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Kandume Combined School in Omuthiya last week received boxes of frozen and tinned fish from the Namibian Fish Consumption Promotion Trust (NFCPT) to alleviate hunger among learners.

It is not a joke anymore. The cost of inflation in Namibia is nailbiting, to such an extent that you ought to think you are living  in a first world country.

I still vividly remember my grandmother narrating us a folktale around the bonfire about a comical, yet horrible incident that happened in the 1900s during the contract labour system when the railway lines were constructed. She told us a story about Katyatyala; a man who resided nearby a railway line. 

Men plant the seed (semen) in order for women to also produce and deliver offspring. How come us men are so cruel against our own breed, our own flesh and blood?

Two significant protests erupted between June and November 2020: 1) Reproductive Justice calling on Abortion Law Reform. 2) #ShutItAllDownNamibia amidst staggering statistics on the rise in femicide, and sexual and gender-based violence in Namibia. 

Namibia has grappled with the question of housing delivery since independence. 

Several journalists from both the print and broadcast media as well as information officers from MICT were recently trained in ethical and professional reporting on people with disabilities.

President Hage Geingob said he has noticed wavering Swapo members who are afraid to be identified as members of the party and are not wearing the party’s colours.

Leaders from various Nama traditional authorities are divided on the genocide reparations pact currently under discussion in the National Assembly.

About 91% of the population in the Oshikoto region who live in the rural areas are deprived of timely information, while only those who live in towns have access.