazigeve woministeli zono ndima, mema nonsitwe, omu kavatente asi mukundagona kwaBunya gwakara momukunda horowero gwaKapako moKavango zoutokero yigo mukunda nagukara nosilika sokudana ezuva eli moyirongo yaAfrika zoutokero vadane ezuva lyonondja mouzuni.
Ondangwa – Hamutjanga gorudi rovandonga Nepando Amupanda kageve mbudi asi age kuna kumutjilisa kweyi yina kuhoroka moukaro wonompitisili edi dina kutumbagura madina gawo.
WINDHOEK - Prime Minister Saara Kuugongelwa-Amadhila has officially launched the e-Death Notification System, a new component of the civil registration and identity management system in Namibia.
KHORIXAS - Hendrick Haikera, spokesperson for the suspended All People’s Party (APP) youth leaders, says they will not defect to another political party as they are not “political prostitutes” even if they are expelled from their party.
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KEETMANSHOOP – //Kharas regional police commander Commissioner Rudolf Isaak has welcomed the initiative of making road safety part of the national school curriculum.
WINHDOEK/KEETMANSHOOP - Employees of the University of Namibia (Unam) who on Monday embarked on a nationwide strike at the institution’s 12 campuses by yesterday persisted with the industrial action saying they will continue until their demands for a six percent wage increase back dated to January are met.
WINDHOEK - A 28-year-old man who stands accused of killing his own brother over N$20, denied guilt in Katutura Magistrate’s Court.
WINDHOEK - With increasing industrialisation and urbanisation taking place, the issue of waste management has become a critical national concern and was identified as a priority area in Namibia’s Fifth National Development Plan.
KEETMANSHOOP - The //Kharas Regional Council has endorsed the appointment of Otjozondjupa regional council planning director Beatus Kasete as its Chief Regional Officer.
LUHONONO - Residents of Luhonono in Kabbe North Constituency are unhappy that their children who had to be born in Zambia because Luhonono does not have a maternity ward are being denied birth certificates by officials at the Ministry of Home Affairs and Immigration.
WINDHOEK - The rate of HIV infection from mother to baby is hitting a record low in Namibia. Health facilities across Namibia are celebrating zero new infant infections. This means that Namibia is on course to eliminate mother-to-child transmission over the next few years.
WINDHOEK - A Civil society group has called on President Hage Geingob who is the Chairperson of SADC to call for dialogue between the major political parties and all interested parties with the aim of de-escalating tension in Zimbabwe.
WALVIS BAY - The Ministry of Mines and Energy and the Namibian Police at Walvis Bay will conduct a formal investigation into the death of an employee of Husab Uranium mine who died on Monday afternoon in an accident at the mine.
WINDHOEK - The Ministry of Environment and Tourism has from 2016 to date received N$25,6 million from the Game Products Trust Fund for wildlife protection, management, anti-poaching, wildlife research, studies and surveys.
ǀAEǁGAMS – Namibiab ǀAwa!namn Dana Inspekters Kaunapawa Shikwambis, ge ge mî, ǁîn ra ǁnāti i ǁhōn hîa !narisarima-aon !oagu ra dīhena aimâisa in nēti ī !narisarima-aona mā-amhe ǁnâu!gâ!khaib ai!â ǂhaisa ǁîn !kharaga !hūgu ǁgan nî ǁarus
ǀAEǁGAMS – Namibiab ge hoa !hūbaiba nî ǁgau sarihes !aromab a !norasa !khaisa, nausan !aorosasiba ra mâ !narisarimas !harib ais ka xawe. ǁNaetisase ra hō!âhe hepatitis Es khoraǂuisendi tsî īǁkhāsib Ebolas khoraǂuisens dib tsî ǂkhawadīb
!GOMENǁGAMS – “Ti dadab ge buruxase ge ǁorexa i. ǀGuitsāb ge ti mamasa ǁnāti ǁgaise sorosise ge ǂkhôadī, î ta ûis nî
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RUNDU - Namibia Marriage Council (NAMC) held a Pre-Marriage Seminar and 1st anniversary celebration in Rundu for young people planning to tie the knot and those that wanting to make their marriages better.
