Many properties were flooded and various household items damaged following heavy rainfall at Oshakati over the weekend.

A farmer from Oshivelo and Onguma Nature Reserve, Jan Cronje has donated N$400 000 to the King Kauluma Combined School in the Oshikoto Region to drill boreholes.

The Pandureni Combined School is the latest beneficiary of a four-classroom block from the Namibian Community Trust (NCT). The block was constructed at a cost of N$1,9 million. An excited school principal Alfons Hamutenya says this new development will go a long way in helping the school achieve its goals.

The Okakarara Vocational Training Centre (OVTC) has received modern training sewing machines. The donated machines will be used to shapen practical skills for the trainees to be ready for the job market upon completion of their studies.

Powercom has started constructing a tower in Walvis Bay Extension 17. The tower, expected to be completed by 20 March and become operational by 1 April.

The Okakarara Constituency Councillor, Vetaruhe Kandorozu has encouraged communities hit hard by the drought to harvest rainwater. Kandorozu told NBC News that the Constituency office allocated N$45 000 to fence off some earth dams at some villages in Okakarara.

There remains a number of challenges linked to the Environmental Management Act that needs to be addressed such as timber harvesting, sand mining and deplorable waste disposal sites. It is against this background that the Environment and Tourism Minister (MET) Pohamba Shifeta says there is a need to strengthen monitoring and enforcement of compliance with […]

SWAPO’s Secretary for Information and Mobilisation, Hilma Nicanor has called on voters to continue voting for the party in the upcoming Otjiwarongo Constituency by-election. She said this during the party’s campaign launch, where Marlene Nama Mbakera, was introduced as SWAPO party’s candidate for Otjiwarongo Constituency.

The United Nations Population Fund Programme (UNFPA) Specialist Letisia Alfeus wants officials involved in the distribution of the drought relief food to be trained to prevent abuse of office in the distribution process. The UNFPA conducted a workshop on the prevention of sexual exploitation and abuse during humanitarian assistance at Rundu.

Namibia Financial Institutions Supervisory Authority (NAMFISA) is confident the long-awaited Financial Institutions Markets Bill will address grey areas in the regulation of the non-banking financial sector. The company’s general manager for Pension Funds and Friendly Societies, Lovisa Indongo-Namandje said this during the discussion on how the impact of the impending law that is set to […]