WALVIS BAY – The Walvis Bay municipality says they are exploring the possibility of using a piece of land, belonging to the National Housing Enterprise (NHE) and which was earlier identified for temporary decongestion, to permanently resettle the residents of Twaloloka. CEO of the Walvis Bay municipality Muronga Haingura yesterday said discussions are currently underway...
Education minister Anna Nghipondoka yesterday said the suspension of face-to-face classes for early childhood development, pre-primary and grade 1 to 9 learners for 28 days should not be considered as a holiday. “We must keep in mind that this one month’s suspension of face-to-face is not to be regarded as a school holiday or total...
Governor of Ohangwena region Walde Ndevashiya has mobilised resources to erect structures for 17 San families at Onakalunga in the Eenhana constituency. Ndevashiya explained during a familiarisation visit, he was touched by the deplorable conditions to which the marginalised San people are subjected. He said the situation forced him to mobilise resources from, among others,...
KEETMANSHOOP – Namibia Statistics Agency (NSA) statistician general Alex Shimuafeni said the State could prosecute residents who refuse to provide information to enumerators during the process of census. Shimuafeni said this during a visit to the south last week to give an update on the census mapping exercise taking place in the //Kharas region. “The...
RIETFONTEIN – The National Youth Service (NYS) is this year anticipating a bumper harvest in white maize and hay at its Rietfontein centre in the Otjozondjupa region, due to the good rainfall received. Its board chairperson Emma Leonard on Saturday told Nampa in an interview at Rietfontein that harvesting of white and yellow maize is...
SWAKOPMUND – A commotion between the security force and some angry members of the public broke out at Swakopmund on Friday evening, resulting in malicious damages to the Mondesa police station. The security cluster during the commotion was also forced to fire warning shots to disperse the angry mob from 22h00. In an interview with...
RUNDU – The Directorate of Customs and Excise in the Zambezi region has collected revenue in excess of N$88 million during the last financial year, governor Lawrence Sampofu said last week. “The increase in revenue is a result of the deepening of the Walvis Bay harbour, which has enabled the border posts in Zambezi to...
RUNDU – A newly formed association, known as the Rundu Urban Community Association (RUCA), based in Rundu, has announced it will take part in the upcoming regional and local authority elections slated for November this year. RUCA, at a media conference on Thursday, announced that early this year, it applied with the Electoral Commission of...
Omaheke governor Pijoo Nganate on Tuesday assured the local farming community the Namibian Police have heard their cries and measures have been put in place to address the high prevalence of livestock theft in the region. In his maiden state of the region address at Gobabis, Nganate revealed Omaheke has lost livestock to the value...
A directive by urban and rural development minister Erastus Uutoni, requesting local authorities and regional councils to put on hold any proposed tariff increases, has been met with mixed feelings. Some regional councils and local authorities have made proposed increases for the 2020/2021 financial year and have submitted amendments to the ministry for publication in...