Okalkpana-Kavikutu vya Tjatindi na Kavihuro ombya pandjarisire otjihuze tjavyo uriri nungwari ovito peke peke motjiwana okuza korupa ro ma nyando, ombazu, oporotika nawina o ma hongero.
Otjomuise-“Omakuruhungi wo vandu vetu maye serekarerwa iyo vandu vetu oveni,” indji oo ngurameneno ndji haivaiva yo Vakwena no Vaherero otjembo ehongonekwa kohako yo mi hook aviyevari imbi mo ngondjero yavyo yo tjisuta tjombindu.
Following a week of torrential rainfall, the City Police has cautioned residents and motorists to refrain from crossing riverbeds overflowing with water.
ARANOS – Urban and rural development deputy minister Derek Klazen has commended the Standard Bank Namibia buy-a-brick initiative, describing it as a “game changer” that has already transformed the lives of poor Namibians.
Over 230 learners from Siguruguru Junior Primary School face an uncertain future after an application to establish a temporary school in Rundu’s Tumweneni informal settlement was put on hold by the directorate of education in the region.
OSHAKATI – A shortage of judicial officers at the Oshakati Magistrate’s Court is allegedly hindering the speedy finalisation of cases, creating a further backlog for the Judiciary.
ONAMBUTU - Onambutu Combined School in Ohangwena region recently received two freezers and 52 single mattresses from the Ohangwena governor Usko Nghaamwa yesterday.
KEETMANSHOOP - Higher education has more value than money and should be used, said Unam vice chancellor Kenneth Matengu.
Namibia has opposed the international pressure against trophy hunting, arguing that such a ban will have a negative impact on the country’s conservation efforts.
Mukevereli gevango vana kutumbura asi Olof Palme zompongasano ruha rosikunino kevango lyaGoreangab, Nestor Kalola, kahundilire sitata saVenduka mokuvapa evhu lyenzi kovatungimo, nokutanta asi ngano elikwamo eli nalivatera eparu lyovantu vatunga momavango gene vatura asi gokutunga.
Mpanguro zepeguru moVenduka sivike kasitundireko kazitokwerere mugara gonomvhura 30 asi kutunda apa eparu lyendi nalinye gahepa kukara modorogo morwa kudipaga mukado gwendi ogu gatwire nonombere rorunzi moAroab momvhura 2017.
Mbunga zomahoroworo (ECN) kazitente asi tanko ngesi vanasigi nomahina dokuhorowesa yipo nye varuganese yimbapira momahoroworo gokukwateramo gana kara moOpuwo Rural ntani moOtjiwarongo.
RUNDU – University of Namibia Rundu campus SRC deputy president Dawid Johannes has implored lecturers to refrain from postponing and cancelling classes unnecessarily, saying it has a negative impact on the performance of students.
An elderly woman died from drowning in a canal at Ombathi village in Ogongo constituency of Omusati region.
OMUTHIYA – Heavy rain has caused extensive damage to the main gravel road of Onyati-Onkumbula in the Oshikoto region. The road is a vital link as it connects places in Okankolo and Onyuulaye.
RUNDU – Meatco has been roped in to operate the Katima Mulilo abattoir for the next five years on behalf of the Zambezi Meat Corporation (Zamco), which failed to get the project off the ground.
OHAIYANDA - A girl who passed grade 12 with flying colours is appealing for financial assistance from Good Samaritans to further her studies.
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The University of Namibia says it will impose serious consequences for exam cheaters. Students involved in cheating will face expulsion and be de-registered from the university, vice-chancellor Kenneth Matengu warned this week.
Three candidates contesting the Otjiwarongo by-election are promising to tackle the high unemployment rate in the constituency.
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Minister of International Relations and Corporation Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah yesterday hailed the exportation of Namibian beef to the United States, describing it as a “great achievement” in the advancement of the country economic diplomacy.
Namibia Bus and Taxi Association (Nabta) has appointed Jeffrey Platt as their interim chairperson deputised by Pendapala Nakathingo.
The Namibian Exile Kids Association (Neka) says the time is ripe for honest and open engagement between generations in order to help move Swapo Party forward. They are also calling on party elders to consider ideas on succession planning when it comes to its top leadership.
Speaker of the National Assembly Peter Katjavivi has reiterated the importance of parliamentary research, noting that it is the backbone of parliament and an important aspect for sharpening debates and the oversight function.
Being on the road often gives me time to ponder things – the past, present and future.
OSHAKATI - Prime Minister Saara Kuugongelwa-Amadhila said the government has intensified its fight against HIV/Aids with the aim to reach 100% of reported and known HIV patients on anti-retroviral treatment (ART).
OMUNGWELUME - The Omungwelume settlement in Ohangwena region is currently busy with its planning process of availing 93 residential plots to the Shack Dwellers Federation of Namibia.
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ONGWEDIVA – Although the northern regions have received good rains recently, the governor of Oshana region Elia Irimari said drought particularly food shortage is expected to prevail until the communities get to harvest.
Namibian motorists have spent over N$18 million over the past five years on personalised number plates, according to the Roads Authority
Agriculture minister Alpheus !Naruseb has warned staff members that failure to comply with government directives, laws and procedures will result in disciplinary action.
KEETMANSHOOP - Good rains poured over dry and arid plains in some parts of the //Kharas region for the past two weeks, bringing about a bit of relief for struggling farmers.
When I initially learnt that Unam was going to open up a veterinary school I was so excited, however Namibian veterinary controlling bodies felt at some point that the country/Unam was not ready to offer a veterinary course.
KEETMANSHOOP - Deputy youth minister and one of the Swapo national leaders assigned to the //Kharas region, Agnes Tjongarero, has implored party members to exercise honesty without fear or favour.
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KEETMANSHOOP – The notion of Namibians consuming what they did not produce and producing what they do not consume must be changed, said Tjekero Tweya, Minister of Industrialisation, Trade and SME Development.
SWAKOMUND – A senior employment officer at the labour ministry says employers who do not comply with all aspects of the Employment Service Act and the Namibia Integrated Employment Information System (NIEIS) could be fined up to N$20 000 in the near future.
OMUTHIYA – The decomposed body of a 63-year-old farmer, who was allegedly shot in the chest by one of his employees, was discovered on Sunday at Owiwi village of Oshikoto region.
WINDOKO – Liluko la Mabasi, liezize lipatisiso hala manyalo angiwa kuli kiatumelelano amashumi asupile, mubakweli likwambuyu wa liluko la mabasi Maureen Hinda-Mbuende nabulezi viki yefelile. Manyalo alishano kamita kuiputezi basali ili bayahi banaha Namibia, babanyalwa kwa baana bamazwazule katumelelano yakufiwa masheleñi. Kasamulaho mazwahule bafumana mapampili akuba bayahi banaha kamanyalo atumelelano.
BEIJING – Buñata bwa baituti banaha Namibia babali mwanaha China baikutwa kuli muuso ubakungulezi kwatuko, linaha zeñwi halinze lizwisa baituti bazona mwatolopo ya Wuhan ili yetaselizwe kibutuku bwa corona.
MARIENTAL - Road safety education will soon be introduced at schools and integrated in the national school curriculum.
ONGWEDIVA - The Ongwediva Town Council on Thursday launched the Ongwediva mayoral fund to assist destitute residents within the town.
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KEETMANSHOOP – An industrial structure that had been gathering dust for quite sometime has now prospered into the establishment of a state-of-the-art garment factory at !Homs Ai centre in Keetmanshoop, answering to President Hage Geingob’s call for it to become operational said Tjekero Tweya, Minister of Industrialisation, Trade and SME Development.
OSHAKATI – The multi-million dollar police regional headquarters at Oshakati in Oshana was officially inaugurated on Friday.
The Electoral Commission of Namibia (ECN) said it would do away with electoral voting machines (EVMs) in favour of ballot papers for next month’s by-elections in Opuwo and Otjiwarongo.
Deputy justice minister Lidwina Shapwa says public servants cannot become attached to the political heads who lead their ministries.
RUNDU - A nine-year-old girl drowned in the Okavango River on Saturday afternoon while on a fishing expedition with her aunt.
Otjomuise- Ombara Turimuro Hoveka matja oma kamburiro wehi no ku hina o u semba mehi ra Eiseba mo Karukondua kOmatoororero ka Tjombinÿe yeri mo zondi mbari.
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KEETMANSHOOP – Deputy Minister of Gender Equality and Child Welfare Lucia Witbooi says decision makers should ensure there are opportunities in the curriculum of children to learn more about online safety through effective child protection strategies.
RUNDU - NamWater has successfully restored the water supply at Rundu after some residents endured three days without water.
Founder of the International University of Management (IUM) David Namwandi says the institution will continue to promote placements and work experience for students.
Ministera gweyi yomonda zosirongo Frans Kapofi kageve marondoro kovarugani vendi moministeli asi vahegeke nokutunda kurandesa sirongo kovatunda yirongo.
Opuwo - Nompitisili dopaupolitika momukunda horowere gwaKunene, rambangako nguuru Marius Sheya, ngesi kuna kara nelikwamo lyokudingura mukunda horowero gwawo omu vana kukatara esikisomo ntani ekeverero noprojeka edi dina kugenda momukunda gwawo.
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RUNDU – A local company Konigstein Capital, which has a 25-year lease agreement to operate at the Mashare irrigation scheme, has installed a smart system at the farm to control centre pivots with a computer or on an iPad without physically being in the field.
KANDUME – Grade 10 and 11 learners at Kandume Combined School are being taught under trees weeks after their makeshift tent classrooms were damaged by a windstorm.
RUNDU - The Ngandu Festival, which debuted last year, will once again return this Easter weekend. Event organiser Andreas Gustav said during the launch last week that the festival aims to create a network for exhibitors and artists.
ONYUULAE – The councillor for Okankolo constituency, Hans Nambodi, is of the view that the hardships his area faces are the reasons why young teachers are not keen on teaching in such rural areas.
Chief Justice Peter Shivute said while the Judiciary is trying its utmost best, under very trying circumstances to deliver speedy justice, factors out of its control adversely affects its ability to do so.
