Flood-prone villages of Kabbe South and North constituencies are at high risk as flood waters are flowing at a high speed. One of the headmen of Kalimbeza Village, Thomas Sabuta, said although floods are an annual occurrence in the region, this is the worst he has ever seen. Most homesteads are flooded. These settlements are […]
Cabinet is expected to consider a business plan of the Roads Contractor Company (RCC) next month to determine whether it is viable for the company to do business or to continue to operate under judicial management. RCC has submitted a draft business plan last week to the Minister of Works and Transport, John Mutorwa.
Namibia’s ambassador to China, Elia Kaiyamo believes Namibians, including members of the media, could learn collectivism and patriotism from the Chinese.
The Welwitschias who lost to the Blue Bulls, 73 – 20, at Loftus Versfeld in Pretoria, South Africa this past weekend, will be hoping to close the gap on the score board this coming weekend, when they take on the Golden Lions. In last year’s encounter against the Golden Lions, the visitors walked away unscathed […]
A 30-year-old man died instantly on Wednesday morning, in a head-on collision between the sedan he was driving and a small truck 14 kilometres outside from Otjiwarongo. The incident happened approximately 06h35 on the Otavi-Otjiwarongo B1 road. Namibian Police’s Otjozondjupa crime investigations coordinator, Deputy Commissioner Naukalemo Andreas told Nampa that the deceased was travelling from […]
Preparations for the commemoration of the 40th anniversary of Cassinga Day are underway. The commemoration will take place at Heroes’ Acre in Windhoek on Friday. About 2 000 Cassinga survivors from all 14 regions are expected to attend the event as well as president João Lourenço of Angola. Transportation has been organised for the members […]
Construction of the Ministry of Home Affairs and Immigration’s building, which started in 2015, is expected to be completed by the end of this year or early 2019. The ministry’s chief public relations officer, Salome Kambala confirmed this to NBC, saying construction is still on schedule and that the country’s financial constraints only caused minimal […]
Swapo secretary general, Sophia Shaningwa is inviting Namibians to turn up in numbers for the 40th commemoration of Cassinga massacre on Friday.
At least six villages in the Epupa Constituency, of the Kunene Region, have been flooded after NamPower opened sluices of the dam that supplies water to its hydroelectric power plant at Ruacana. Chief control officer at the Epupa Constituency Office in Okangwati, Tjikunda Kulunga, says an impact assessment the office undertook recorded 150 crop farmers […]
A number of villages in the Zambezi Region are flooded with some residents having already been relocated to higher ground. Villages have been submerged by flood waters since Monday. The Izimwe Nakabolelwa and Ngoma Ioma roads are slowly being submerged by flood waters. There is a likelihood that more villagers will be cut off from […]