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OSHAKATI - The Popular Democratic Movement (PDM) possibly learning from Swapo, said it will not entertain slates and character assassination at its elective congress that is set for next February.
KEETMANSHOOP - A Mariental man was allegedly stabbed to death after an argument with another man over a woman on Saturday.
OMUTHIYA - It was a blissful and glamourous weekend for Tsumeb residents as the municipality organised a gospel evening, a beauty pageant and a sports fun day, to mark the start of the 16th annual Copper Festival, which will officially start tomorrow.
KHORIXAS - Disciplinary committee members were chosen last Saturday by the All People’s Party (APP) management committee to decide the fate of its suspended youth leaders accused of labelling the party’s leader Ignatius Shixwameni as ‘useless and for being too radical’ this year.
WINDHOEK - The Russian Alumni Association of Namibia (RAAN) recently participated at an International roundtable forum in Russia where they networked with among others the People’s Friendship University of Russia.
WINDHOEK – More Namibian students should be encouraged to pursue careers in fields such as mining and agriculture, given that the national economy is heavily dependent on these two pivotal sectors.
WALVIS BAY - Workers at Best Cheer Stone Products, a marble stone processing factory situated outside Walvis Bay, are concerned over the hazardous and high-risk working environment at the factory that is allegedly putting their lives at risk on a daily basis.
WINDHOEK - Persistence by a 20-year-old man and his friends to enter a wedding tent where they were unwelcome resulted in his untimely death on Sunday.
Windoko - Yomuñwi kubabalalu babanyazwa kakubata kuputelela kampani ya lifulai ya Air Namibia, Marx Felali Mahoto, utimezi. Muzekisi wa muuso Fillemon
WINDHOEK- The Ministry of International Relations and Cooperation is there to ensure that Namibia fills its job quotas at the AU Commission when vacant positions are advertised by the continental body.
KHORIXAS - The Savanna - a bi- monthly sub regional newsletter in Erongo region founded by Dirck Julius Kuzaitjike, is currently on hold for reconstruction. The newsletter was printed by the Kuzaitjike couple themselves in A4 booklet size and operated from their home, 678 Uibasen Street in Ozondje, Omaruru.
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WINDHOEK – A Windhoek-based specialist surgeon last week appeared before an inquiry of the Health Professions Council Conduct Committee on charges of unprofessional conduct regarding the death of a patient that was under his care.
MUZII – A four-month old baby drowned in the Zambezi River at Muzii in Kabbe South of the Zambezi Region last week. The baby was with her parents when they were trying to cross into neighbouring Zambia, reportedly to go and buy food, when their banana boat capsized.
OSHAKATI – The leader of the Popular Democratic Movement (PDM), McHenry Venaani announced his party will this week table a motion in parliament to open a debate on the provision of free education for undergraduate courses.
WINDHOEK- A public accounts parliamentary standing committee has observed the handling of public funds by some state-owned enterprises (SOEs) remains a major concern considering the fact these SOEs are funded by taxpayers.
WINDHOEK - Following a Zimbabwe High Court judgement granting the lifting of the attachment of Air Namibia aircraft in Zimbabwe, in the ongoing case between the airline and a Zimbabwean family, the national carrier yesterday resumed its flight operations to Harare and Victoria Falls.
Three Women & You, Deirdre Denise Weston’s 5th play, premiered at the National Theatre of Namibia (NTN) last Friday and Saturday.
OTJOMUISE- Eheya ndjitja epu rehi ezeu nemwatamwate, kutja riri nawa poo inde, rikawondja komurungu okuripa ongurunguse.
KAMANJAB - Some youths at the northwestern village of Kamanjab feel sidelined over the current allocations of residential plots, further charging that people from outside this small town benefit the most.
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KAPAKO - Leader of the Mbunza Traditional Authority, Chief Alfons Kaundu has welcomed the announcement by the Ministry of Agriculture, Water and Forestry, that Bunya village in the Kapako Constituency in Kavango West will host SADC commemorations for this year’s World Food Day.