President Hage Geingob has encouraged local lawyers to participate in pro bono legal services in an effort to improve the accessibility of law and justice to vulnerable sections of society.
OKANKOLO – Although MTC is working tirelessly to ensure that everyone has access to communication and has built network towers to ensure connections are made easier in different parts of the country, some areas seem still to be lagging behind.
ONGWEDIVA – The police in Oshana region are investigating a case of concealment of birth after the remains of a baby boy were allegedly discovered in the suspect’s room on Tuesday at Uupindi location in Oshakati.
Vice President Nangolo Mbumba says given Namibia’s vulnerability, the country is deeply committed to action in terms of both climate change adaptation and mitigation.
Former St Therese Secondary School grade 12 learner Taimi Asino recently received a shot in the arm after Standard Bank Namibia awarded her N$50 000 towards her varsity studies.
The National Assembly of the Republic of Namibia passed the Police Act, 1990, which set up a police force known as the Namibian Police Force.
The 30th anniversary of the adoption of Namibia’s constitution was marked on the 9 February under the theme ‘The Namibian Constitution – Thirty years on: A Reflection’.
OPUWO – The political leadership of Kunene region, including governor Marius Sheya, have embarked on a familiarisation mission, which will include monitoring and evaluating some of the ongoing projects in the region.
To bridge the skills development gap in Gibeon, the village council has been hosting free training to empower and equip the youth with various skills to address the current high unemployment rate.
Cabinet has directed the ministry of education to provide feedback on the status of the memorandum of understanding (MoU) on the deployment of KiSwahili experts to Namibia by June this year.
Samherji, the Icelandic company at the centre of the Fishrot scandal, has threatened government with legal action after Namibian authorities seized its Heinaste vessel last Friday.
Hundreds of ratepayers in Windhoek who owe the municipality about N$235 million have been handed over to the council’s lawyers for collection.
ǂNÛǂGOAES - !Namiǂnûs di ǁanǂgāsaben ge Ågui amsa xu ra mî, ǁîn a ǂhomisasa ÅhubuÅhubusenxūn sîsenūsa ǁnā !āsa xu Åariǂuisa. Nē mâsib xa ra ǂâiǂhansen ǁanǂgāsaben, Åawa!namn tsî !kharaga !âÅhuru-aon tsîn ge Ågūǁae ge Åhao hâ i, in danade ǂnûiÅhao tsî kō mâtin oresa nē !khāǂoa ra sîsenūs ÅhubuÅhubusenxūn disa !Namiǂnûs !nâ nî !khamǂuisa.
ǂNÛǂGOAES - !Namiǂnûs di ǁanǂgāsaben ge Ågui amsa xu ra mî, ǁîn a ǂhomisasa ÅhubuÅhubusenxūn sîsenūsa ǁnā !āsa xu Åariǂuisa. Nē mâsib xa ra ǂâiǂhansen ǁanǂgāsaben, Åawa!namn tsî !kharaga !âÅhuru-aon tsîn ge Ågūǁae ge Åhao hâ i, in danade ǂnûiÅhao tsî kō mâtin oresa nē !khāǂoa ra sîsenūs
OMUTHIYA – Water utility NamWater and the Omuthiya Town Council are planning to set up an additional reservoir that will be dedicated to serving the town in order to ease the water woes that has plagued the area for many years.
RUNDU - The Northern Regional Electricity Distributor (Nored) says the prolonged power interruptions at Divundu and surrounding areas in the Mukwe constituency of Kavango East are due to heavy downpours.
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Dr Panduleni Itula, who stood as an independent presidential candidate last year, has declared, “it is not over yet” following last week’s election challenge Supreme Court judgement.
Speaker of the National Assembly Peter Katjavivi has revealed plans to form a parliamentary committee intended to monitor and evaluate progress on the implementation of Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
OMUTHIYA - There has been a renewed call for the banning of the pit bull dogs after a 10-year-old boy was viciously attacked on Friday outside Tsumeb.
President Hage Geingob said on Sunday that the country’s constitution should be taught from school level up to university as a foundational course for it to be internalised by all.
WINDOKO – Libyana zelongwa halizwelapili kuekezeha mwamukwakwa wa Walvis Bay-Ndola-Lumbumbashi, bakwaezi balimbayambaya zelonga libyana bazwelapili kutalimana nimaswenyeho habakena kwalineku la Zambia, kakuli mukwakwa ozwa Sesheke kuya Livingstone hamoho cwalo ni Lusaka, mane kuyoli tii kwa museto wanaha DRC, usiala mwamayemo maswe.
WALVIS BAY – Babeleki bababeli nebatimezi kwamusebezi, kasamulaho akutiba mwamushini opomba mutabani mwa Walvis Bay, Labune viki yefelile. Kozi yeo nebile teñi nako yalico zamusihali.
OMUTHIYA – A young boy was hospitalised after he was brutally attacked by a pit bull last week at a private farm outside Tsumeb.
KING KAULUMA – The water scarcity that has been hindering the school progress at the King Kauluma Combined School will soon be a thing of the past.
MARIENTAL – The 18-year-old cousins from Stampriet have both registered at the University of Namibia (Unam) with support and assistance from the Hardap governor, the Mariental Rural constituency office as well as sympathetic members of the public.
KEETMANSHOOP - Following his election to represent the //Kharas region in the National Council, New Era caught up with Karasburg East constituency councillor Dennis Coetzee on how he intends to champion the cause of the electorate in the south.
MARIENTAL - Stakeholders in the Hardap region, including farmers affected by the closing of the sluices of the Hardap Dam to the irrigation schemes, recently held a meeting with the agriculture, water and forestry minister, Alpheus !Naruseb, in Mariental to discuss ways on how to mitigate the effects it will have on their crop production.
The Workers Revolutionary Party (WRP) and Swanu of Namibia are throwing their spanner into the works of trying to have the 2019 Presidential and National Assembly elections declared null and void in the electoral court.
OMUTHIYA – Severe storm lashed Omuthiya on Friday, causing massive damage to the regional police headquarters. The storm ripped off the roof of the N$280 million administration block, while solar panels and official vehicles also suffered damage.
Otjomuise- Ombura indji o yo horomende oku riyauka mourekoto no ku teza zondambo zayo oku tara ko kutja imbi mbi yasere oku ungura ya u ngura pupeÞapi nu wina omaunguriro kanaa yerire inga ngekarapo ohapo.
Otjomuise- Otjombongariro Tjokombanda Mbanda tjo ma yarurakisiro woviposa mo Namibia, matji tja tjari nousemba wo ku tara motjiposa o mu rikuramenenepo, Panduleni Itula, novakwao vovira ovipirure vyo porotika, mu varwe ovengi, tji va hungamisire o Minister yo Mekurisiro Wovihuro Nokozombanda, Ohahende yOhoromende nOtjirata Tjomatoororero tja Namibia.
Otjomuise-Omitanda vya Eiseba vya hindi orutuu romutjemo ko tjirata tjo mbazu tjo Uhonapare wa Tjimana mu ma vitjeme nokuti ku ma vitja kwaturwa kwa yanda.
You are extremely excited about the developing bundle of joy, you have picked out a name and are already planning your visit vacation.
Aweeh, how have you been? Since I jika-jika-ed out, so many things have happened in the Land of the Brave, but many a Namibian have a very short memory span. Do you still remember the outbreak of anthrax and Ebola, and how everyone went berserk with theories in their heads about these dreadful, dangerous diseases?
South Africa can learn a lot about remembrance and restoration from the way Germany dealt with its Nazi past, but there is a more distant chapter of history with which this former colonial power is still trying to come to terms – and it’s causing a fair amount of controversy.
President Hage Geingob has delegated Vice-President Nangolo Mbumba to represent him at the 33rd Ordinary Session of the Assembly of Heads of State and Government of the African Union, which starts this weekend in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
Windhoek Regional Court is set to resume the trial of two men who stand accused of killing an Acacia High School learner nearly six years ago.
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MASHARE – A local company Konigstein Capital which has a 25-year lease agreement to operate from the Mashare Irrigation Scheme in Kavango East, has set its sights on growing up to 150 hectares of blueberries for the international market.
Rundu - Vantu vatunga moKavango zoutokero nezi zoupumezuva rwaguma unene rukukutu kuna kuvahundira asi vahepa kuruganesa siruwo esi mvhura zongwa zina kuroka momukunda.
The president of the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU), Gabriela Cuevas Barron is in Namibia for a four-day visit that is meant to strengthen relations with IPU member countries and discuss initiatives the world’s parliamentary body has undertaken in the region.
KEETMANSHOOP – The residents of Lüderitz have vowed to tackle the issue of drug abuse at the coastal town.
MARIENTAL – Over 100 residents from Mariental have been flocking to the Edel dates farm every day to harvest dates since the farm’s closure and the owners abandoned the project.
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RUNDU - A five-year-old boy died in a freak accident on Monday afternoon at Ndama location in Rundu after he was hit by a concrete pillar while playing with other children.
Three conservancies in the Kunene region have received solar-powered boreholes courtesy of the Environment Investment Fund of Namibia (EIF) in collaboration with the environment ministry and Green Climate Fund.
GOBABIS – Gobabis informal settlement residents will start paying the municipality a monthly occupational fee of N$50, town CEO Ignatius Thidunyane announced this week.
EHI-ROVIPUKA – The Environment Investment Fund of Namibia (EIF) in join hands with the Ministry of Environment and Tourism and Green Climate Fund recently visited projects that they are funding in the Kunene region.
MARIENTAL - Youth in Mariental, who received training in basic business management under the Namibia Youth Credit Scheme, are unhappy over the programme, which they claim does not live up to its mandate.
The construction of the Okakarara Vocational Training and Hospitality Centre is among the many projects earmarked for the constituency, according to outgoing councillor Vetaruhe Kandorozu.
President Hage Geingob has once again criticised society’s attitude towards black success, saying there was an element of self-hate among Namibian blacks.
