President Hage Geingob announced that Government had lifted a ban on the transportation and marketing of already harvested timber. Geingob says farmers will now be allowed to export the timber, that has been lying on their farms, outside the country. However, he says, a factory needs to be set in the two Kavango regions to […]
With less than three weeks to go before Namibians go to the polls, political parties are hard at work, canvassing for support. At Rundu, SWAPO Presidential candidate Hage Geingob has called on voters in the Kavango East and West regions to give him another five year term. Geingob says the SWAPO-led government continues to prioritise […]
The police recovered 13 stolen cattle from a riverbed in Windhoek’s Agste Laan informal settlement. The cattle are valued at N$123 000.
The National Patriotic Front of Namibia (NPF) says it aims to gain a seat in the National Assembly to represent the rights of marginalised communities. Leader of the party Frans Ndeunyema revealed this during their campaign launch in Windhoek, where the party’s leadership was introduced.
An online petition calling for the immediate tackling of corruption has been submitted to President Hage Geingob. The petition was launched by businessman, Brian Black.
President Hage Geingob says the use of the electronic voting machines (EVMs) was not a SWAPO idea but the party just embraced it. Geingob says this was after a round of consultations conducted by the Electoral Commission together with other political parties years ago. Geingob said this at SWAPO’s Mariental rally.
About N$3 million has been paid to each regional council to rehabilitate water infrastructures. The Executive Director in the Office of the Prime Minister I-Ben Nashandi, has reiterated that other government support programmes such as livestock and the provision of water, would still be implemented by the Ministry of Agriculture, Water and Forestry and the […]
The Kavango East and West regions will benefit from the N$50 million drought relief donation that Government received from the international community. The World Food Programme will implement the programme in the two regions.
Namibia has 1 358 468 registered voters consisting of 717 809 female voters and 640 659 male voters. The Electoral Commission of Namibia (ECN) has announced that the National Voters’ Register for each constituency of every region has been completed and certified. The notice to announce the availability of the register will be in the […]
A 69-year-old man from Ontanda village in the Omusati Region died this morning after a bomb exploded at his homestead. It is alleged that the deceased was digging out an old tree stump which was on the side of the road near his homestead when a bomb, believed to be an anti tank mine, exploded, […]
