The floodwater at Onhaminda village in the Oshikango Constituency has dried up, and those who had been relocated to the higher ground have started moving back to their homesteads. For the past two months, these residents have been fighting an uphill battle due to flood waters. Their homes were submerged, as they had built them […]

Striking employees at the National Housing Enterprise (NHE) have appealed to the Minister of Urban and Rural Development, Erastus Uutoni, to intervene in the ongoing wage dispute with the management. The workers marched from the NHE headquarters to the Ministry to hand over the petition to Uutoni. The workers are demanding a face-to-face dialogue with […]

Labor union representatives who completed a three-day workshop on the Elimination of Violence and Harassment at the Workplace, welcomed the ratification of Convention 190, which ensures zero tolerance for violence and harassment at the workplace. Namibia became the first country in the world to start the process of ratifying Convention 190 of the International Labour […]

The Minister of International Relations and Cooperation has called on Namibia to take advantage of the Joint Commission of Cooperation with Venezuela. Nandi-Ndaiwah was speaking during the closing of the inaugural session of the Namibia-Venezuela Joint Commission for Cooperation in Windhoek. The joint commission focuses on areas such as mining, housing and urban development, agriculture, […]

The Police at Katima Mulilo are investigating a case of murder and defeating the course of justice after the body of an unknown man was exhumed at Chefuzwe in the Liselo area. It is believed that the deceased was assaulted and killed before he was buried in a shallow grave. The police at Katima Mulilo […]

Erongo Governor Neville Andre is happy with the rental fee collections from government resettlement farms in the region. Andre, who was speaking at the two-day Erongo Farmers Conference at Omaruru, says the collection is a huge improvement as farmers ignored this in the past. More than N$106,000 was collected from 41 farming units out of […]

The Outjo Municipality has drilled three more boreholes in an effort to address the water shortage in the town. For the past four years, the underground water in Outjo has been going down as a result of subduction. “It’s a natural process that takes place underground, which can be because of weathering, chemical, biological, or […]

WESCO Group Namibia donated 360 bags of cement to the Oshikoto Education Directorate, which will benefit nine schools that are constructing toilets for learners, kitchens, classrooms, and school halls. “These bags of cement are to build a platform to lay a foundation for our children; without our children, there can be no future; our children […]

Boys in Namibia are most likely to end up in prison, committing suicide, or dropping out of school if only a few efforts are made to empower them. This is according to Love Inc., a local organization that initiated the second annual Boys Conference, to empower boys at Walvis Bay. Co-founded by Tangeni Mujoro, the […]

Residents of Omadiva B village in the Oshikoto Region have expressed concern over a dumpsite erected close to their homesteads by the Omuthiya Town Council, saying it poses a health hazard. They also accused the town council of having failed to compensate most of them since the dumpsite was relocated there 15 years ago. Frustrated […]