ǀAEǁGAMS – !Gâi ǂhôa-i draiwen !hana-aon !aroma-i ge, mâtib go !hūbaib sâuǁkhāsiba a ǁnā, xawe i ge Namibiab di draiwe sîǂuisa 2019 !aromasa kaise go !gâi i, Ånōhe rasa !oan N$840 miljuns Ågūse hâ marisa
RUNDUS – !Kharaga skolgu Rundus !nâ mâgu ge ǁkhāǁkhā!nā-omde !nao!nās tsî soana skolgu !nâ hō tama Ågôana !ēs ǁkhāǁkhāsens disa mās !aroma, blegu Åkha aitsama ǁkhāǁkhā!nā-omde ra kuru.
ǀAEǁGAMS– Daogu ǂGaeǂguis (RA) ge ǂoago wekheb Wunstaxtsēs ai goro !gâi!gâisen, ǁîb hîa kaise a Åhawe daogu di Åguib ÅAeǁgamsa xu Kaiǁkhaes ǁga garub di ǂguro !âbas go mîǁguisa ǁaeb !nâ a sī!nâs khao!gâ
SORRI-SORRIS - Solar installation at Sorri-Sorris relieved the community from the cost of buying diesel and air pollution emitted from the diesel.
ONDEROMBAPA – What was supposed to be a great beginning to an academic year at Dr Fischer Primary School turned out sad after the school’s classroom block was destroyed by fire last week Thursday.
The University of Namibia (Unam) will require about N$1.6 billion in government subsidy to ensure its sustainability in terms of successfully running its operations for this next financial year.
Air Namibia, as a responsible organisation caring for its employees and clients, continues to monitor the developments regarding the coronavirus, working hand in glove with the Ministry of Health and Social Services (MHSS).
WINDOKO – Liluko la likampani zasicaba, likupile likampani kubona kuli taba kufa misebezi kwabayahi banaha pili isi kafiwa kwamazwahule ingiwa kuba yabutokwa.
Windoko – Basali bababeli, hamoho cwalo nimushemi wamusali, baba nyazwa kakubulaya nikuyo yumba situpu sa mwanana wamusizana walilimo zelobañwi, neba bonahalile lwapili mwakhuta yamuatuli yomunyini mwa Windoko, fapila muatuli yomunyinyani Ndepewa Amadhila.
WINDOKO – Lingambolo linze liezahala mwahala naha Namibia ni Botswana, kukutisa yanali muetapili yatumile hahulu wabane babalehezi kwa Dukwi, Felix Kakula, nibabañwi babane kuli bato ikalabela hala papali yene babapalile, mwakubata kukeyula Mutayi wa Caprivi kwanaha Namibia kasilimo sa 1999.
WINDHOEK – Windhoek residents owe the City of Windhoek N$935 million in municipal bills as at 31 December 2019. A total of N$663 million is owed to municipality over 30 days before December, said Windhoek mayor Fransina Kahungu during the first monthly council meeting last week.
WINDHOEK - The African Editors Forum has condemned in the strongest term the prison terms imposed on Burundian journalists tried and convicted simply for doing their work.
WALVIS BAY – A Namibian woman who returned last week from Australia via Doha is currently being quarantine as a precautionary measure due to the Coronavirus after she visited the Swakopmund state hospital with flu.
WALVIS BAY – The Samherji vessel captain Angrimur Brynjolfsson (67), pleaded guilty on three charges related to illegal fishing in Namibian waters.
Otjomuise- Mo South Africa muna ohendi mo ma ha¿uninino wehi ndji parura ovatongame poo ovanina ka mu seka poo mbehupa nawa.
KEETMANSHOOP – Workers from the Namibia Industrial Development Agency (NIDA) held a peaceful demonstration earlier this week at Naute dam outside Keetmanshoop.
KEETMANSHOOP – Despite the //Kharas region having a wealth of minerals and marine resources its residents are living under the poorest of circumstances, said Keetmanshoop mayor Gaudentia Kröhne.
WALVIS BAY - National Union of Namibian Workers (NUNW) vice president Phillip Munenguni has lashed out at labour ministry officials, accusing them of being mere “salary collectors” while turning a blind eye to the suffering of workers employed in the fishing and mining industries.
Elim – Konyima tupu zokukuna nombuto momukunda gwaOmusati, vanandima ngesi vana kara vapimbirwa morwa kuna kuyimona asi namuvho kuvhura hena vakare nouli wonombuto.
Opuwo – Mbunga politika zaSWAPO kazihorowere Estein Katupa asi akazikarerepo moOpuwo zoponze zodoropa momahoroworo gokukwateramo aga vanakundindira gakakareko mokwedi kwaNsinano mvhura zeezi.
Ongwediva – Kansela gomukunda gwaRuacana Andreas Shintama, sinkwa ntani kavamuhorowere akare munasipundi kupinganena mevango lya Modestus Amutse akare asi munasipundi gokansela zaOmusati pandango zamukunda.
WINDHOEK – The German embassy yesterday stated it will outsource the application process for Schengen visas in Namibia to a service provider (TLS Group S.A.) with a Visa Application Centre (VAC) based in Windhoek, starting from 2 March 2020.
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WINDHOEK – Meet nine-year-old Peter Nsamba who writes with his mouth. Nsamba has a disability and is unable to use his hands or walk. He relies on his parents to feed and assist him in other ways as well.
ONGWEDIVA – The police in Oshana region are investigating two cases of attempted murder following gruesome attacks on Tuesday. In one incident, two security guards aged 42 and 44 were arrested after attacking a taxi driver at Gwashamba Mall in Ondangwa.
OMUTHIYA – Officials from the environment ministry are on guard in the areas of Oshivelo and Casablanca where lions have been escaping from the Etosha National Park.
WINDHOEK – Three candidates have been confirmed for the 9 March Otjiwarongo constituency by-election.
WINDHOEK – Talks are underway between Namibia and Botswana to extradite ex-Dukwi refugee prominent leader, Felix Kakula, and four others to answer questions on their involvement in the secessionist attempt to secede the former Caprivi Strip from Namibia in 1999.
WINDHOEK – About 500 women across Windhoek who two weeks ago submitted their CVs to Monica Gender-Based Violence Solution Centre have shown interest to obtain driving licences to enable them to start driving taxis in order to uplift their lives.
OMUTHIYA - Strong wind and heavy rain left several people injured after a severe storm battered Tsumeb on Monday.
ELIM - After ravaging crop fields in Omusati region, farmers worry the after effect of the worms may again cripple their harvest this year.
RUNDU - Kwatoko Joinery owner Kandjimi Ndumba is not resting on his laurels, despite the grim economic situation across the country.
WINDHOEK – The National Unity Democratic Organisation’s (Nudo) top leadership last weekend opted to shelve plans to suspend its long-serving Okakarara constituency councillor Vetaruhe Kandorozu and former secretary general Meundju Jahanika from the party.
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WINDHOEK - The Electoral Commission of Namibia (ECN) has attributed the recent by-elections poor turnout on multiple factors, including the timing of the elections, which coincided with the opening of the new academic year.
ONGWEDIVA – Following a cloudy weekend as well as a broken borehole generator, the Hainyeko Combined School in the Ohangwena region is left with limited water, as both boreholes in the vicinity ran dry.
ONGWEDIVA - The Ongwediva Town Council is calling on crop field and homestead owners at Omatando to avail themselves for the second phase of evaluation of their properties, scheduled to kick off early February.
WINDHOEK – Two minor girls aged six and 10 were among a number of women sexually assaulted this past week, the police have confirmed.
SWAKOPMUND – The Seaflower fishing company at Walvis Bay will most likely resume its operations on Friday.
WINDHOEK - A broken broomstick and burnt clothes are part of the evidence being studied by police investigators into the murder of a nine-year-old Zimbabwean-born girl, whose charred body was found in a municipal rubbish skip at the weekend.
OMUTHIYA – Lubasi lwayo neli muituti kwasikolo sesipahami sa Unam, ili yakulubelwa kuli nabulailwe kakunatiwa mwakweli ya Ñulule ñohola mwa Katima Mulilo, lubilaela hala lipatisiso zamapokola.
OMUTHIYA – Buñata bwalikolo zamuuso mwasikiliti sa Zambezi, likupile baituti kuno ishimbela lipula habaya kwasikolo. Kalulo yeo itaha bakeñisa kufukuzeha kwalipula mwalikolo, mi kuekezeha kwapalo yabaituti nikona kubapala kalulo.
WINDHOEK – The Indian High Commissioner to Namibia, Prashant Agrawal, on Friday announced his country has finalised the easing of visa requirements for Namibians travelling to the south Asian country.
WINDHOEK - The Namibian Police issued summonses worth over N$13.7 million to motorists during the festive season.
WINDHOEK - A man, who was accused of bludgeoning a farmer to death in the Outjo district, was last week found guilty of murder.
WINDHOEK – The Omaheke Regional Council has picked Nudo councillor for Otjinene constituency Erwin Katjizeu to represent it in the National Council, following the resignation of former Swapo councillor for Gobabis Phillipus Katamelo.
WALVIS BAY - Police in the Erongo region have urged parents in the coastal towns of Swakopmund, Henties Bay and Walvis Bay to make sure that children visiting beaches and swimming pools are under adult supervision.
ONAMBANGO - Popular Democratic Movement (PDM) leader McHenry Venaani has urged northern subsistence farmers to embrace their vast land and water, following the recent good rains as a way to ensuring food security.
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RUNDU - The chairperson of Swapo leaders assigned to the Kavango East region, James Sankwasa, has described the infighting at the Rundu Town Council as “unhealthy”, adding residents of the town were suffering the most because of squabbles among councillors.
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WALVIS BAY - Education deputy minister Anna Nghipondoka has warned teachers to refrain from participating in politics during school hours.
OMUTHIYA - A broken water pump at one of Tsumeb’s boreholes has left many residents with an acute shortage of water since Thursday last week.
WINDHOEK - Under-fire Gobabis Megasave manager Sarel de Waal who was filmed assaulting a store employee in a widely closed-circuit television recording has been described by workers as a “well-known bully” who sometimes lock employees in refrigerators.
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Otjomuise- Ovature peke peke mave raisa ouzeu nehi nda ke kerwa tjiunguran tjo ma tunduuziro wo Vakuruha moutukondwa womatoorore wa Pukiro na Tjombinÿe.
