OUTJO – Outjo residents in the Kunene region on Wednesday expressed anger with a High Court judgement that was passed in March this year to legally evict a 63-year-old woman from a private-owned farm where she was born and bred, and where her relatives are buried. The ruling was passed on 25 March 2020 to...
Namibian Police Deputy Inspector General of Operations Oscar Embubulu said a lack of proper facilities to accommodate victims of human trafficking and their families is one of the challenges the police face. Embubulu made these comments yesterday during the commemoration of the World Day against Trafficking in Persons in the capital, under the theme ‘Committed...
The office of the home affairs ministry in Zambezi region is challenged by the late registrations of birth. The office faces a high volume of late birth registrations whereby the authenticity of some of these cases also requires investigation which causes delays in the issuance of such documents. According to the 2019/2020 statistics, late birth...
Kazanga Joshua In this article, I am going to share with you my personal experience of teaching during the pandemic and encourage the education fraternity to keep up with the heroic work of obliging to the World Health Organisation’s measures during the physical contact phase. In the words of Benjamin Franklin, “The only thing that...
By Senior Col. Peng Xiaodong 93 years ago in the city of Nanchang, a new people’s army was founded by the Communist Party of China(CPC). Ever since, the Chinese People’s Liberation Army (PLA) has been bravely fighting for liberation and happiness of the Chinese people, striving for independence and rejuvenation of the Chinese nation. In...
Namibia yesterday recorded an additional 66 confirmed cases of Covid-19, raising the tally to 2 052. Health minister Dr Kalumbi Shangula last night also announced the first coronavirus-related death in Windhoek after a 41-year-old male succumbed to the virus. He died on 28 July while his test results came out positive on 29 July. Forty-seven...
A new political party, founded by 2019 presidential candidate Dr Panduleni Itula, dubbed Independent Patriots for Change (IPC), will hold its maiden convention at a Windhoek hotel today. The gathering will adopt the party’s constitution, while the party symbols and official colours will also be unveiled. Electoral Commission of Namibia (ECN) chief electoral officer Theo Mujoro...
OSHAKATI – Oshana governor Elia Irimari said the year 2019/20 has presented the people of his region with challenges of prolonged drought, economic downturn – and lately, the novel coronavirus pandemic. Irimari made these remarks whilst presenting his 2019/20 state of the region address at Oshakati yesterday. According to the governor, the challenges, especially the threat...
Omaheke governor Pijoo Nganate has implored the regional political readers to fix the region’s image, which he said has been of late in the news for all the wrong reasons. He described this as regrettable and damaging. Nganate said this while addressing the region in his maiden state of the region address (SORA) that was...
The Ministry of Defence and Veterans Affairs (MODVA) has alerted members of the public not to panic because of the sight of military equipment and the shooting demonstration that will be occurring in the Erongo region. MODVA has informed the public that the defence force will be conducting a live military field training exercise in...