The board of the Southern African Research and Documentation Centre (SARDC) met in Butiama, the Tanzanian birthplace of Mwalimu Julius Nyerere, recently. This was a deliberate choice in order for us to
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St George’s School: A century of bettering mankind
WINDHOEK – Scores of people, who included former Namibian President Hifikepunye Pohamba, converged in prayer and thanksgiving at St George’s Diocesan School in Windhoek recently as the school
From the town hall: Omaheke engages Geingob in lively interaction
Residents of Omaheke Region last week Thursday flocked to the Ben Van Der Walt Primary School hall in Gobabis to engage with President Hage Geingob on issues affecting them and their communities. The President is on a series of such meetings, with each region to interact with him. Journalist Kuzeeko Tjitemisa captured some of the interactions as follows:
Kavango leaders want national parks made smaller
RUNDU - Kavango traditional leaders – during a recent engagement with the Presidential Commission of Inquiry into Ancestral Land Claims and Restitution - said they lost huge tracts of land through
Linyanti, Kabbe Constituency offices inaugurated
KATIMA MULILO – Following the fourth Delimitation Commission in 2013, Namibia was demarcated into 14 regions and 121 constituencies of which two new constituencies were created in the Zambezi Region.
Voter registration: Two arrested for identity fraud
RUNDU - Two men were arrested on Thursday last week at Electoral Commission of Namibia (ECN) voters supplementary registration point at Sikanduko informal settlement on the south outskirts of Rundu. It is
First-time voters dominate //Kharas registration thus far
KEETMANSHOOP – Statistics from the supplementary voters registration process in the //Kharas Region thus far suggest that persons turning 18 years old make up the biggest portion of eligible voters.
State House growing tired of traditional fights
GOBABIS - President Hage Geingob has told traditional leaders to stop flooding State House with their disputes and rather solve their squabbles using the existing traditional justice system.
‘Unacceptable’ that horse mackerel only created 4000 jobs
WALVIS BAY – Fisheries minister Bernhard Esau has described as unacceptable that the horse mackerel fishing industry – the largest fishery by volume - has created only 4000 jobs, while the hake sector has
Fighting corruption must start from the top – Noa
OSHAKATI - Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) Director General Paulus Noa said when corruption is fought from the top, all stakeholders tend to follow suit.