A family of five people including a one-year-old baby from Goreangab informal settlement were left out in the cold on Saturday after the City of Windhoek stopped Johannes Hamukoto from re-constructing a shack he was expanding. Hamukoto says he informed committee members that he will expand his shack to accommodate more family members but he...
RUNDU – Kavango East regional governor Bonifatius Wakudumo, in his inaugural state of the region address, said the region made inroads in infrastructure development and improvements during the 2019/2020 budget circle from the N$414. 1 million allocated by the central government. “This amount has made enormous improvement towards infrastructure development and renovations,” stated the regional...
REHOBOTH – Three people, aged 23, 28 and 43 died on the spot after the motor vehicle they were travelling in collided head-on with an oncoming Land Cruiser pick up on the Mariental-Stampriet road on Saturday. Namibian Police Force crime investigations coordinator for Hardap Deputy Commissioner Eric Clay told Nampa on Sunday the incident occurred...
NKURENKURU – Kavango West regional governor Sirkka Ausiku during her state of the region address last Wednesday noted more still needs to be done in Kavango West with regard to the provision of water to all inhabitants in the region, where many are without flushing toilets. “The region is appealing to the line ministries and...
Residents from Oshetu One informal settlement in Okahandja have warned that if the government cannot give them land, they will get it “through the ballot paper” in the November elections. The group’s spokesperson, /Gerub Gaseb, in an interview with Nampa on Thursday said they plan to form an organisation called ‘Promise Land Association’ to contest...
Individuals in northern Namibia, under a newly formed Kwafela Oshiwana Foundation, on Thursday dispatched two trucks containing a large consignment of staple food to be delivered to the Covid-19 affected communities in the Erongo region. The food was contributed to the foundation by individuals, who delivered it at own cost at the residence of Magda...
The self-proclaimed prophet Jackson Babi (30) and his co-accused Frizans Naululu Dumeni (25) have approached the court to be released on bail. They appeared before Magistrate Linus Samunzala in the Windhoek Magistrate’s Court on Friday. The court gallery was packed to the rafters with Babi’s supporters. The court scheduled their bail hearing to 30 July,...
NKURENKURU – A total of 14 420 children are currently receiving government social grants, while a total of 7 294 are getting a monthly old-age pension grant in Kavango West. In her state of the region address on Tuesday, regional governor Sirkka Ausiku also said a total of 116 households in the region are beneficiaries...
Marythar Kambinda KATIMA MULILO – The management of Shoprite has been accused of tribalism after it served 26 employees in the Zambezi region with a notice to appear before a disciplinary hearing in Katima Mulilo. “You are hereby given formal written notice that you are requested to attend a formal disciplinary hearing into the allegations detailed in...
The Electoral Commission of Namibia has started its online recruitment process for mainly unemployed youth to perform certain functions during the supplementary registration of voters, slated for 7 to 15 September this year. In a statement, the ECN explained that the recruitment exercise is based on their strategy to mitigate the impact of Covid-19 during...