WINDHOEK – Namibia must demonstrate to the rest of the world that it is a safe place to visit, amid threats to the tourism sector such as the possible outbreak of Ebola and frequent hepatitis E episodes, as well as crime targeting tourists.
WINDHOEK - The Gobabis resident who admitted he killed the mother of his three children by stabbing her at least 16 times in a frenzied knife attack is expected to be sentenced today by Windhoek High Court Judge Dinnah Usiku at the High Court situated at the Windhoek Correctional Facility.
WINDHOEK - Varugani wombunga ndi kampani tuna kutumbura asi NHE, kuna parapo asi awo kapi navatwikira noyirugana dogoro udigu wawo vauvazuvhire. Varugani ava kavatamekere nelyatero kutunda moune una puko, komberewa zokampani zonene zomoVenduka.
RUNDU - Mukwatelimo pamberewa modoropa zaRundu, Sikongo Haihambo, katente asi doropa zaRundu kapi taziretesapo marunduruko nepu asi kapi pana kara nonkambadaro dononene yipo asi vawapukurure nonzira, kudamuna yiahando, ntani udigu nye ou wakahurako wokupira kuvhura kuranda mema gomanzi kwaNamwater morwa sikesa sawo ngesi kuna kara sahana yimaliwa, ano ndango ngesi kuna kara asi awo kuna kara noudigu mokuretesapo mawapukururo.
NKURENKURU - Nguuru gomukunda Kavango zoutokero Sirkka Ausiku kuna kara noruhafo morwa mbanga zaFNB zazuvha mahundiro gawo omu vana tokora ngesi kuyapaturura evango lyawo lyepe monkurumbara zomukunda Kavango zoutokero, Nkurenkuru.
ONGWEDIVA – Debmarine Namibia through its social responsibility fund donated books valued at N$130 410 to 10 community libraries in the regions with the least community libraries.
KEETMANSHOOP - Keetmanshoop mayor Gaudentia Kröhne says traditional plants and other related resources should not benefit only a few but all members of society.
WINDHOEK - Opposition parties are waving red flags with regard to the massive Russian farms deal, saying the multi-billion dollar arrangement could open the floodgates for other wealthy foreigners to acquire prestige Namibian land.
WINDHOEK – Deputy Minister of Health and Social Services Juliet Kavetuna says the country has a long way to go in providing a conducive environment for people with Down syndrome.
WINDHOEK – The outflow of wealth from poor African countries through tax evasion, money laundering, corruption and other misdeeds is becoming an even bigger worry for the continent.
AMUTANGA - Otesa Engineering (Pty) Limited, a company contracted by the Roads Authority (RA) to construct the MR12 road project, has set a good example for other companies involved in pit burrowing by rehabilitating several earth dams in Okatana Constituency that were dug for the construction of the road.
RUNDU - A decomposed body of a 17-year-old girl from the San community in Divundu was discovered on Sunday near a local rehabilitation centre at Divundu in Mukwe Constituency.
ONGWEDIVA - With the rainy season fast approaching, Elim Constituency Councillor Gerhard Shiimi spearheaded a cleaning campaign at Onampira to help prevent the spread of waterborne diseases.
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WINDHOEK - Abisai Sebele, the man Lukas Nepela Nikodemus claims borrowed his car on the day he allegedly shot two women to death and burned their bodies at a dumpsite near Pionierspark in Windhoek gave a complete different version to what Nikodemus narrated in his bail application when he testified before Windhoek High Court Judge Christi Liebenberg on Monday.
WINDHOEK - The revised Namibia Investment Promotion Act of 2016, which is currently in its draft form, will soon enter the legal drafting process and is expected to be promulgated soon.
RUNDU - Taking a cue from the Ndama massacre that claimed five lives after police officers failed to act following a complaint, the magistrate at Rundu meted out a three-year jail sentence on 29-year-old Johannes Hamutenya from Safari location in the town for threatening to harm his family members.
