OPUWO – Opuwo Urban constituency councillor Ueutjerevi Ngunaihe walked into office five years ago full of hope, only to discover that his office had “zero budget.” Instead of sitting back, he rolled up his sleeves, knocked on doors, and turned to donors to bring development to his people. Today, he looks back with pride, saying...
ODIBO- President Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah has strongly urged churches to re – introduce Sunday school and parents to ensure that they take children to those schools. She stated that it will enable the children to be introduced to religious teaching. The President was speaking during the celebration of the 100th anniversary of ST. Mary Mission Anglican...
Mulisa Simiyasa KATIMA MULILO – War veterans in the Zambezi region recalled the heroic death ofthe first commander of the People’s Liberation Army of Namibia (PLAN) Tobias Hainyeko, who was shot and killed at Katima Mulilo on 18 May 1967. He was killed on 18 May 1967 in an exchange of gunfire, with the enemy...
OPUWO – Kunene regional heads of government departments, traditional leaders, community members and members of the regional council met with the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Poverty Eradication, Labour and Industrial Relations on Monday to discuss various projects in the region. The meeting focused on challenges with implementing the initiatives and explored ways to improve them,...
Charmaine Boois MARIENTAL – The Mariental Municipality has, since last month, been relocating informal settlers to properly designated erven to formalise years of illegal land occupation. The municipality’s Community Liaison Officer, Domingo Matesu, in a recent interview, informed Nampa that the residents being relocated had settled on municipal land illegally since 2012, with some erven...
Rudolf Gaiseb The Commonwealth Youth Ecosystem Stakeholders are pushing for the inclusion of mental health and well-being curricula in schools to foster resilience from an early age. The stakeholders stipulate in the Windhoek Declaration, scribed during the first Consultative Dialogue, the importance of integrated school-based and university-based mental health programmes. They want these programmes to...
Taimi Haihambo ONGULUDHIYA – Seventy-six-year-old Reinhold Hensel left Germany nine years ago and settled in the Omusati region with one goal – that of transforming farming into a business and helping the community. While many of his old friends in Germany chose to spend retirement fishing by the sea, Hensel decided to follow his lifelong...
Government continues to make steady progress in addressing the shortage of school infrastructure and related amenities, following the construction of 42 new classrooms at various schools in the Otjozondjupa region. During the 2024/25 period, government has invested over N$23 million through the education ministry to construct an additional 42 classrooms at schools in Grootfontein, Okahandja...
President Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah has made no secret of her ambition to empower the youth. Most pressing is the rising number of youth unemployment, which the President admits is worrying and requires immediate intervention. She has elevated the approach to calls for tangible programmes and projects to realise objectives associated with youth empowerment. This sets a...
Inside a small classroom filled with bright, enthusiastic faces, Junior Primary teacher Gelda Waterboer, a teacher at Rogate Primary School in Otjiwarongo, is doing more than just teaching the fundamentals of reading and writing – she is shaping futures. Waterboer became a social media sensation when a video of her teaching her learners a song...