No water for livestock at Etayi
Residents of Oshivanda shaNgatanga and surrounding villages in the Etayi Constituency of the Omusati Region are calling on the government to provide them with water tanks to save their livestock before...
View ArticleBondelswarts succession dispute challenged in court
The application disputing the succession to the chieftainship of the Bondelswarts Nama traditional authority was postponed to give the applicant, Hendrick Christiaan, time to file answering statements...
View ArticleOperation Rhino nabs eight suspects
Anti-poaching operations in the Etosha National Park between March and June this year have led to the arrest of eight suspects linked to rhino poaching. Three rhino carcasses with horns still intact...
View ArticleSADC signs EU EPA today
Today marks the next important deadline in Namibia and the rest of the SADC region’s efforts to secure duty-free trading. Representatives from Namibia join their regional counterparts in Gaborone today...
View ArticleGovt to subsidise homes for the poor
The Minister of Urban and Rural Development, Sophia Shaningwa, yesterday told parliament that the government would subsidise the 716 available houses built under the Mass Housing Project to enable...
View ArticleJob won’t budge
The 16 June protest march against the new parliament’s construction will continue. This is according to Job Amupanda after a marathon meeting with Nampol Inspector-General Sebastian Ndeitunga....
View ArticleZimbabwean fans dazzle in Cosafa opening
The 2016 Cosafa Castle Cup kicked off at the Sam Nujoma Stadium on Saturday. Following the opening ceremony that took place at the same venue, Zimbabwe and Swaziland were first to take to the field of...
View ArticleOld Mutual Victory Race series kicks off
The Old Mutual Victory Race first leg kicked off at Oshakati Independence Stadium on Saturday 11 June, and has attracted many participants. The Old Mutual Victory Race is a two-part road running series...
View ArticleFNVA donates volleyball equipment to Kunene schools
The Far Northern Volleyball Association (FNVA) has donated volleyball equipment to Otjerunda Combined School (CS) and Kamanjab CS in the Kunene Region for development of the sport code at these...
View ArticleCatholic farms not for sale
Roman Catholic Bishop Phillip Pöllitzer of the Keetmanshoop diocese has denied allegations that he is selling off the Stampriet and Witkrans missions in the //Kharas Region. Members of the Catholic...
View ArticleFlores wins epic clash
Mexican fighter, Moises ‘Chucky’ Flores lived up to his promise to produce a great boxing spectacle on his way to adding the IBO super bantamweight world title to his WBA one. The Mexican beat Paulus...
View Article12 dead in 28 car crashes
It was a deadly weekend on Namibian roads with 12 dead in 28 crashes. Of these, the most deadly were in the north and on the Windhoek-Okahandja route. A head-on collision near Outapi killed six on...
View ArticleHunger is on the menu
Roughly 70% of Namibians rely directly or indirectly on agriculture to survive and the current prevailing drought is crippling more than just the farmers. The economy as a whole, but particularly that...
View ArticleShot of the day
BLESSINGS: At the commemoration of a chief killed 120 years ago, the Ovambanderu community perform certain rituals. Pictured, one of the elders spits in the face of a woman as a sign of good will....
View ArticleCity targets car washes
The City of Windhoek met with a number of car-wash owners in order to identify strategies and solutions that will ensure achievable long-term water usage regulations for the industry. These include a...
View ArticleSwapo reneged on independence deal
Former SWATF and Koevoet members have been urged to challenge the government in court on the constitutionality of the War Veterans’ Act. The executive director of the Forum for the Future (FFF), Samson...
View ArticleKaumbi throws spanner into CEO appointment
A cloud of uncertainty hangs over the head of newly appointed National Housing Enterprise (NHE) chief executive Gisbertus Mukulu after a senior manager in the parastatal, Uazuva Kaumbi, sought a court...
View ArticleKapia keeps up denial
Paulus Kapia, the former leader of the Swapo Party Youth League, is still denying that he influenced the management of the Social Security Commission (SSC) to invest N$30 million with Avid, in which...
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