The Namibian Breweries has donated a state of the art eye testing machine to the Windhoek Central Hospital’s Eye Clinic. The clinic is run by Dr. Helena Ndume and Dr. Sven Obholzer. Dr Ndume says eye testing had thus far been a lengthy process, but that the new machine would improve efficiency and accuracy. The […]
The Confederation of Namibia Fishing Associations will challenge the issuing of an environmental clearance certificate for the offshore mining of phosphate near Walvis Bay. It has instructed Lawyer Sisa Namandje to request particular information from the Government and to inform the Namibia Marine Phosphate not to go ahead with the mining.
Five schools in Onkumbula Education Circuit of the Oshikoto region have been without water since Monday. The affected schools are Onkumbula, Elambo, Onamishu, Evale Combined School and Sheefeni Primary School. It is reported that taps ran dry last Thursday and people have been using water from tanks, which are now empty. This has prompted learners […]
The Roads Authority is happy with progress on the construction of the Windhoek/Okahandja road. The road is one of the busiest as many people commute from Okahandja to the city.
The 2016 National Arbor Day was commemorated at the Aris settlement, situated about 40 kilometers south of Windhoek. The Agriculture, Water and Forestry Ministry observes the day by planting trees and distributes information on the significance of trees and their roles.
Nearly every year Namibia is battling to cope with the scourge of climate change resulting in droughts and floods. It is for this reason that risk management needs to be strengthened in order to reduce disaster and save lives.
A new hostel at Otjomuru Primary School in the Epupa Constituency was handed over. The facilities partly funded by former Deputy-Prime Minister Dr Libertine Amathila, will make it possible for learners who have been sleeping in classrooms to have proper accommodation facilities.
There has been mixed reactions from students on the conditions as announced by the University of Namibia to allow defaulters to write their final examinations. Some of the students charge that threats to nullify examination results are insensitive.
The deployment of the children of the liberation struggle to attend training in the Zambezi Region from Windhoek on Friday morning came to a halt. Thirty nine children were destined to the Simon Mutumba Mutumba Police Training College in the Zambezi Region, but have to disembark the bus as a result of tensions between the […]
Namibia Football Association President Frans Mbidi says the future of International football in Namibia is in jeopardy, if the Namibia Premier League fails to secure the much-needed funds for this season’s kick-off. In a recent interview with NBC sport, the man at the helm of the country’s football association said the national soccer team will […]