ǀAEǁGAMS- ǁKharas ǀKharib !nâ ǁgoe Neckartal ǁKhaeb ge ǁaupexa N$5.7 biljun maris ai go dītoahe, tib ge Minister Alpheus !Naruseb, Ministeris !Hanaǂgās, ǁGam-i tsî Haiǂgās diba ge ǂanǂan. !Naruseb ge nē ǂanǂansa ǂoago wekheb di Fraitaxtsēs
ǀAEǁGAMS - ǀGūǁae ge Ministeris ǂUrusib tsî ǀHûhâsib !Oabadi dis xa a māǂuihe !gôakhâigu ge ra ǁgau, ǁnāpa di 3,630 !nae!khaidi hepatitis Es dide hû ǀkharigu Namibiab di disihakaǀa ǀkharigu digu !nâ a !nurisa !khaisa. ǀKhomas ǀkharib ge hoan
ǀAEǁGAMS – Kai ǂhâsib ge hâ !gao!gao tsî ǂhâǂhâsa !oabadi !ā!khōmais ra mādi, aiǁgause ǁgam-i tsî ǂkhari-omn tsîna hoa ǂhâsigu xa ra mâǂoase ǁgaumâisa tsî nēs !nâ-ū hepatitis Es khoraǂuisensa ǁkhaesa ǂgui ǁanǂgāsaben nēs xa ǀgaisase ra tsâkhāhe xui-ao. ǀAeǁgams !Ā!khōmais di ǂgiǂgosi ǀawemā-aos, Loide Kaiyamos ge ǁnāpas ge !onkhao hâse gere tsēdīhe Hoa !Hūbaisi Tsēs !omna ǁās dis di gowaǀîsas gere Goreangab ǂnaumâiǁanǁguib !nâ mā soab ai ǂoago wekheb
KHORIXAS - A piece of land on the hilltop of Donkerhoek informal settlement at Khorixas have two claimants.
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OMUTHIYA -The director of Namibia Federation for Visually Impaired Moses Nghipandulwa is concerned that little effort has been made to assist and address the needs and aspirations of those living with hearing-impairment disabilities.
WINHDOEK - Namibian Police Force Chief Inspector Kaunapawa Shikwambi said the police prioritise cases in which tourists are the victims by arranging with the courts to allow visiting tourists to testify before departing for their countries.
ONGWEDIVA – State-owned Namibian Development Corporation (NDC) has described as ‘indefensible’ but ‘isolated incident’ the lease of two of its stalls at the David Shikomba Complex in Ongwediva to two foreign nationals.
WALVIS BAY - The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) says it has intensified its investigation into the Walvis Bay municipal council after the alleged abuse of two more credit cards at council came to light.
SWAKOPMUND - A toddler tragically choked to death on Saturday evening while having dinner with her family in Walvis Bay. According to the police weekend crime report, Lonia Naloliwa Shihepo, 4, died Saturday evening despite desperate attempts by medical personnel at the Walvis Bay hospital to save her.
Katima Mulilo – Mubakweli ku Mueteleli wa naha Nangolo Mbumba ukupile tutengo twa muuso ni twa kwamukunda mwa Namibia, kubona kuli hakuna sialuluti habasebeleza sicaba. Mbumba nabulezi manzwi awo kanako yakukwalula muyahoi omunca, wa Katengo Kasikiliti sa Zambezi Labulalu, ili one uyahilwe fasinyehelo yamali afitelela bolule bamwanda ka
Bukalo – Likwambuyu wa Zwelopili ya Libaka za Litolopo ni Matakanyani, Peya Mushelenga, ukupile kamaiso ya Katengo ka Munzi wa Bukalo kuambuka kuitwanisa nikuli bakumalele kulwanela kutisa zwelopili kwa Bukalo, ili teñi likwambuyu nanyazize bayemeli kakusatisa zwelopili. Nabulezi manzwi awo kanako yakukwalula simubuso ofesi ya munzi wa Bukalo. “Ki kwabutokwa kuli luzwiseza pata kozo kakuba bayemeli ni babeleki, ili kuli lusike lwatepelela mwa milelo yaluna yakusebeleza sicaba. Luswanezi kuambuka kuitwanisa mi lubone kuli lueza misebezi yaluna,” nekubulezi Mushelenga.
