2020-07-21Obrien Simasiku OMUTHIYA - Oshikoto region has received a total budget allocation of N$280 million to be spent on capital projects for the 2020/21 financial year. View more
2020-07-21Obrien Simasiku OSHIVELO – Incidences of docket theft are rife at Oshivelo police station due to the lack of office space, where such confidential and crucial files could be safely kept. View more
2020-07-22Obrien Simasiku The Grootfontein Swapo party district office is open to the public after a dramatic lockdown of the premises last Friday by disgruntled party members and sympathisers. View more
2020-07-24Obrien Simasiku OMUNTELE – Angry residents of Omuntele have rejected the promise of the Roads Authority (RA) to only rehabilitate and re-gravel the Engoyi-Omuntele road that is in a bad state, causing displeasure to motorists. View more
2020-07-24Obrien Simasiku ONAMBANGO - Two children were killed in a horror midday house fire at Onambango in the Oshikoto region on Wednesday. View more
2020-07-30Obrien Simasiku OMUTHIYA – The community of Omuntele, which was last week at loggerheads with Roads Authority (RA) officials over a request to construct a tarred road in the area, has now requested Oshikoto regional governor Penda Ya Ndakolo to intervene. View more
2020-07-30Obrien Simasiku Schools in the Zambezi region continue with face-to-face teaching and learning despite five positive cases of Covid-19 being registered. View more
2020-07-31Obrien Simasiku Zambezi police commander Karl Theron has been under heavy condemnation from the public in the region after it emerged he allegedly manhandled a junior officer, reportedly over the misuse of a police vehicle. View more
2020-08-04Obrien Simasiku OMUTHIYA – About 18 bar owners were fined over the weekend in Tsumeb for contravening the Covid-19 state of emergency regulation for selling alcohol after the specified times determined by the regulations to curb the spread of the virus. View more
2020-08-05Obrien Simasiku OMUTHIYA – The community of Tsintsabis in Guinas constituency can breathe a sigh of relief as the area was formally proclaimed a settlement, says its chief regional officer Frans Enkali, who assured the public that the area is receiving undivided developmental attention. View more
2020-08-06Obrien Simasiku OMUTHIYA – The councillor for Eengodi constituency Protasius Neshuku shakes his head as he recalls the daily struggles faced by members of his community to access water for both humans and livestock, and the prospect of ponds drying up. View more
2020-08-06Obrien Simasiku OMUTHIYA – The Onambango family, whose home was damaged by fire last month, resulting in the death of two children, received cement and corrugated iron sheets from Swapo Party Youth League (SPYL) and Swapo Party Women Council (SPWC) to enable them to rebuild. View more
2020-08-07Obrien Simasiku The Grootfontein municipality is embroiled in a tug-of-war with street vendors who are refusing to move to the newly established temporary open market opposite the town’s famous Otjivanda shopping mall. View more
2020-08-10Obrien Simasiku OMUTHIYA – The Omuthiya town council has been operating without a substantive CEO for nearly a year now, as former chief executive officer Samuel Mbango continues to challenge the non-renewal of his contract in the labour court. View more
2020-08-11Obrien Simasiku OMUTHIYA – The director of health in Oshikoto region, Joshua Nghipangelwa, has appealed to members of the public to avoid partying and unnecessary travel in an effort to contain the spread of Covid-19, saying such gatherings are a risk as the majority do not practise preventative measures of social distancing and the compulsory wearing of face masks at such occasions. View more
2020-08-12Obrien Simasiku Grootfontein local authority councillor Jack Tsanigab, who was arrested on Monday on corruption and fraud charges, was granted bail of N$4 000. View more
2020-08-13Obrien Simasiku OMUTHIYA – Popular Democratic Movement town councillor at Tsumeb Daniel Venaani claims the party’s advice and input towards the smooth and timely recruitment of a substantive CEO for the local municipality is being ignored by the majority members of the council who are from the ruling party. View more
2020-08-13Obrien Simasiku OMUTHIYA – Children from Tsumeb’s Kuvukiland informal settlement on Tuesday morning stumbled upon a half-naked and lifeless body of a 25-year-old woman. View more
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