Retired SWANU MP Usutuaije Maamberua has reiterated the call to enact a Genocide Memory Law to recognize the 1904-1908 genocide victims formally. Should it come to fruition one day, the Genocide Memory Law will deem actions that will be found in the denial of the genocide as being against the public interest and must be criminalized. […]

Affected communities of the 1904-1908 genocide committed by German forces against the Nama, Ovaherero, and Ovambanderu people have called for the speedy promulgation of the National Genocide Remembrance Day. This call was made during the commemoration in the capital today. Retired SWANU MP Usutuaije Maamberua had in 2016 proposed that May 28 be declared National Genocide […]

The Swapo Party’s Vice President Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah has urged members to remain united and focused on strengthening the party if it is to withstand an increasingly competitive political climate. She addressed a party rally at Walvis Bay. Nandi-Ndaitwah reiterated that as it was in the past, Swapo will continue to serve all the people irrespective […]

The hygienic conditions and self-sustainability of the Walvis Bay Correctional Facility have impressed parliamentarians who visited the facility recently.  Members of the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Defence and Security have therefore called on other correctional facilities to emulate the standards. Built 49 years ago, the Walvis Bay Correctional Facility accommodates 258 male offenders, of which […]

The Swapo party Regional Coordinator for the Kavango East Region, Ottilie Shinduvi, says the party has not made a definitive stance on same-sex marriage. Shinduvi made these remarks during the SWAPO Party Woman Council’s annual activity plan cluster workshop held in Rundu. She emphasized that the government has not permitted same-sex marriages to take place. Shinduvi […]

The Deputy Prime Minister Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah says agriculture remains one of the sectors that can help reduce poverty, improve the living standards of the people and ensure food security for the poor in the country. Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah addressed a series of business persons’ engagements at Swakopmund and Walvis Bay.   Nandi-Ndaitwah says good health and […]

Since the beginning of the year farming communities in the Epukiro Constituency have lost more than 170 livestock to thieves. Speaking at Omaueuozonjanda in the Epukiro Constituency CASO Vice Chairperson Kahepako Kakujaha says it is time to strengthen the security level in the constituency to curb stock theft. “I think we just need to keep […]

Following weeks of 15 OvaHimba families living alongside the road on the outskirts of Kamanjab Settlement, the Kunene Regional Council has intervened to assist the group, that was evicted from a resettlement farm in the area.  The council started to register the families and some have appealed to either be allocated farming units or move back to […]