UTUSEB – The Topnaar community is outraged after learning that over 50 bags the !Nara plant were prematurely harvested and abandoned by inexperienced harvesters, destroying their annual yield this week. On top of that, artefacts from ancestral graves are being removed from their burial sites. Topnaar youth activist Glenn Kasper condemned the destruction. He said...
KARIBIB – QKR Namibia’s Navachab Gold Mine has teamed up with the Karibib Town Council to construct a state-of-the-art medical facility in Karibib, as part of its corporate social responsibility. The mining company made N$15 million available while the Karibib Town Council donated land valued at N$5 million, for the construction of the facility. The...
Rudolf Gaiseb Namibia National Students’ Organisation (Nanso) president, Dorthea Nangolo, says the organisation will continue fighting for the rights of students in all areas of study. She said Nanso will not rest as long as there are students being denied education, struggling to access resources, or battling systemic exclusion. Nangolo made these remarks during a...
OTJIMBINGWE – For years, the community of Otjimbingwe, situated about 60 kilometres from Karibib, struggled without a mortuary. While a mortuary may not seem like a priority to many, for this community, it has been a constant challenge to give their loved ones a dignified burial. Home to approximately 4 000 residents, Otjimbingwe has a...
Moses Magadza As the 69th session of the Commission on the Status of Women convened in New York last week to assess the current conditions of women and girls globally, Botswana’s Minister of Youth, Gender, Sport and Culture, Lesogo Chombo, called for bold action to advance gender equality. The minister made the call at a...
Some residents of Extension 5 in Ondangwa have vacated their homes, while others are struggling with sewage water flooding their properties as the wall of a vandalised sewer pond broke. The Oluno Correctional Facility has likewise been partially affected, with parts of its yard inundated with sewage water. The Ondangwa Town Council stated that residents...
The Independent Patriots for Change (IPC) is unclear about who among its 20 elected officials will occupy the Office of the Leader of the Official Opposition next week. Popular Democratic Movement (PDM) leader McHenry Venaani is the current leader of the official opposition. It was natural for him to lead the opposition as the president...
IMPALILA – Home affairs minister Albert Kawana has urged his Zambian counterpart to expedite the implementation of the agreement that allows people from both nations the convenience of crossing the border using their ID cards. His call signifies the need, seeing that Namibia and Botswana have already extended the usage of national identity cards for...
Mulisa Simiyasa OTJIWARONGO – The Otjozondjupa Communal Land Board has announced plans to remove a total of 27 illegal fences in the villages of Tsumkwe West and Okakarara. The chairperson of the Otjozondjupa Communal Land Board, Jackson Hindjou, said in an interview with Nampa on Wednesday, the illegal fences have, for a long time, deprived...
OUTJO – Freddy Kaukungua, the marketing and information officer at the Namibian College of Open Learning (Namcol), says Namcol is not just for subject upgrading, but also a tertiary learning institution. “Anyone can study their degrees, honours and postgraduates with us. We are at this career fair to inform young people about Namcol as a...