WINDHOEK- The Affirmative Repositioning (AR) movement on Friday said that their lawyers have been approached by government to seek an out of court settlement in the rent control case filed by the AR challenging government to implement rent control.
Amutanga-Otesa Engineering (Pty) Ltd, a company contracted by the Roads Authority to work on the MR 12 road project, has rehabilitated several earth dams in Okatana Constituency that were dug for the construction of the road.
WINDHOEK – The Katutura-based Lidar Community Foundation is N$420,500 abler in its efforts to cater for vulnerable girls thanks to the humanitarianism of the German people, through their embassy in Namibia.
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WINDHOEK - Swapo Member of Parliament, Lucia Nghaamwa, thinks there must be set requirements for appointing parents on school boards.
WINDHOEK- A law to protect wildlife and protected areas is expected next year following consultations in this regard. Environment and Tourism Minister Pohamba Shifeta revealed this on Thursday during a consultative meeting.
WINDHOEK – Employees of the National Housing Enterprise (NHE) vowed to continue with their demonstration every second week until their demands are met.
WINDHOEK - Popular Democratic Movement (PDM) parliamentarian Jennifer van den Heever, says the blacklisting of people in Namibia has led to financial discrimination against workers.
WINDHOEK- Namibian nationals are facing difficulties with obtaining visas to the European Union (EU), officially or privately.
ONAKAMWANDI – To make primary health care services accessible to the community, the Ministry of Health and Social Services has inaugurated two of the ten community-based antiretroviral therapy (ART) clinics at Akutsima and Onakwamwandi in Omusati and Oshana regions.
WINDHOEK- Namibian nationals are facing difficulties with obtaining visas to the European Union (EU), officially or privately.
WINDHOEK- The characterisation and labelling of the land question as controversial and emotive, rightly or wrongly, continues to haunt it.
OTJOMUISE-Ombongarero yOtjiwa¿a Oitjavari yEhi otjatjiyakapita nambano oruveze rwahoro o Namibia okusekerisa Ombongarero Onene yOtjiÞiro Otjindjandja.
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GENEVA, SWITZERLAND - Speaker of the National Assembly Professor Peter Katjavivi has concurred with sentiments lamenting the fact illicit financial flows including tax evasion continue to deprive Africa of tax revenue needed to fund poverty reducing activities.
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KEETMANSHOOP - The Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Agriculture, Water and Forestry, Percy Misika says the challenge of access to agricultural inputs need to be addressed if Namibian farmers are to farm efficiently and more productively.
KEETMANSHOOP - Fonteintjie fish farm at Keetmanshoop is grappling with water woes that have compelled it to cram fish in only three of its ponds, as there is not enough water.
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GENEVA - Margaret Mensah-Williams, the Chairperson of the National Council was elected Co-Chair of the Parliamentary Conference on the World Trade Organization (PCWTO).
RUNDU - The acting CEO of Rundu Town Council, Sikongo Haihambo says Rundu cannot adequately remedy a raft of challenges such as its poor road network, overwhelmed waste management and is unable to buy bulk water as its coffers are dry and the town is struggling to diversify its revenue stream.
OMUTHIYA - Approximately 2 000 veterans of the liberation struggle have turned up for verification in Oshikoto Region since the beginning of the exercise early this month.
WINDHOEK - Two unemployed graduates Linda Ndakolo and John Laudika from Onamafipa-Oikokola village in Omusati Region whose job hunts could not yield the desired results last week visited the Office of the Founding Father Sam Nujoma to showcase a locally produced dishwashing liquid that they have produced.
KEETMANSHOOP - The Keetmanshoop municipality has rejected claims in a recent news article that accused its officials of having tampered with the mass housing beneficiary list in which some residents were apparently accidentally declared as ‘dead’ while they are still alive.
