Governor of Khomas Laura McLeod Katjirua has called for officials in the region to be hands-on when it comes to monitoring, supervising and implementing capital projects. The region has about 112 capital projects, governor McLeod-Katjirua said in her state of the region address on Tuesday. Most of the projects are Windhoek-based and include the wastewater...
NKURENKURU – High levels of inequality remain persistently high in the Kavango West, despite positive developments in the last seven years, governor Sirkka Ausiku has said. Ausiku, who delivered the state of the region address yesterday, said challenges in the Kavango West remain the same and need to be addressed over the next five years. ...
A teacher from Mayuni Senior Secondary School failed during an appeal he had lodged for his conviction and subsequent 12-year jail term for the brutal rape of an 18-year-old student. The school is located some 130 kilometres west of Katima Mulilo in the Zambezi region Mwilima Sandy Muyongo (49) was convicted in the Regional Court...
SWAKOPMUND – The bodies of people who have died from the coronavirus will be buried in already existing cemeteries at Walvis Bay. The decision was taken after thorough consultations with the Ministry of Health and Social Services, Erongo governor Neville Andre-Itope told Nampa in an interview yesterday. He said a resolution was reached during a...
Prime Minister Saara Kuugongelwa-Amadhila yesterday launched the Public Sector Innovation Policy, aimed at enhancing effective public service delivery through good governance, accountability, transparency and improved performance service delivery as part of the Harambee Prosperity Plan. The launch took place at Nipam in Windhoek and was attended by cabinet ministers and other public institution executives. The...
The Bank of Namibia (BoN) has laid down the law once again by calling the seemingly popular Elamant company a pyramid scheme and therefore deemed its business as an illegal financial operation. Advising the public to be cautious of where they put their hard-earned money, a bank statement noted that its investigation determined Elamant’s activities contravene Namibia’s...
Although this is a critical time that every town and settlement needs water to fulfil the basic hygiene requirements in light of Covid-19, the councillor of the Windhoek rural constituency Penina Inga-Ita is concerned Groot Aub settlement has been without water for the past eight days. Inga-Ita has urged the City of Windhoek to fill...
OMUTHIYA – A private school in Katima Mulilo, Mavuluma Adventist Private School, has suspended face-to-face teaching and learning following a suspected case of Covid-19. A Grade 3 pupil was reportedly in contact with one of the latest positive cases of a healthcare worker. In a notice, issued on Monday, school principal George Nchindo informed parents...
Elizabeth Hiyolwa NKURENKURU – During the site visit to government offices under construction in Nkurenkuru, constituency councillor Damian Nakambare opined those awarded State tenders should include locals when recruiting and that they should be paid decent wages. On the construction site of the regional police headquarters, there was a group of job-seekers, who have been...
Tobias Hainyeko constituency councillor Christoph Likuwa said an announcement this week by Khomas governor Laura McLeod-Katjirua that 65 toilets were built in the area in the current financial year, was misleading. The governor announced during her state of the region address on Tuesday that 65 toilets were constructed in the constituency through the provision of...