Rudolf Gaiseb The Minister of Defence and Veterans Affairs, Frans Kapofi, said the government will never scrap Heroes’ Day from the Namibian calendar. He made this remark during an engagement with war veterans and children of the liberation struggle last week, after the groups delivered their petition of demands to him in Windhoek on 13...
After a decade at the helm of the Popular Democratic Movement and several attempts for the presidency, opposition leader McHenry Venaani is ready to hand over power to any leader capable of taking PDM to greater heights. However, for now, he will contest the upcoming presidential elections, and run one more time before bowing out....
MARIENTAL – The Mariental Town Council last week, in recognition of the positive impact on residents of the town, renamed a street after former Hardap governor and education minister Katrina Hanse-Himarwa. In her keynote address, Urban and Rural Development deputy minister Evelyne Nawases-Tayele said renaming streets after individuals is a clear demonstration of the fruitful...
Zebaldt Ngaruka The Ministry of Agriculture, Water and Land Reform provided close to N$800 000 for free vaccination against lumpy skin disease in the Otjozondjupa and Omaheke regions. The ministry’s spokesperson, Jona Musheko said funds will enable the Directorate of Veterinary Services in the affected areas to conduct vaccination campaigns against the disease. “This money...
SWAKOPMUND – A groundbreaking ceremony for the construction of over 140 middle-income houses in Swakopmund’s Matutura Proper residential area was held on Friday. The houses, which will consist of two to three bedrooms, will cost not less than N$500 000, and will soon be constructed through a partnership between Quintessential Construction, the Municipality of Swakopmund,...
MARIENTAL – Describing her as the diamond of the south and pre-and post-Independence icon, President Nangolo Mbumba, Founding President Sam Nujoma as well as former President Hifikepunye Pohamba acknowledged the role Katrina Hanse-Himarwa played in the history of the Namibian nation, during her funeral in Mariental at the weekend. In a message read on his...
Lahja Nashuuta The Electoral Commission of Namibia has rejected the Affirmative Repossession movement’s invitation to attend a capacity-building workshop organised by the party. The head of legal affairs of the AR, Maitjituavi Kavetu, confirmed that they had invited the ECN, the Namibia Statistics Agency (NSA) and the Namibia Institute of Democracy (NID), but their invitations...
President Nangolo Mbumba on Friday urged the banking sector to consider the financial hardships Namibians are going through, and cut interest rates. Meeting the country’s banking leadership, he reminded them that the public is bleeding and suffering due to high bank charges and unsustainable interest rates. The President met the bankers at Nedbank Namibia’s headquarters...
Lahja Nashuuta The Outjo Primary School, which was considered one of the best schools in the country, has turned into a battlefield because teachers and the principal allegedly regularly hurl insults at each other in the presence of pupils. The school, located in the Kunene region, is one of the oldest institutions in the country,...
Kavango East health director Idah Mendai has called for urgent intervention in the alarming increase in malnutrition cases recorded in the region this year, which has thus far affected 14000 people and 15 deaths. Mendai revealed the information on Friday during an engagement with the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Gender Equality ,Social Development and Family...