SWAKOPMUND – Just less than a week after Parliament pointed to illegal mining in the Uis area of the Daures constituency, further shortcomings and irregularities have been uncovered. Findings of an oversight visit by the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Natural Resources have raised environmental and labour concerns in the mining sector. The latest committee’s findings,...
Rising levels of alcoholism, ill-discipline and the lack of a clear moral compass among teachers in the Omaheke region were highlighted as some of the major challenges hindering delivery of quality and impactful education in the region. Among a raft of issues raised during yesterday’s final leg of the two-day education summit at Gobabis were...
Lahja Nashuuta The education ministry has introduced a new school grant policy to address inequalities in resource distribution and decentralising procurement powers to individual schools. However, the policy has sparked debate, with critics questioning its effectiveness and whether it would truly address the root causes of educational disparities in Namibia. Under the new policy to...
The ministry of health has confirmed a case of cholera in the Kunene region. The ministry’s executive director, Ben Nangombe, in a statement on Tuesday said a 55-year-old woman was admitted to the Opuwo District Hospital after experiencing watery diarrhea for two days. The patient received appropriate treatment as per established guidelines following her admission....
Rudolf Gaiseb Land and social justice activist Shaun Gariseb has raised concern over water supply at communal land recently handed to the /Khomanin community. The land reform ministry recently handed over two combined farms (portion 1 of the Farm Groot Korasieplaats and the remainder of the Farm Groot Korasieplaats) to the community. The land reform...
KEETMANSHOOP-Members of the Bondelswarts community in Warmbad, south of Karasburg in the //Kharas region, staged a peaceful demonstration last week over what they say is unfair treatment and exclusion from government development services. Reading a petition addressed to the //Kharas Regional Council, spokesperson Charles Laberloth said they are rising up against the fact that properties...
The Epukiro Secondary School, which was the best performing school in Omaheke region in 2024, recently held an awards ceremony in honour of top achievers. The school had the best results in the region for the Namibia Senior Secondary Advanced Subsidiary as well as the Namibia Senior Certificate Ordinary external and internal examinations. Principal Tjivahe...
KEETMANSHOOP – Defence minister Frans Kapofi has clarified Namibia’s role in the DRC conflict. He was responding to questions from Popular Democratic Movement parliamentarian Elma Dienda. Kapofi said Namibia’s support for a fellow SADC member state does not necessarily have to be militarily. He told Dienda that from his understanding of her questions, she seemed...
NKURENKURU – More than 30 000 beneficiaries in the Kavango West Region have received their monthly food parcels under the drought relief programme, since Friday. About 39 000 households across all the eight constituencies in the region are beneficiaries of the drought relief programme. The programme distributes food parcels per household every month to cater...
NKURENKURU – A total of 1 487 malaria cases were recorded in the Kavango West region from the beginning of February to the first week of March. Six deaths were also recorded in the region during February, chief medical officer of the Kavango West Health Directorate Beata Siteketa said during a consultative meeting convened by...