2019-04-15Obrien Simasiku ONAMUNGUDO – The battle for the throne of Ondonga traditional community reached unprecedented heights yesterday as two warring factions each crowned its own leader as the omukwaniilwa. View more
2019-04-15Obrien Simasiku ONAMUNGUDO - The Council of Traditional Leaders has expressed dismay with the manner in which traditional communities handle issues relating to chieftainship succession. View more
2019-04-17Obrien Simasiku ONAYENA – Vice-President Nangolo Mbumba has called for the return of Namibia’s cultural artefacts that were collected during pre-colonial times and now lie in foreign museums. View more
2019-04-24Obrien Simasiku OMUTHIYA – The business community of Omuthiya operating in the town’s sandwiched informal area is irked by actions of a Chinese businessman, Zhou Jianbin, who stands accused of using human faeces as manure for his backyard garden. View more
2019-04-25Obrien Simasiku OMUTHIYA -Traders operating at the renowned one-way-stop Omatala along the Omuthiya main road has expressed concern over prevailing unhygienic conditions they operate in. View more
2019-04-25Obrien Simasiku OMUTHIYA – Amid widespread business closures and nationwide job losses as a result of an economic meltdown, the Omuthiya Town Council says it has repositioned itself as an emerging and preferred business destination for informal, small and medium enterprises. View more
2019-04-29Obrien Simasiku OMUTHIYA – Police in Oshikoto Region last week raided a house in Tsumeb’s Nomtsoub location and seized cannabis worth N$70 600. View more
2019-04-29Obrien Simasiku OMUTHIYA -The Minister of Urban and Rural Development Peya Mushelenga has granted an audience with distressed community members of Omuthiya and surrounding villages who claim to have been robbed and unfairly compensated by the town council when they ceded their land to pave way for township development. View more
2019-05-02Obrien Simasiku OMUTHIYA -Build It in Omuthiya aided three shack-fire victims by providing building materials, after a thirteen year-old-girl last week set alight the shacks in what is believed to be a vengeful act. They are all in one house. View more
2019-05-14Obrien Simasiku OMUTHIYA - Despite a reduction in the 2019/20 financial year budget that was reduced by 13.94 percent from N$59 million to N $50.8 million, Omuthiya Town Council in what it termed as a pro-poor budget has decided to maintain water tariffs at N$15 per cubic metres for low-income earners in Kaniita informal settlement and other low-income areas. View more
2019-05-15Obrien Simasiku OMUTHIYA – Already boasting a state-of-the-art football field constructed at a tune of close to 10 million through Fifa assistance, the town of Omuthiya will soon embark on the construction of netball courts and other additional facilities. View more
2019-05-16Obrien Simasiku OMUTHIYA -The water crisis in Oshikoto Region has reached alarming levels that require urgent interventions and if not timely addressed this will lead to loss of human lives, says the head of Rural Water Supply Stevenson Tuukondjele. View more
2019-05-17Obrien Simasiku OMUTHIYA - As the dust refuses to settle on the compensation issue between the Omuthiya Town Council and community, the Minister of Urban and Rural Development Dr Peya Mushelenga has resolved to set up a committee to investigate the matter thoroughly. View more
2019-05-22Obrien Simasiku OMUTHIYA - Some war veterans that were to benefit from the veterans affairs housing scheme have been reportedly refusing to move into the houses upon completion, an issue that has irked the ministry which says the houses could have been diverted to more deserving individuals. View more
2019-05-23Obrien Simasiku OSHIVELO -The owner of Oshivelo Farm, Jan Harm Cronje has promised to provide staff housing if land is to be made available and if the need arises among his employees. View more
2019-05-23Obrien Simasiku OMUTHIYA - A group of about 20 people under Turning Point Namibia, staged a peaceful demonstration yesterday in Omuthiya where they handed over a petition to the Oshikoto governor, objecting to recent campaigns and protests calling for the legalisation of cannabis. View more
2019-05-23Obrien Simasiku OMUTHIYA - During a recent consultative meeting the Swapo Party leadership in Oshikoto Region added their voice to proponents for the removal of the veterinary cordon fence, also known as the redline, in an effort to unlock business opportunities for beef farmers north of the cordon fence. View more
2019-05-27Obrien Simasiku The late former vice president Dr Nickey Iyambo was hailed and remembered by family members and friends as a people’s person, who had devoted his life to helping others and was highly dedicated to serve his country. View more
2019-05-27Obrien Simasiku Since the establishment of a horticulture farm near Oshivelo in 2012, life has started to taste a little sweeter for many of the previously unemployed and disadvantaged marginalised communities who reside at the settlement. View more
2019-06-07Obrien Simasiku ONIIPA – Some 8 322 adolescent girls from 32 schools in Oshikoto Region have been reached through HIV prevention education, with more than half of the them identified as eligible from the provision of a View more
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