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The Environmental Investment Fund (EIF) of Namibia last week launched the Urban Agriculture Grant E-voucher card and terminal rollout in Rundu.

President Hage Geingob has questioned some Namibians who feel that the apartheid South African government was better than post-independent Namibia, despite the fact that Namibia progressed so far.

The Khwe (San) community living in Bwabwata National Park has claimed “oppressive practices” perpetrated against them when it comes to their rights as Namibians.

Residents of Okambebe village in Ohangwena region have expressed anger over drought relief food that went to waste because the headman allegedly packed and locked it in his bar.

Roads Authority of Namibia CEO Conrad Lutombi last week officially opened the Mandume Ndemufayo interchange in Windhoek for traffic to ease and decongest the roads. 

Deputy minister of works Veikko Nekundi urged young people to refrain from being a hubbly bubbly, drugs and alcohol generation.

A group of Namibian students who were enrolled at an alleged affiliate of the Midlands State University of Zimbabwe have not received their certificates, and are being sent from pillar to post. 

Former cabinet minister and renowned Swapo activist Immanuel Ngatjizeko was buried on Saturday in his home village of Otjohorongo in the Omaruru constituency, Erongo region. Ngatjizeko died on 5 March at the age of 69.

The acquisition of the largest diamond recovery vessel Benguela Gem by Debmarine Namibia is a perfect example of the smart partnership between government and the private sector, but also showcases the perseverance and hard work of the mining sector.

Swapo secretary general Sophia Shaningwa has urged the new leadership of the Swapo Party Women’s Council to not only recruit women for the party but also recruit their husbands and sons.