Our Star of the Week is the prosecutor at the Walvis Bay Magistrate’s Court who speedily prosecuted and had jailed Lukas Shoombe, 28, for a year barely a day after he robbed a British tourist of two cameras worth N$9 500. The same court this week sent out a stern warning to these gangs of thieves preying on tourists when
WINDHOEK - There is need to intensify the provision of essential municipal services such as water and sanitation in order to contain the hepatitis E outbreak as more people are being infected by the disease.
WALVIS BAY - The stern, no-nonsense approach embraced by the magistrates’ courts in Erongo Region has set the tone for swift convictions of criminals, particularly those targeting tourists.
WINDHOEK – European Union (EU) Ambassador to Namibia Jana Hybaskova feels Namibia should encourage dialogue between Russia and the EU instead of sanctions.
WINDHOEK - The Windhoek Magistrate’s Court on Tuesday postponed the case of the fraudulent acquisition of a N$1.5 million house involving a Nigerian pastor.
WINDHOEK - The Bank of Namibia (BoN) last Friday spearheaded a clean-up campaign saying the initiative that involved 120 of its staff and benefited Otjomuise and 8ste Land is in line with its corporate social responsibility.
OMUTHIYA - Some parts of the northern regions have for the past few months been battling with water scarcity due to a slow water downstream flow.
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Katima Mulilo – Vice-President Nangolo Mbumba has called on government and private institutions in Namibia to be inclusive of in-service delivery as they reach out to communities.
WINDHOEK - A two-year-old girl from Outjo was raped and abandoned in the veld by her uncle who lured her from home and committed the gruesome act on Tuesday afternoon at the town.
WINDHOEK - Recent statistics released by the Ministry of Health and Social Services indicated there are 3,630 cases of hepatitis E virus in seven of the country’s 14 regions.
WINDHOEK - Windhoek High Court Judge Christi Liebenberg yesterday rejected an application by former CEO of the Roads Contractor Company (RCC), Kelly Nghixulifa to quash counts 1, 5, 6, 9 and 10 in the indictment he faces in relation to charges of fraud and contravening the ACC Act and the amendment of counts 2, 7 and 11 by deleting a section of the Criminal Procedure Act.
KHORIXAS - Shocking revelations were made on Monday by a community member Rosa !Ganes who said some children at the north-western town of Khorixas spike their unsuspecting parents’ drinks to make them sleepy and go to bed early to enable these children to sneak out of their parents’ houses at night unnoticed.
WINDHOEK - The Minister of Urban and Rural Development, Peya Mushelenga, yesterday reappointed the Board of Directors for the National Housing Enterprise for the period October 1, 2018 to September 30, 2021.
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WINDHOEK - A 21-year-old resident of Rehoboth on Monday offered a plea of guilty for the brutal murder of sixteen-year-old Camilla Gabriella Steyn, but denied he raped and robbed her.
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WINDHOEK - Namib Mills has announced significant increases of between 12 percent to 20 percent on all its wheat flour, complete mix, rice, pasta, yeast and millet products.
WINDHOEK – The use of Digital Sequence Information (DSI) on genetic resources will be one of the thorny issues to be debated at the14th Conference of Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) to be held in Sharm El-Sheikh in Egypt next month.
WINDHOEK – “As you are aware, education is the key to knowledge and a productive life. The majority of the children of farm labourers do not attend school and are thus unable to realise their full potential.
WINDHOEK- Swa n u parliamentarian says time is now for Namibia to start planning for a genocide conference to iron out existing issues on reparations. Tens of thousands of Herero and Nama people were killed by the so-called “protective troops” or died in concentration camps in the years a$er the 1904 battle.
KEETMANSHOOP - Keetmanshoop Municipality spokesperson Dawn Kruger says the town is working hard to ensure its roads are well maintained and in good condition as this is crucial for tourism and investors.
RUNDU – Court mediation has culminated in the Rundu Town Council reaching a settlement with property developer Armstrong Construction to cancel a soured PPP deal that would have resulted in the developer constructing 600 residential houses to alleviate the housing shortage at the river town.
