Participants at the education engagement with Deputy Prime Minister Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah at Katima Mulilo pointed at a number of issues as contributors to poor academic performance last year. Participants expressed mixed feelings on the causes of the high failure rate not only in Zambezi Region but the country as a whole.
Namibia recorded 150 maternal deaths in 2020 due to the limitation of safe abortions and access to proper reproductive health services. This is contained in the Global Report on Maternal Mortality by the United Nations Maternal Mortality Estimation Inter-Agency Group. The global trend of maternal mortalities reveals an alarming setback for women’s health in recent […]
Mariental residents are complaining about the brown color of the water in the town, which they fear could pose a health risk. According to Werner Von Watsdorf, a resident, the situation has been going on since the end of October last year. “We’re dealing with a dirty drinking water situation; I’m not talking about slight […]
The QKR Navachab Gold Mine near Karibib has handed over renovated infrastructure worth N$12 million to the Karibib Private School. Managing Director George Botshiwe says the company will continue to support private and public schools in the area, as educating the youth is important. QKR Navachab Gold Mine officially handed over infrastructure, including a refurbished […]
The Namibia Water Corporation will ration water supply from the 7th of March due to the upgrading of the raw water pumps at the Oshakati Water Treatment Plant and distribution system. In a notice to stakeholders and customers in the Oshana, Ohangwena and Oshikoto regions, NamWater states that the rationing of water supply will take […]
The Inspector General of the Namibian Police, Joseph Shikongo, has denied a request by the Namibian Economic Freedom Fighters (NEFF) to hold a protest along Independence Avenue in support of striking workers of the Windhoek Municipality. NEFF made the request on Thursday last week, and Shikongo says that the request to hold the protest is […]
Now that the Facility Audits have been carried out, the million dollars question is: What is next for the joint Namibia/Botswana Bid Committee? With the facility audits finalized in both countries, next on the Committee’s busy schedule is to compile Bid documents into a bid book which include the plans, and specifications in both countries. […]
The Chairman of the Namibia and Botswana’s joint Bid Committee for the 2027 African Cup of Nation said, the committee is satisfied with their work after the completion of Facility Audit in Windhoek over the weekend. Speaking to NBC Sport at the Windhoek Country Club – the Chairman of the joint Bid Committee Asford Mamelodi said […]
The former Brave Warriors midfielder Oliver Risser who is a Sport Director at DTS is pleading with football in the country not to fall back again. Oliver Risser is a former footballer with 31 caps for the Brave Warriors. He is one of the few Namibians who played outside the country having traded his skills […]
