WINDHOEK – With Windhoek’s annual urbanisation rate currently at about four percent, the N$4.3 billion housing development of the Ongos Valley Project intends to make a significant contribution to the capital city’s population, which is expected to exceed 645 000 people by 2030.
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Unsung heroines should be celebrated – //Hoebes
WINDHOEK – Deputy Minister of International Relations and Cooperation Christine //Hoebes has said that for far too long women grew up with the perception that men do not support and or recognize their efforts.
Confident local women applauded
WINDHOEK – Over the weekend the weekly tabloid newspaper Confidénte through Independent Media Holdings hosted an awards ceremony to celebrate the achievements of women who have done amazing work in their respective professions.
What about Syria’s Idlib?
Idlib is bleeding. Radical Islamists, who lost the war in Syria, are trying to retain power in the country’s north-western province at the cost of civilian lives. In fact, this is the final obstacle to peace in the country. Idlib province in Syria is the largest al-Qaeda safe haven.
NCS runs thriving WFP-supported project
GOBABIS - The Governor for Omaheke Region, Festus Uitele, has commended the Namibia Correctional Service (NCS) through the NCS-run penal facility at Gobabis for taking innovative steps to ensure food security, which is linked to health outcomes, in its facilities.
Man shot for allegedly stealing braaipan
WALVIS BAY - A man was critically wounded after he was shot in Swakopmund on Saturday afternoon for allegedly stealing a braaipan.
Fire victim succumbs to his injuries
WALVIS BAY - A man was burnt to death over the weekend after he was trapped in a burning fishing vessel since Saturday morning at the jetty of Seaworks Fishing Factory in Walvis Bay.
Ausspannplatz shootout robbery trial deferred to 2020
WINDHOEK – The trial of five men who stand accused of a deadly armed robbery in Windhoek nearly a decade ago is scheduled to start in January 2020.
No bail for serial rape suspect
WINDHOEK – The Katutura Magistrate’s Court has refused to release on bail a man suspected of preying on women in Windhoek’s Goreangab informal settlement.
Omaheke, Ghanzi councils renew MoU
CHARLES HILL – The Omaheke Regional Council and Botswana’s Ghanzi District Council last week renewed their memorandum of understanding (MoU) aimed at exchanging experiences and skills in matters related to social, economic and physical development.