Otjomuise- Ombara yo Vambanderu, Kilus Karaerua Munjuku III Nguvauva matja ombura indji oyo hange no ndjesirasaneno.
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WINDHOEK – The National Unity Democratic Organisation (Nudo) leadership will meet tomorrow to decide whether to suspend its long-serving Okakarara constituency councillor Vetaruhe Kandorozu and outgoing parliamentarian Meundju Jahanika from the party.
WINDHOEK - The Popular Dem-ocratic Movement (PDM) has blamed the Electoral Commission of Namibia for the pathetic turnout of voters during the recently held by-elections in Walvis Bay, Keetmanshoop, Gobabis and Windhoek.
ONGWEDIVA - Northern subsistence farmers are hopeful for a better harvest following good rains received since the start of the rainy season.
RUNDU - The ministry of agriculture has issued a public notice to farmers and general public about the fall armyworm outbreak that has hit the Zambezi Region.
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. “
WINDHOEK – The German government last week donated vehicles and IT office equipment all worth N$2 million to the Namibian government.
SWAKOPMUND - Residents of Uiba-Oas Small-Scale Miners’ Cooperative situated between Usakos and Arandis are appealing to government to bring basic services such as water and electricity to their area.
KEETMANSHOOP - Eleven pre-primary teachers from the //Kharas and Hardap regions attended a week long training in Lüderitz recently.
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OPUWO - Education deputy minister Anna Nghipondoka has strongly come out in defence of the revised curriculum, saying it is a step forward in accelerating industrialisation in Namibia.
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TSINTSABIS - Many unemployed residents of Tsintsabis have turned to abusing alcohol to escape the miserable circumstances they experience on a daily basis.
WINDOKO – Mubakweli Likwambuyu wa Liluko la Tuto, Lipapali ni Sizo, Anna Nghipondoka, mwamazwi ahae hala kutateka kwalikolo viki yefelile, nakalimezi likolo kusahanela baituti kuli basike baiñolisa bakeñisa kutokwa masheleñi akulifa. Mubakweli likwambuyu nabulezi cwalo kasamulaho ataba yamuituti yana hanezwi sikolo bakeñisa sikoloti sa ñohola.
WINDOKO – Pula yetuna yenze isweli kunela mwanaha kaufela, nimwalinaha zeli bukaufi, ise itisize muunda mi mubusisi wasikiliti sa Zambezi Lawrence Sampofu, nanitifalize kuli libaka zeñwi mwasikiliti sa Zambezi, sihulu mwasilalanda sa Kabbe ya Mbowela seli tibisizwe kimezi amuunda. Mwakweli ya Ñulule katengo ka Sadc nekakile kafa mamela yakuli pula yetuna ikaba teñi, mi ikaswana yatahisa muunda.
WINDOKO – Katengo kakayemela maticele mwanaha Namibia ili kakazibahala ka Teachers’s Union of Namibia (TUN), kabulela kuli buñata bwa maticele habana hande liseli mwakuluta mukoloko ozamaisa tuto omunca, ili wo muuso nokalile kutahisa lilimo liketalizoho zefelile.
WINDHOEK - Following sustained pressure from student leaders, the University of Namibia has agreed to reduce its registration fees, which will allow government-funded students to register at a lower cost.
Several public schools in the Zambezi Region have requested pupils to bring along their own chairs from home.
OMUTHIYA - The Oshikoto regional council has grounded its fleet citing a depleted fuel account. Chief regional officer Frans Enkali announced in an internal circular to staff that the fuel vote 023 has been completely depleted for the financial year 2019/20.
ǀAEǁGAMS – !Nakaǂnôa Ministers ǁGau!nâs, ǂNuwiǁkhāsib tsî !Hao!nāsi ǂŪsin dis, Anna Nghipondokas ge ǁîs di gowaǀîs ǀgôana ǀasa skolkurib !aroma skolgu ǁga oahās disas gere ǂoago wekheb Denstaxtsēs ai mā,
ǀAEǁGAMS – Namibiab ǁGau!nâ-on ǀHûs (TUN) ge ra mî, ǂauna ǁgau!nâ-aon ǂgaoǀkhāsa ǁkhāǁkhāǂuisensa ūhâ tama tamas ka i o ǂâuǀoa hâse aiǂhomisa tama hâsa ǀasa ǁkhāǁkhā!khōǂgāb hîab ǂhanuba koro kurigu !kharu hâse ge sîsentsoatsoa kaiba ǁgau!nâs !aroma.
SWAKOPMUND – Newly elected chairperson of the Erongo regional council Juuso Kambueshe has called on his fellow councillors to continue focussing on youth development in the region.
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SWAKOPMUND – Newly-elected Swakopmund mayor Nehemiah Salomon says the local authority will do everything possible to ensure young people are part of economic activities at the town.
WINDHOEK - Samuel Angolo, the new constituency councillor for Khomasdal, has vowed to tackle existing challenges facing the area, including land delivery, access to electricity and sanitation.
KEETMANSHOOP - Jubilant well-wishers attended on Friday the swearing in ceremony of newly elected Keetmanshoop Urban constituency councillor Maxie Minnaar.
KEETMANSHOOP - The expected rush for placement of learners at schools during the start of the new academic year seemed to have not tremendously affected the //Kharas regional education directorate.
MARIENTAl - Residents living in informal areas in Mariental town will soon be moved on demarcated land with land titles as per the Flexible Land Tenure System, the Mariental Municipality has announced.
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Almost at the end of last year, I had the opportunity and honour to attend the burial of my former teacher and mentor, one of the illustrious leaders of the Kavango East Region, from a redoubtable (royal) family.
RUNDU - Women from Sauyemwa informal settlement in Rundu meet at the town’s dumping site every morning to sift through piles of garbage for a living. They collect cans, glass and plastic bottles and sell them to a recycling company Rent -a- drum for a minimal fee.
RUNDU - Kavango East regional police commander, Commissioner Johanna Ngondo has expressed concern about high levels of crime committed by young people of school-going age.
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RUNDU - President of the Namibia National Students Organisation (Nanso) Simon Taapopi has discouraged learners from renting on their own because of the revised education curriculum, which has seen a number of pupils placed at schools without hostels.
OMUTHIYA - About 300 learners at Oniipa Primary School will be taught in tents, as the school is without proper infrastructure to accommodate them.
TSINTSABIS - Environment and tourism minister Pohamba Shifeta has urged the San community to capitalise on opportunities presented to them by government, such as free access to education.
Otjomuise- Otjikumutundu tjo tji wana Omandaha tja wo ronganene motjivarero otjiyandja hange metuwo ro komando oitjavari yerapi rOtjiserandu okuyandja ondjozikiro ku Uruanaa¿i “Scara” Matundu.
WINDHOEK - A former Global Fund employee accused of killing his supervisor and wounding an ex-colleague is still without legal representation after the lawyer instructed by Legal Aid Henry Shimutikweni refused the instruction.
WINDHOEK - The long-drawn-out court case between the Namibia National Teachers Union (Nantu) and government over remote teachers’ incentives will be heard in the Supreme Court on 2 April.
WINDHOEK - The Popular Democratic Movement (PDM) says a lack of forward planning and an inability to implement the new high school curriculum by the ministry of education are among the factors underlining the chaos that engulfed schools and learners at the start of the 2020 school year.
SWAKOPMUND - The low voter turnout that on Wednesday marred the Walvis Bay Urban by-election was attributed to fatigue, lack of voter education and timing of the voting day.
KEETMANSHOOP - The Landless People’s Movement (LPM) says voters have been yearning for social and political change.
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WINDHOEK – The Teachers’ Union of Namibia (TUN) says most teachers are not qualified nor prepared to teach the new revised national curriculum that the government started implementing five years ago.
WALVIS BAY – Confusion reigned yesterday at Walvis Bay where some residents had to be turned away from polling stations as they were not eligible to vote in the local by-election. Some were under the impression that voting was open to everyone.
GOBABIS – The Gobabis constituency by-election got off to a very slow start yesterday morning. The constituency had eight fixed and 19 mobile polling stations.
ONGWEDIVA - Some schools in the Oshana Region are faced with multiple challenges, including overcrowded classrooms, which have seen up to 55 learners in one class.
KEETMANSHOOP - There was no major hiccups as voting in the Keetmanshoop Urban by-election went relatively smoothly at all polling stations.
WINDHOEK - The Popular Democratic Movement Youth League (PDMYL) has promised to fight for the many prospective students who performed exceptionally well in Grade 12 during 2019 final exams and qualify for tertiary education, but are unable to afford the high registration fees required by local universities.
KEETMANSHOOP - Swapo, the Landless People’s Movement (LPM) and the Popular Democratic Movement (PDM) will enter the political arena today when voting starts, to fill the vacant Keetmanshoop Urban constituency councillor position.
MARIENTAL - Speculations that NamWater will stop providing water to irrigation schemes due to the low level of the Hardap Dam at the end of this month are not true, said Dawie de Klerk, Chairperson of the Hardap Farmers Association.
ǀAEǁGAMS – Namibiab ǀAwa!namn Daob !Norasasib ǁGaraga Sîsenǂuis !âb !nakaǂnôa danas, Komesares Amalia Gawa!nas ge ǁnāpas ge ǀgaisa !khâikhomsa auto !nari-aona Hôasoreb !nâ sîǂuiba hâ is khao!gâ nēsi ge mî, daob sîsenū-aon di tanisens !kharu ge kaitsēdi ǁaeb !nâ ǂkhîǂkhîsase ge !gûǁnâsa, ai!â ge !kharu kurigu ǀkha i kara ǀgoweǀnōhe o.
ǀAEǁGAMS – 10 500 Xa a !nāsa ǀgôan ge ǁnāpa ge ǂoago kurib ǀams ai Namibiab Senior Sekondere Sertifikati ǁNaetisa !Harib (NSSC) Xrat 12 !âidi diba a xoa 24 932 ǀgôana xu, ǀgapi ǁkhāǁkhāsen!khaigu ai xratga ǁkhāǁkhāsens ǂgaoǀkhādi ai ge dīǀoaǀoa. Nē !gôab ge ǂkharirose a !gâi ǁnāpa i ga ai!â gere ǂoa kurib di 9 524 ǀgôan hîa ge !kharu hâ in di !gôab ǀkha nî ǀgoweǀnōhes karao.
