The former Keetmanshoop Rural Constituency Councillor, Gerrit Witbooi, has completed his 120-kilometre walk from Springbok, South Africa, to Namibia’s Noordoewer Border Post. Witbooi was recently shown the door by his party and lost his seat as the constituency councillor. The former councillor joined members of Mighty Men, a religious organization that started the walk on […]

The Deputy Minister of Health and Social Services, Dr. Utjiua Muinjangue, says Namibia’s coronavirus journey has been a difficult one, worsened by logistical challenges such as inadequate human and material resources. Muinjangue made the remarks during a handover ceremony of vaccination equipment from Project Hope Namibia to the Ministry of Health. Handing over the equipment, […]

The construction of Impalila Island Road is progressing well, despite the challenges of the rain received during January and early this month. Minister of Works and Transport, John Mutorwa, and Roads Authority CEO, Conrad Lutombi, inspected the roads on Friday. The Minister of Works and Transport visited Impalila Island to get first-hand information on the […]

The demand for affordable plots saw a group of Kalkfeld settlement residents take to the streets, asking the Otjozondjupa Regional Council to allocate them serviced land. The group says they are tired of living in squalor and overcrowded housing. The demonstrators claim they have been waiting for plots since 2018. “We are tired of living […]

State-owned enterprises that manage green schemes have been called to do away with excessive bureaucracy when procuring goods and services. The call was made by the Chairperson of the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Natural Resources, Vincent Mareka, during a visit to the Naute Farm Irrigation Project near Keetmanshoop. The farm is managed by the Namibia […]

The Parliamentary Standing Committee on Natural Resources says it will recommend the speedy implementation of phase II of the Neckartal Dam Irrigation Project. The project’s Phase II includes the development of 5,000 hectares of land for crop irrigation. A Standing Committee member, Efraim Nekongo, said this during the committee’s visit to the Neckartal Dam near […]

President Hage Geingob is happy with the progress made in the construction of the Chief Hosea Kutako Memorial Museum and Homestead Shrine in the Omaheke Region. The construction of the Memorial Museum and Homestead Shrine commenced last year. President Geingob inspected the site, located 195 kilometers from Gobabis, at the late stalwart’s village of Toasis. […]

Local food processing company African Deli has donated food items to flood-affected schools in the Ohangwena Region, worth N$383,000.  6000 packs of matangara, six thousand packs of chicken gizzards, and 4800 packs of speckled sugar will be distributed to 32 schools for the benefit of approximately four thousand, 453 students. Speaking during the handing over […]

Regional governors who attended the Validation Workshop for Science, Technology, and Innovation at Swakopmund, have called on researchers to conduct research that solves socio-economic problems.  According to a national survey, Namibia has increased investment in research, as the country spent about 0.6% of its GDP on research in 2022, compared to 0.34% in 2014. According […]

At least eight learners from the Rundjarara Village have run away from school due to the condition of the hostel. The learners were taken from Rundjarara Primary School to Cocoma Junior Primary School with promises of shelter, food, and proper school uniforms. According to the community members, an unknown woman came to Rundjarara village to […]