ǀAEǁGAMS – Kai!ādi !nâ hâ !hū!âdi hîa ai!gû ra ǂâiǂhansens ase ǂhanuba ības soab aib ge !Hūb di ǁÛba ge mî, mâsib mā-ams ose hâ ǂnaumâiǁanǁguigu dib nēsi ǀgaisase khoesiba ra tsâǀkhā ǁkhōǁkhōsasib ase īsa tsîb nē mâsiba ǂōǂōsib ase nî !gawaǀîhesa.
ǀAEǁGAMS - Ai!gû ra ǀkhurub mâsib Aminuis ǁHûi!nâǂharis hîa Omaheke ǀKharib !nâ ra ǁnās dib !aromas ge Kabinetsa ǁnāti ī aoǁguigu hîa ge Beros ǂGuro Ministers disa xu a ǂoaxa nē tsâǀkhāsa hûhâsiga huis !aromaga ge !khō!gâ. ǀKhurub nēb ge
ǀAEǁGAMS – President Hage Geingob ge ǂoago wekheb Wunstaxtsēs ai mîǁguibab ū!nâ hâ daoǁgauba Kabinets ǁanina ge mā, !norasasib !khamao tsî United Nations ǁga !hoaǁaredi !nâ !hūb!noras !aroma gere ǁhaob di ǁguiǂuisa !khaiba ǂhâbasa
KONGOLA - Kongola Police Station was last Friday renamed after late commissioner Menias Brian Libuto who passed away in September last year.
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WINDHOEK - The Drop a Pad campaign, the brainchild of a Grade 7 learner Sherry Muchaka, last week donated more than 500 sanitary pads to four schools in the Otjozondjupa Region in her quest to keep the girl-child in school.
NKURENKURU - The Nkurenkuru Town Council is awaiting for the attorney general’s approval to enable it to enter into a private-public partnership (PPP) with the Development Bank of Namibia (DBN) to service 333 residential plots for the eventual construction of housing units.
WINDHOEK - Shell Namibia, Namcor and the Ministry of Mines and Energy have demonstrated their commitment to both education and road safety in their support to Namibia’s only pre-school for the hearing-impaired.
SWAKOPMUND - The Swakopmund International Trade Expo (Swaitex) has experienced a decline of 30 percent in exhibitors this year.
SWAKOPMUND - Rössing Uranium Limited, one of the oldest uranium mines in the world has appointed Richard Storrie as the new Managing Director.
KHORIXAS - The Kunene school counselor Aini Hoaebs has made a bombshell revelation that 47 schoolgirls are pregnant in the Kunene region and the majority of pregnancies are attributed to learners engaged in unprotected skin-to-skin sex after they were under the influence of alcohol or drugs.
KATIMA MULILO – Baana babalalu babakulubelwa kuli ki bazumi baba zuma isi kamulao nebahanezwi kulifa masheleñi, akupikela tolongo kwande hane babonahalile fapila muatuli yomunyinyani Boyd Namushinga, mwa khuta ya Katima Mulilo,
KATIMA MULILO – Mubusisi wa sikiliti sa Zambezi Lawrence Sampofu ukupile bayahi ba sikiliti kuli bano amuhela baba fayela mwamandu, mwa mungendenge wa kusileleza butuku bwa malaria.
KATIMA MULILO – Nzundamo Kabala walilimo zemashumi amalalu ka aketalizoho, nahanezwi kulifa mali akupikela tolongo kwande, hane abonahalile mwa khuta ya muatuli yomunyinyani mwa Katima Mulilo, Lamubulo kamilatu ya kubulaya, nikubata
RUNDU - About 75 learners at Mbambangandu Junior Primary School, 30km east of Rundu in Mashare Constituency, last week got a donation of school uniforms from fishing company Nautilus Fishing Industry.
SHIPEPE - Driven by the passion to fight poverty and create an income for himself, 27-year-old Angolan-born Sergio Manuela da Silva has breached the stereotypical view that the nail-do is a women’s job and now successfully runs a door-to-door beauty parlour in the northern towns.
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