ǀAEǁGAMS – Namibiab ǁGanǂharugub ǂNûiǂgās (Meatco), ǁîs !hūb !nâ hoan xa a kai ǂnûiǂgās hîa ǀgapi ǀgaub !harib ai hâ ǁkhāsiba ūhâ gomaǁgan-e xu hâ xūna !hūba xu ra sîǂuis ge ǂoago kurib !nâ 115 000 xa a !nāsa gomana ge ǂā.
PRETORIA - The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) has rolled out a series of trainings to build the capacity of penitentiaries from SADC Member States to uphold human rights and respond to HIV, Sexual and Gender-Based Violence (SGBV) that disproportionately affect women inmates.
WINDHOEK - The police have reported three drowning incidents in northern Namibia this past week.
ONGWEDIVA - A number of holidaymakers once again found themselves stranded at Oshakati due to a lack of transport.
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RUNDU – Balimi mwasikiliti sa Zambezi habana kobalekisa likomu zabona kakuli sikiliti hasina musika.
KATIMA MULILO – Katengo Katolopo ya Katima Mulilo kakalile kulukisa mikwakwa yesinyizwe kipula mwakomponi ya Choto, mi kabulela kuli kakaeza cwalo nikwalikomponi zeñwi za Cow Boy ni Mahohoma.
KATIMA MULILO – Bafundoti bamiselo mwasikiliti sa Zambezi, babato fitisa lipilaelo zabona kwamuuso kuli utalime sililo sabona, kasamulaho liluko la njimo neli kwalile kuzwiswa kwa mango mwasikiliti sa Zambezi kuisa kwalibaka zeñwi zanaha ñohola.
The above-mentioned gentlemen wrote a joint opinion piece in The Namibian of 20 December 2019.
WALVIS BAY - Popular Democratic Movement (PDM) candidate for the Walvis Bay Urban by-election Richard Hoaeb has vowed to address the challenges of sanitation, healthcare and housing once elected into office.
WINDHOEK - The Teachers Union of Namibia (TUN) secretary-general Mahongora Kavihuha has called on the education ministry to intervene and withdraw the statement by Omusati education directorate recalling all transferred grade 9 learners from grade 10.
WALVIS BAY - Walvis Bay Urban by-election independent candidate Knowledge Ipinge said he is confident of victory ahead of Wednesday’s vote.
KATIMA MULILO – The Katima Mulilo Town Council will resurface roads which have been damaged by water due to rain that has been pouring in the past weeks.
Otjomuise-Mo ma yandero wo mbura indji o Namibia ra ku ramenwa iyo matoorore wo tu kondwa no zo ngomainde. Ma pehee kutja mapeya tji va zo zo rata kombunda yo ma toororero inga aze ha kotoka movihavero muzeri nai.
At the beginning of each year, Namibians make new year’s resolutions and set goals for the next 12 months or so.
WINDHOEK – Ten people, who were arrested for allegedly beating a 27-year-old Congolese refugee to death in June 2018, are yet to hear their fate from the prosecutor general.
WINDHOEK - The Meat Corporation of Namibia (Meatco), the country’s biggest exporter of top quality natural beef products, last year slaughtered over 115 000 cattle. Outgoing board vice-chairperson Ronald Kubas made the announcement yesterday at a media briefing to introduce the new Meatco CEO Mushokabanji Mwilima.
OSHAKATI - Beneficiaries of social grants and old-age pension in the Okaku constituency were left stranded after the services were temporarily halted due to inaccessible roads caused by the recent heavy rainfall in the area.
Swakopmund - The Speaker of the National Assembly of Namibia, Professor Peter Katjavivi, says efforts are ongoing to bring all SADC member states on the same level of understanding on the need to transform the SADC-PF into a regional parliament.
WINDHOEK - Namibian police traffic chief Deputy Commissioner Amalia Gawanas said the conduct of road users during the festive season was somewhat satisfactory compared to the past years.
WALVIS BAY - The battle for the control of Walvis Bay Urban is heating up ahead of next week’s much-anticipated by-election, which will see two independent candidates and a Popular Democratic Movement (PDM) contestant all hoping to end Swapo’s dominance at the harbour town.
OMUTHIYA - A total of seven people died during the course of last week, from various factors such as lighting, drowning and car accidents in Oshikoto Region.
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Otjomuise- Otjiwondo tjo Ndjembo, 1959-1961, irumwe ro ru tum o ma zemburukiro wo zo mbura o 60 zo Ndjembo yo Ruvanda, tji tja karere no vi tjitwa otjorupa ro ma kuruhungi inga.
Otjomuise- Otjiungura tjo ma tungiro yonganda yo ma kuruhungi po ma turiro omana ma kuruhungi wOmbara Otjitambi yOvaherero nu nguri umwe yaihe yyombiririro yo huuurire no ngwatero yo ngutukiro, Hosea Katjikururume Komombumbi KuÞako, ma tjiutu mo ma utiro wa Kozonyanga ombura ndji ma iyende po Toasisa.
WINDHOEK – Team Namibia this week added its voice to the unfolding international fishing massive kickback scandal implicating Namibian politicians and local business people. In a statement, Team Namibia called for decisive action in dealing with corruption.
WINDHOEK - The head of the Namibian Police Traffic Law Enforcement Division Commissioner Amalia Gawanas has warned motorists that they will be focusing on drunken drivers over the festive season.
Gobabis - Silyo sombunga zovakurupe wombunga zaSWAPO ogu gakara asi mugavi nombudi mombunga ozo momukunda gwaOmaheke Elvis Kauesa kuna kara asi takarumbasana momahoroworo gokukwateramo gana kuwiza kwedi oko moGobabis asi mukandindate gopaumwene.
Omuthiya -Kansela gomukunda moOshikoto katangterere vanafarama asi asi vahazumbanesa ehuguvaro mukaro omu zina kuroka mvhura zokuhavara zina kara asi azo kuna mwahuka sivike esi.
WINDHOEK – Capricorn Group took Windhoek by storm last week Friday with their Christmas on the Streets Initiative, to help the homeless community in the surrounding areas of their head office by giving them a fun-filled day they would never forget.
ONGWEDIVA - The police in Oshana has opened a case of attempted murder against a 19-year-old man for allegedly stabbing another male with an Okapi knife at Evululuko on Monday.
The Omaheke community on Tuesday joined the rest of the world in commemorating the International Human Rights day held at Otjinoko in the Epukiro constituency.
WINDHOEK - The Namibia National Students Organisation (Nanso), which convened its 16th Elective National Students Congress over the weekend in Otjiwarongo, elected its new executive committee members to serve for the next coming two years.
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WINDHOEK - President Hage Geingob has maintained that corruption is not systemic in Namibia, but perceptions have been created that Namibia is a corrupt society.
OMUTHIYA - The Ministry of Information and Communication Technology’s Oshikoto Region recently bade farewell to one of its long-serving staff member Vaino Mutota, who has served the ministry for 29 years.
OMUTHIYA - A security guard officer, stationed at Okamuku complex in Omuthiya, committed suicide on Monday night by shooting himself with a service shotgun after he was allegedly accused for stealing a cellphone.
WINDHOEK - Hundreds of informal settlement residents continue to connect their ramshackle dwellings with illegal and dangerous electricity cables for lighting, ironing and for fridges.
Omauezonjanda- Ozongungu zotji Hoveka poo Tjimana mo Mauezonjanda papaya aze rire otjhirumatwa tjo tji wana tja Namibia atjihe.
Otjomuise-O ma tokero nga hungama o Namibia kanaa ye zengururwa iyo murumendu poo omu kazendu umwe poo otjira poo otjimbumba tjimwe nu ngwari epango riura ouzeu.
WINDHOEK- Octagon (Pty) Ltd on behalf of its clients, the City of Windhoek, Champac Investments and Ariya Bridge Capital (Pty) Ltd held a ground breaking ceremony for Kleine Kuppe Extension 1 Phase 2B project on Wednesday.
WINDHOEK - Three Cabinet ministers have come out of their shells, joining public condemnation of the Fishrot scandal in which two Namibian politicians and their cronies allegedly accepted bribes in exchange for fishing quotas.
OMUTHIYA - The re-elected mayor of Omuthiya Katrina Uusiku Wednesday dodged questions regarding issues of corruption, nepotism and maladministration that have beleaguered the institution for some time now.
KEETMANSHOOP – The affairs of Swapo Party would no longer be run as before, said Agnes Tjongarero the assigned party leader for //Kharas Region.
WINDHOEK - Statistics indicate the Southern African Development Community (SADC) has gender bias in the justice delivery system, with a low representation of women in management positions of the judiciary and those sitting on the bench.
WINDHOEK - A gang of conmen took advantage of an 83-year-old Eros resident and defrauded him of N$300 000 in 2018.
WINDHOEK - The second session of the Namibia-Tanzania Joint Commission for Cooperation held last week, discussed several bilateral issues with particular emphasis on trade and country-to-country investment.
WINDHOEK - The National Housing Enterprise (NHE) has embarked on a pilot project to upgrade informal settlement housing by building eight houses for people who have land ownership but still live in shacks. The eight houses will be built in Goreangab and Otjomuise.
Regional council and local authority public relations officers are gathering in Otjiwarongo to discuss the implementation of the Government Communication Plan and the Government Social Media Use Policy.
WINDHOEK - Chinese foreign ministry spokesperson Hua Chunying on Tuesday congratulated President Hage Geingob for his re-election as President.
WINDHOEK - Police Inspector-General Sebastian Ndeitunga has expressed immense appreciation and gratitude for excellent conduct and safety during the recent Presidential and National Assembly elections and during the political campaigns and post polling.
WINDHOEK- An expectant mother delivered a baby girl last Tuesday evening in a pathway after women from Ombili location and Namibian police members came to her aid.
KEETMANSHOOP - The current drought in the south of Namibia does not only bring farmers to their knees, but in addition it also has a dreadful chain reaction from suppliers down to labourers and the general public at large, said Hansie Esterhuyse, the chairperson of the Karasberg Farmers Association and renowned expert in the agricultural/ farming sector.
