KEETMANSHOOP – As part of its core objective to assist vulnerable members of the community, the Keetmanshoop Mayor’s Trust recently handed over school uniforms, beddings, educational materials school children, needy parents and the town’s Covid-19 isolation centre.
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Mix residents receive land certificates
More than 1 000 residents of Mix settlement, situated north of Windhoek, yesterday received land occupation acknowledgement certificates from the Minister of Rural and Urban Development, Erastus Uutoni.
Land activist challenges squatters law
Land Activist Dimbulukeni Nauyoma has dragged the government and attorney general to court to get the Squatters Proclamation AG, 21 of 1985, repealed.
Tunacor throws lifeline to retrenched fishermen
The Tunacor Group has offered employment to 180 fishermen who were retrenched by Namsov in 2015.
Oshana inmates fear for their safety
ONGWEDIVA - Inmates at the Oshakati police holding cells are living in fear of contracting Covid-19 after a fellow prisoner tested positive on Tuesday.
Tashia Travels – 30 days in Singapore: part 2
Spending one night at the Marina Bay Sands Hotel in Singapore was a memorable lifetime experience that absolutely rocked my world.
Association advocates for indigenous sign language recognition
ONGWEDIVA - As the world celebrates National Month of the Deaf, the Namibian National Association of the Deaf (NNAD) is pleading for the Namibian Sign Language (NSL) to be recognised as an indigenous language in the country.
Residents protest against service delivery, jobs
OMUTHIYA – The community of Oshivelo is up in arms over what they termed discriminatory practice by the settlement office, alleging they are being sidelined in acquiring plots, jobs, as well as equitable services.
Trophy hunting applications stream in
Despite the negative impacts of Covid-19 on the trophy hunting sector, the environment ministry says there has been renewed interest with application for permits streaming in.
PDM wants answers on ‘insolvent’ Air Namibia
Popular Democratic Movement (PDM) parliamentarian Nico Smit has demanded a comprehensive response from finance minister Iipumbu Shiimi on how government will be able to allow Air Namibia to continue operating while insolvent.