SWAKOPMUND - Namibia will once again join the rest of the world in observing the 16 Days of Activism Against Gender-Based Violence annual campaign, which started last week Monday.
ǀAEǁGAMS – Otjombindes di ǂgari-aon ge ǀhûǁarebese ǀnanub di ǁnāsa ǂoa ge wekheb tsoatsoas ai gere ǁkhoreǁhare, ǁnāpan ge hoa kurigu !nâb ǁîba go ǂnâsa i ǀHōǂgaeba ūhâ is khao!gâ.
TSUMKWES – Khaos tsî ǁamaxus ǁkhuribeǁkham-i dis Nyae Nyae !Aub!ûi!gâ!nans tsî ǀHûhâsib !Aub dis tsî N#a Jaqna !Aub!ûi!gâ!nans tsî ǀHûhâsib !aub hâra ge kurikorobe ǂkhîǂkhîsa ǀnōb hāǀaro ra hōǂgāsa ǁîra ǁanin hîa nē ǁaxasib !nâ a !âna ra mā.
ǀAEǁGAMS – Namibiab ǂhanub ge dī ǂgans ǀkhurub huib di māde mās aira ge Capricorn !Nans tsî Capricorns a ǀHonkhoe ai xūna Kō!gâs !nans hâra, nē !nans di kurisa ǂgaus, Bank Windhoeks di aiǁgausa sao tsî N$200 000 Dare to Care ǀKhurub Huib ǂGaes !nâ ge ǂgā.
The State Council Information Office published a white paper on Anti-terrorism, De-radicalization and Human Rights Protection in Xinjiang on March 18th 2019. Recent ‘Xinjiang Criticism’ prevails the Western social media.
WINDHOEK - The police is in pursuit of two well-known male suspects who allegedly sodomised a 36-year-old man over the weekend at Jakkalsdraai in Lüderitz.
OMUTHIYAGWIIPUNDI - An employee contracted by Ohorongo Cement died on Saturday afternoon in a freak accident at the Sargberg cement plant, the company revealed in a press statement.
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WINDHOEK - Minister of Information and Communication Technology (Mict) Stanley Simataa has announced the new total allowable catch (TAC) for commercial marine fishery for the new year starting from 1 January to 31 December 2020.
WINDHOEK - With the recent Presidential and National Assembly elections, African Union Election Observation Mission (AUEOM) noted with concern the low presence of Namibian citizen observers during the actual voting process.
OMUTHIYAGWIIPUNDI - Swapo has maintained its dominance in the Oshikoto region during last week’s general election.
NKURENKURU - The re-elected Nkurenkuru mayor Erastus Sitentu Kandjimi says the town has made remarkable progress towards its development.
RUNDU – Baana babane ili bayahi banaha Namibia, nebatamilwe viki yefelile mwataba yalifolofolo zesilelelizwe. Mapokola babulela kuli bababeli nebatamilwe kimapokola kwa Omega kabaka lakuzuma tou nikuzwisa manaka ayona. Babañwi bababeli nebatamilwe kasamulaho akufumanwa nimanaka atou amane.
WINDOKO – Katengo kakabona zapuluko amali asilalanda mwa Namibia, mwatasa Liluko la Silalanda nekabile nikushaba kwasibaka samayahelo amuyaho wababatibiswanga kimezi amuunda kwa sibaka sapabalelo yalifolofolo kwa Lusese. Muyaho wamakopanelo ili teñi babatibiswa kimezi amuunda bakana bayo tibelela kwateñi, ukafukuza nitaba yakukatazwa kikucinca kwamayemo alifasi.
WINDOKO – Mwaku alabela kwanako yetata yalinanga leli taselize naha, katengo ka Capricorn neka neuzi masheleñi alikana N$200 000 kulatelela tutengo totuñwi tone tuneuzi.
WALVIS BAY - Five people narrowly escaped death on Friday morning in Swakopmund after a seven-seater vehicle collided with an oncoming train in Swakopmund.
WALVIS BAY - The severity of domestic abuse, rape and passion killing was once again highlighted during the launch of the 16 days of activism against gender-based violence (GBV) in Walvis Bay on Friday.
Omauezonjanda-O Ministeri yOmekurisiro wOvihuro nOkozombanda, itjiwa nomasa kutja pena omatorokero wo posyo wOveta yOmauhonapare wOmbazu.
EPAKO- Ovivarero mbiheri oviseinina vyo ma toororero wo Peresidenda no Mbongarero yo Tjiwa¿a mo Karukondua Komatoororero ka Pukiro. Muvyo muna ovi varero vyo ma toororero wa peke ngari 13 ku Tjikukutu 2019.
KADEDERE - The traditional leader of the VaGciriku traditional community Hompa Kassian Shiyambi, who died on 17 November will be laid to rest on Saturday at Mamono village in Ndonga Linena constituency after requiem mass in the Catholic Church at Nyangana.
OSHIKULUFITU - A 35-year-old mother from Oshikulufitu in the Omusati region has appealed for assistance from Good Samaritans to come to the aid of her ailing daughter who is suffering from a condition called hydrocephalus.
WINDHOEK - The Foreign Service Institute (FSI) of India in collaboration with the ministry of international relations is embarking on a project to send 20 Namibian diplomats within the ministry on a two-week special course beginning 1 December 2019, to Delhi.
WINDHOEK – Incidents of dysfunctional electronic voting machines (EVMs) including flat EVM batteries delayed voting in Windhoek in the general election on Wednesday, which compounded the long queues at polling stations.
GOBABIS - The voting process in the Presidential and National Assembly elections in Omaheke region on Wednesday was peaceful, calm and orderly.
Luhonono – Etungo nzira ezi zina kupura nomiliyuna daNamibia zokutunda ko Namalubi-Isize -Luhonono kuna kugendapo nawa eyi yatwaredera asi yirugana kuna kugendapo nawa kutwaredera asi nzira ezi zikapwe moomu vayigazarera ezi vana kumona asi tazi kagwanekedesa nonzira edi adi hanzere.
OMUTHIYA – An employee at farm Neseier died Monday after he and two of his colleagues were struck by lightning while they were picking potatoes from a field.
windhoek - The Environmental Investment Fund of Namibia under the auspices of the Ministry of Environment and Tourism hosted a groundbreaking ceremony for the flood relief centre in Lusese conservancy.
WINDHOEK – The Namibian Society of Composers and Authors of Music (Nascam) has finalised all the processes pertaining to royalty payments for 2019.
WINDHOEK - Prime Minister Saara Kuugongelwa-Amadhila who was one of the first political office bearers to vote in the Windhoek East constituency for the presidential and legislative elections described the process as generally smooth.
WINDHOEK - Independent Presidential candidate Dr Panduleni Itula, said he remains apprehensive of the electoral voting machines (EVMs) although he cast his ballot through an EVM.
WINDHOEK - Inmates who voted at the Windhoek correctional facility yesterday have called on the High Court to correct the unconstitutional long-term sentences imposed on inmates, taking into consideration the Supreme Court judgement earlier this year that ruled jail terms exceeding the expected lifespan of long-term prisoners are unconstitutional in Namibia.
ARANDIS – Old voter cards, low youth turnout and elderly people dominated voting in the Erongo Region yesterday where thousands turned up to cast their vote in the much anticipated Presidential and National Assembly elections.
KHOANDAWES – Omahekeb ǀKharisi ǀAwemā!nans di sîsenǂuira mâisas Maria Vaendwanawas ge ge ǂanǂan, ǀawemā!nans ge N$8.5 miljunsa 128 !kharaga ǀhûhâsi projekdi !nâ a ǀgoraǂgāsa ǁîs di ǀhûhâsi
AE GAMS – Major-Xenerali, Namibiab ǀAwa!namn ǀHûs dib Oscar Embubulub, ge ǂhanusi ǀhui-ams !khūb!naes ǁaeb kaitsēdi dib di daob !norasasib ǂgaoǂgao!nâs ǁaxasib tawa ǀAeǁgams !nâ, ai!â gere ǂoa wekheb ai ge mî, ǁnā ǀgapi !gôab tsūke!gân dib hîa daogu ai ra hân ra !aromahesa daoba ra sîsenū khoen xa. Embubulub ge ge mî nē kurib !Khanna xu nēsis kōsen 2 643 tsūke!gân daogu ai ge hâna xoamâihe hâsa.
ONGWEDIVAS – Hepatitis di khoraǂuisens ge !kharu ge kurigu !nâ ǀgaisase ge ǂharo, ǂurusib mâisan ge 10 ǀHōǂgaeb nē kurib dis ai ǁîn di xoamâisa !gôaba 1 635 ai mâse a ǂan!gâse. Hepatitis Es khoraǂuisens ge 56 khoen ûiga ge ū tsîn ge 6 672 !nae!khaide ge !nurihe nē ǁōs ge Hôasoreb 2017 dis ai a ǂanhes khao!gâ.
KEETMANSHOOP - Members of the Horse Lovers Organization in Keetmanshoop could face prosecution for illegally keeping their horses at facilities owned by the municipality.
WINDHOEK - U.S. Ambassador Lisa Johnson and U.S. Embassy representatives will celebrate Namibia’s democratic traditions as accredited observers at the polls tomorrow.
Never since the watershed independence elections in 1989, won by Swapo conclusively, have Namibians face a similar serious tribal threat, as with the oncoming November 27 elections.
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KEETMANSHOOP – The Landless People’s Movement (LPM) held its final rally at Keetmanshoop on Sunday, with party leader Bernadus Swartbooi saying they were the only hope for Namibians.
OMBUNDU – The Chinese embassy donated boxes of Panda packs containing school stationery to Ombundu Combined School, where it also awarded scholarships to pupils from Otjikoto and Joseph Simaneka Asino schools.
WINDHOEK -A 23-year-old man drowned at Katutura municipal swimming pool on Saturday evening during a company year-end function, held at the popular Katutura recreational facility.
OMUTHIYA – Omukwaniilwa Fillemon Shuumbwa Nangolo last Friday officiated at the inaguration of a classroom at Shuumbwa Combined School where he personally pledged to improve the condition of the school, including ensuring that it was electrified in the coming years.
WALVIS BAY - The second consignment of about 3 860 steel rails, around 7 500 tonnes, was discharged from the general cargo vessel Vestis Isle at the port of Walvis Bay last week Thursday.
ONGWEDIVA – Mapokola mwasikiliti sa Oshana bakupa tuso yasicaba mwakufumana Simeon Paulus, yana tobile kwasitokisi sa Ongwediva.
KATIMA MULILO – Lubasi lolu fumaneha kwa Sachinga mwasilalanda sa Sibbinda, luhalifile kasamulaho muetapili wakopano ya National Democratic Party (NDP) Martin Lukato, nasebelisize mukiti wabona waku amuhela muhabo bona yanali kwa Dukwe, kubabaza kopano yahae ya NDP.
BUKALO – Lubasi lwa balishumi, ili lwa babahulu baketalizoho ni banana baketalizoho, ili bane bapila mwandu yakumateha, sebakona kukatuluha kasamulaho, muetapili walubasi Chuma Likando, nafumani ndu kakuba neulo yene izwelela kwa Liluko Lakufelisa Bunjebwe, ni Pabalelo ya Sicaba, hala mulelo waliluko wakubata kutusa babashebile mwanaha Namibia.
WINDHOEK- The recently held AfroFuture Festival gathered women with natural hair and entrepreneurs and exchanged practices and experiences with regards to natural hair as well as perceived beauty in the country.
In the 16th century political treatise, The Prince, Niccolò Machiavelli postulates that, “Men are so simple of mind, and so much dominated by their immediate needs, that a deceitful man will always find plenty who are ready to be deceived.”
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HARARE - A call has been made for judicial officers to revisit custodial sentences and use alternative, non-custodial penalties for petty crimes amid growing concern over a ballooning prison population jinxing efforts to provide equitable healthcare to people in incarceration.
WINDHOEK - The Namibian government remains committed to accelerating its interventions aimed at unlocking investment opportunities, growing the economy and creating much-needed jobs, International Relations and Cooperation Minister Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah has said.
WINDHOEK – The Namibia Qualifications Authority (NQA) has appointed Asnath Kaperu as acting CEO. Kaperu, who is the deputy CEO at the institution, was appointed in the place of CEO Frans Gertze, who is currently facing a charge of attempted murder.
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Police chief Inspector General Sebastain Ndeitunga has once again appealed for calm and that Namibians be peaceful during the election period.
RUNDU – The High Court last week blocked the planned official coronation of Sofia Mundjembwe as the new chief of the Shambyu traditional authority to take over from the late Angelina Ribebe who died in 2015.
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WALVIS BAY - Two vessel captains, of whom one is manning the Heinaste vessel that is currently embroiled in a legal battle over its ownership, appeared last week in the Walvis Bay Magistrate’s Court for allegedly fishing illegally in Namibian waters.
WINDHOEK - The only female presidential candidate and Nudo leader, Esther Utjiua Muinjangue, said it was time to break the two-thirds majority enjoyed by the ruling party, Swapo.
WALVIS BAY – Yet another ‘bogus’ pastor has been arrested on charges of rape, kidnapping and assault at the coast.
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RUNDU – The Rundu town councl has urged residents, busineses and institions to apply to have their interest waived through an incentive programme, which runs from November to June next year.
ONGWEDIVA - Prime Minister Saara Kuugongelwa-Amadhila, during a visit to Amarika in the Otamanzi constituency of the Omusati Region last week, refuted claims that children in that area have died as a result of a lack of food.
BUKALO – A family of ten who previously lived in deplorable conditions can now breathe a sigh of relief after government through the Ministry of Poverty Eradication and Child Welfare handed them a two-bedroom house.
Otjomuise- Orutjandja orukuru ro tji mbere mo Katutura, oro ohapo komurugnu wo ngutukiro ndwari rumwe ro u tomeno wo tjinbere mo Katutura, omayuva wo ma suviro ngazuko rwa tji tukire na ru ya ruka kotjikuru.
Otjomuise- Ohoromende yo Landless Peoples Movement (LPM) ma i kambura Erindi no mahi yarwe nga ka mburirwe mo u zororunga.
Otjomuise -Omekurisiro Waavehe Moupore, indi onduri embo ehongonekwa ombura indji po ma yamberero oyetja 52 wa Tjimana ngeri mo ma yuva wo ma suviro inga.
SWAKOPMUND – The Swakopmund branch of the Scientific Society of Namibia on Tuesday held a public lecture that did an introspection on a Namibian who was born in Angola and migrated to the then East Germany before returning home.
WINDHOEK - The Swakopmund Municipality’s Health Services Department has called on all food establishments to participate in the food safety and hygiene competition slated for November 25-29, 2019.
WINDHOEK - The Namibian Police in Omusati Region in collaboration with the ministry of education has pleaded with the local community to take up the responsibility to protect school property from thieves.
OMUTHIYA - In a quest to boost business and promote self-reliance among entrepreneurs, the Ministry of Gender Equality and Child Welfare on Wednesday handed over equipment to nine small and medium enterprises (SMEs) at Omuthiya.
OMUTHIYA – The Omuthiya town council through the mayor’s office has erected decent shacks to house three destitute families who lived in their own makeshift structures of discarded cardboard boxes at Kaniita informal settlement.
ONGWEDIVA - Namibia is still battling to reduce its housing backlog of 300 000 in order to ensure that close to one million people living in informal settlements get decent housing.
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WINDHOEK - The Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/Aids (UNAIDS) in Namibia is supporting the training of nurses from the Namibian Correctional Services (NCS) to initiate inmates on antiretroviral treatment (ART) as global efforts to take health care services closer to the people gain momentum.
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KEETMANSHOOP – The right and attainment of freedom can be regarded as the start of the greatest gifts in a person’s life says //Kharas Regional Council chairperson Jan Scholtz.
LÜDERITZ – The Ministry of Environment and Tourism concurs with the mines ministry that there is a need to amend the Diamond Act of 1999 to allow a tourism concession for Tsau Khaeb National Park (Sperrgebiet) where Namdeb is mining diamonds.
WINDHOEK - A 14-year-old learner committed suicide by hanging herself with a rope around her neck inside her bedroom on Saturday.
ROSH PINAH - Women’s Action for Development (WAD) executive director Salatiel Shinedima has urged Namibians to support local businesses, especially those run by young people, to help reduce high unemployment among the youth.
ONGWEDIVA – Hepatitis E cases have spiked dramatically over the last couple of years, with health officials declaring 1 635 confirmed cases as at 10 November this year.
WINDHOEK - Former Chairperson of the National Council Margaret Mensah-Williams says the infertility stigma against women must end.
WINDHOEK – Major-General of the Namibian Police Force Oscar Embubulu said at the launch of the 2019/2020 festive season road safety campaign in Windhoek earlier this week that the high motor accident rate in the country can be attributed to road users.
The second phase of the construction of the bitumen road between Aminuis and Aranos was commissioned on Tuesday at Onderombapa by works and transport minister John Mutorwa.
ONAMISHU – Oshikoto is grappling with a severe shortage of hostels and only ten schools out of 221 in the region have boarding facilities, according to education director Aletta Eises.
WINDHOEK – The National Road Safety Council (NRSC) and National Institute for Educational Development (NIED) in conjunction with Road Traffic Management Services (RTMS) held a road safety education training workshop last Friday at Emmanuel Shifidi Secondary School.
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WINDHOEK - Minister of works and transport John Mutorwa officiated the commencement of the Windhoek Hosea Kutako International Airport dual carriageway on Monday at Auasblick.
NAIROBI - Namibia will scale up youth-friendly family planning services and address barriers that prevent key populations from accessing public health care services.
OMUTHIYA – Twenty-two entrepreneurs from the eleven constituencies in Oshikoto region completed a two-day training at Okashana Rural Development Centre.
ǀAEǁGAMS – Namibiab Studentn Marisihuib ǂGaes (NSFAF) ge ra mî, hoa studentn hîa nē ǂgaes xa marisise ra ǂkhâ!nâhen nî aibe nēsis !aroma mâ-i hoa-e N$10 000 māhesa, ǀgora-e studentn ǁaegu kuru
OMUTHIYA – A two-year-old boy died instantly on Saturday after a 50-year-old man allegedly beat him with a spade all over his body, while a second victim, a girl aged three, is fighting for her life at Onandjokwe hospital where she was admitted in a critical condition.
WINDHOEK – The air was thick with emotions and weariness as citizens from all walks of life including prominent members from the law fraternity took to the streets of Windhoek on Friday in a peaceful demonstration against corruption.
WINDHOEK - More than 200 refugees who have been living in South Africa, Cape Town’s Central Methodist Mission – are said to have started a long-walk to the Namibian Ariamsvlei border on Friday.
ROSH PINAH – Independent presidential candidate Dr Panduleni Itula has urged his loyalists not to get involved in violence, saying he will never encourage violence because he wants peace to prevail in the country.
NKURENKURU - An amount of N$24,6 million is budgeted for the construction of a multi-purpose youth resource centre in Nkurenkuru in Kavango West region, spread over the next two financial years.
WINDOKO – Baana babane babanyazwa mwapulao ya Alex Maluli Mushe mwakweli ya Lungu 2017, baka zekiswa mwakhuta yasikiliti mwa Windoko isaho. Babanyazwa ki Kleopas Malima walilimo ze 24, Kenibirth Ashipala walilimo ze 25, Nande Malima walilimo ze 23, ni Robert Shikongo walilimo ze 25.
LUHONONO – Kuyahiwa kwamukwakwa ozwa Namalubi kuya Isize ni Luhonono kuzamaya hande, kasamulaho amusebezituna ose uezizwe hala mukwakwa oka nungahanya mutunda nilibaka zetibiswa kimezi amuunda.
KATIMA MULILO – Sikwata sene sipangilwe cwalecwale ili sesibata kulwanisa milelo yakubata kupuma sikiliti sa Zambezi kwanaha Namibia, sinyazize likezo zalikwata zena ni maikuto abukwenuheli mwasikiliti sa Zambezi, sihulu sikwata sa Caprivi Concerned Group (CCG), ni sikwata sababalehi bane bakutile kuzwa kwa Dukwe, sesili mwatasa kopano yehanisizwe ya UDP.
NAIROBI – Boys, as they are lagging behind, must be included in the same efforts empowering the girl child to ensure she completes her education.
KEETMANSHOOP - Lalandii 1, a new deep-sea fishing trawler, was welcomed during a reception at Namport commercial jetty last week.
GOBABIS - Omaheke Regional Council chief regional officer Maria Vaendwanawa has announced that the council has allocated N$8.5 million to 128 community projects through its community development programme.
WINDHOEK – The Namibia Media Trust (NMT) has condemned in the strongest terms the recent remarks by trade minister Tjekero Tweya, in which he labelled journalists as “flies”.
LUHONONO - The construction of the multi-million Namalubi-Isize-Luhonono road is going well following massive progress made towards completion of the long-awaited project that will link the mainland to the flood belt.
Otjomuise-Ozombura ape o 30 kombunda yo zo mbanga¿e oku ri punguha ovengi mu va tatumisiwa kotutu, poo ave paterwa mot jo vakamburwa mena ro ku rwira ongutukiro, omerinaneno no me kurisiro wombwiro no mbwiko, oruveze rwahoro ro ku pura kutja tjii hapo otuyano two ngutukiro twa yenenekwa.
Otjomuise- O All People’s Party (APP) maitja ondimwa yo zo ngunde zayo mo ma toorore inga omitanda kutja no mu tima auhe itare mo ku hina oviungura kwavyo no ku tungurura mo me kurisiro iho tjiwana atjihe tja Namibia.
Otjomuise- Ngunda nai oruveze indui ape kapena ndu ma ze yenene okwiisanewa otjozo ngonÿononeno zo ma kuruhungi poo omatjangwa iyo vahongwa va Africa ohunga noruveze ro huurire yo Vandoitji no TjiÞiro Otjindjandja.
WINDHOEK – Speaker of the National Assembly Professor Peter Katjavivi says despite Namibia experiencing economic challenges attributed to the global economic meltdown, the country has managed to uplift the lives of many of its inhabitants.
WINDHOEK – The head of the Namibian Police Public Relations Division, Deputy Commissioner Edwin Kanguatjivi, said the police would for now not seize any fixed or liquid assets belonging to the former fisheries and justice ministers.
WINDHOEK - The workshop for media practitioners on nutrition and food security on Wednesday indicated there is poor access to nutritional food in informal settlements compared to suburbs close to towns.
RUNDU – Urban and rural development minister Peya Mushelenga has given the Shambyu chiefs council the go ahead to install chief-designate Sofia Mundjembwe as the new leader of the traditional authority.
OVITOTO - The Speaker of the National Assembly, Professor Peter Katjavivi handed over a donation of school items to the learners of the K.J Kapeua Combined School in the Ovitoto area of the Otjozondjupa region yesterday.
WINDHOEK - The Editors’ Forum of Namibia (EFN) conferred posthumously a media award on Jamal Khashoggi during the recent journalism excellence event held in Windhoek.
KEETMANSHOOP - The //Kharas Regional Council leadership and other relevant stakeholders gathered in the capital of the south earlier this week to set the basis for the creation of a tourism forum.
KATIMA MULILO – The recently formed Namibians Against Secessionism in Zambezi Region group has condemned the activities of pro-secessionist activists in Zambezi, particularly by the Caprivi Concerned Group (CCG) and ex-Dukwe refugees under the umbrella of the banned UDP.
WINDHOEK - Indian High Commissioner to Namibia Prashant Agrawal has welcomed the landmark Supreme Court judgement on the Ram Janmabhoomi-Babri Masjid title suit, saying the order brings to closure the historical and long-standing dispute.
WALVIS BAY – Landless People’s Movement (LPM) leader Bernadus Swartbooi has urged supporters to vote for change in this month’s general election, saying Namibians should not vote out of loyalty.
MURURANI - A man of unknown age was arrested when he was found in possession of suspected stolen medical equipment. The man was arrested at the Mururani police checkpoint in Kavango West on Saturday.
OTJIWARONGO - Integrity committee members from the Kavango East, Kavango West, Zambezi and Otjozondjupa regional councils gathered Monday in Otjiwarongo for training on ethics and integrity awareness and anti-corruption measures.
ONGWEDIVA – Ministry of information executive director Mbeuta Ua-Ndjarakana said unexploded ordnance (UXO), especially landmines, remain a concern in Namibia, particularly in former war zones.
ONANKALI – The Directorate of Rural Water Supply in Oshikoto region says the vandalism of infrastructure continues to be a major hurdle in government’s efforts to provide uninterrupted water supply. It claims some community members have been vandalising property and fencing off road paths, making it difficult for government officials to access certain areas.
CHETTO – Nsundwa !Amǁaresa Skoli Zambezi ǀkharib dib ge ai!â gere ǂoa wekheb ai, 3kW sores ǀgammi ǀkha ra sîsen !nanǀgaib masinsa ge !khō!oa hîa kai huib ase ǁnā skoli di ǁgau!nâ-aon tsî ǀgôan !aroma ge īsa.
!GOMENǁGAMS – ǁNāti ī ǁhawos sa ǂhunuma omsa hōbasens dis ge ama kaisa xu !nū tama hâ, ǁnā khoen hîa ǀhûǁarebese omna hōbasens di !nans (shack dwellers federation) !nâ ǁani hân hîa Narravilles tsî
WINDHOEK - United Democratic Front of Namibia (UDF) leader Apius !Auchab has vowed to establish a skills development and vocational training agency, once elected into power. !Auchab is one of the presidential candidates contesting for election this month.
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WINDHOEK – President of the Republican Party Henk Mudge has vowed to continue fighting for the recognition of former Koevoet members and the South West African Territorial Force (SWATF) war veterans. Mudge said many of these officers who served in those units were suffering today.
OMUTHIYA - An 18-year-old man died a horrible death on Saturday after he suffocated while digging a well at his homestead at Iindogno Yakeelu.
WINDHOEK - The Namibia-Bulgaria Business Breakfast forum that was slated to start tomorrow at NamPower Convention Centre, has been cancelled.
Hardap regional governor, Esme Isaack, has urged beneficiaries to use food items donated to them for their own use and not sell them to shebeen owners in exchange for alcohol.
KATIMA MULILO – Muetapili wakopano ya NDP Martin Lukato, naize na amuhezi limembala zenca ze 84 viki yefelile. Lukato naize limembala ze 56 neba amuhezwi kwa Sikubi mwasilalanda sa Sibbinda mwasikiliti sa Zambezi, mi limembala ba 29 neba amuhezwi kwa Silumbi mwa Katima ya Matakanyani. Lukato naize hana kuyema mwaliketisa zakuketa mueteleli wanaha, kono uka yema hala liketisa zakuketa limembala ze 96 zandu yamilao, bao baketwa kakulatelela mukoloko ozwelela kwalikopano, mi basebeza limo zeketalizoho mwandu yamilao.
CHETTO – Sikolo sa Nsundwa mwasikiliti sa Zambezi, viki yefelile nesi amuhezi mulilo osebelisa lizazi (sola), ili kalulo yeimuluzi maticele ni baituti. Sikolo sesifumaneha mwalibaka zetibiswa kimezi amuunda, nesibona baituti ni maticele baitusisa makandela kwakubala nako yamanzibuana.
KATIMA MULILO – Lipumulelo la sipatela sa muuso sa Katima Mulilo, linze lili mwamayemo maswe kalikweli zebalwa. Kamukwa ocwalo babalatehelwa kibalatiwa babona bahapelezwa kuisa litupu kwalipumulelo zakwamukunda, ili kobayo lifiswa masheleñi amañata. Bakeñisa kuli hakibatu kaufela babakona kulifa litifo zetomwa kibalipumulelo zakwa mukunda, litupu zeñwi zasinyehanga, mi sicaba sibilaezi zamuunko ozwelela kwalipumulelo, ko mayemo amakete atepelezi, mi sabeya makete abatu mwakozi. Mubihi yo, ulemuhile kuli libatisezo zeñwi zalitupu halibeleki, kacwalo litupu haliba zeñata kutaha butata.
WINDHOEK – Medical personnel from the Chinese government-sponsored charitable surgery project, the Journey of Brightness, on Friday visited a number of patients at Windhoek Central Hospital.
ARANDIS - An ambitious logistics hub and truck port project that will capitalise on the increased cargo destined for the Southern African Development Community (Sadc) via the port of Walvis Bay was launched on Friday in Arandis.
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HELAO NAFIDI - Independent candidate Dr Panduleni Itula says he has a feeling Swapo will try to expel him just a few days before the general election to confuse his followers that he is not a member of the ruling party.
RUNDU - National Patriotic Front of Namibia (NPF) on Friday launched its election campaign in Rundu, saying they will mobilise former South West Africa Territorial Force (SWATF) members to vote for the party. NPF will contest the National Assembly election later this month.
OSHIKUKU - Founding President Sam Nujoma on Saturday urged Namibians to campaign peacefully ahead of the general election this month.
ONGHA - The Roads Authority (RA) will within the next year rehabilitate about 119 burrow pits in the Ohangwena region.
RUNDU - A 34-year-old woman died at Nduno village in Kavango West region after she was bitten by an unidentified poisonous snake while she was asleep in her traditional hut.
ONYAANYA - Two people died on Friday upon arrival at Onandjokwe Lutheran Hospital after two bakkies they were travelling in collided head-on at Onyaanya in the Oshikoto Region.
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OMUTHIYAGWIIPUNDI - A total of 404 police officers will be deployed in Oshikoto Region during the upcoming Presidential and National Assembly elections, regional commander Commissioner Armas Shivute said on Friday.
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ONGWEDIVA - The multi-million dollar Omusati police regional headquarters at Outapi was officially inaugurated on Friday after having been stalled for four years.
RUNDU - The Ministry of Information and Communication Technology (MICT) has resolved to suspend the provision of all government public address systems services, recording studios, video coverage and production after hours, during weekends and public holidays countrywide.
WINDHOEK – An Austrian tourist has been trampled to death by an elephant while camping in the Huab River in the Kunene Region on Thursday.
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