The police are conducting comprehensive public speaking training for senior officers to sharpen their communication skills. The five-day training is being held in the Hardap Region. The training, attended by 20 heads of department and directorates, as well as regional commanders, means to instil confidence and techniques in the senior officers, who are required to […]
The Minister in the Presidency, Christine ||Hoëbes, says it remains a government priority to provide each Namibian with a decent roof over their head. She made this comment at the official opening of the Affordable Housing Expo. The country’s first affordable housing Expo, which is accessible to the public for the next three days and […]
There is an urgent need for community health workers to be deployed to Anichab, a small settlement in the Erongo Region, and to its surrounding farms. There is only one health worker at present, covering over 10 villages. Alexia !Gaoses, a community health worker since 2014, has to walk long distances across Anichab to assist […]
Residents of Anichab settlement in the Kunene Region and the surrounding farms want the current clinic properly furnished. Currently, the clinic only has a consulting room that serves over a hundred patients daily. One of the residents is Patricia Kazakoka, who walks 15 kilometres from Farm Onverwag to reach the clinic, a journey she described […]
Challenges of open defecation and poor sanitation continue to pose health risks in rural and periurban areas. This was revealed by the Health Ministry during the commemoration at the Global Hand Washing and World Toilet Day at Otjiwarongo. Health Minister Dr. Kalumbi Shangula, in the speech read on his behalf, said these deficiencies contribute to […]
The water crisis in Rundu continues unabated. Various households still go for hours without water every day, while some schools are still sending children home early due to the unavailability of water. The Minister of Urban and Rural Development, Erastus Uutoni, engaged the regional leadership on Thursday to find lasting solutions to the ongoing problem. […]
President Nangolo Mbumba has tasked the Prime Minister to see how best Namibia can align and fit domestic policies to respond better to the call in the Pact for the Future. He underscored that the Pact and its annexes provide guidelines for how governments can collectively work to urgently address global challenges. Mbumba, who co-chaired […]
The technical committees of the Genocide, Apology, and Reparations negotiations team from both Namibia and Germany are expected to provide an updated report to the High-Level Committee. This, as Namibian and German leaders, have reiterated their commitment to resolve the painful past of the 1904–1908 genocide. “When we were in Germany, our technical teams were […]
The Swapo Party celebrated the official nomination of Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah as a presidential candidate in the November 27 elections. The announcement was made during a media briefing attended by the party members to celebrate “a historic moment,” as Nandi-Ndaitwah is the first female candidate fielded by the party. Shaningwa said that Nandi-Ndaitwah’s nomination marks a […]
President Nangolo Mbumba says his missions to the US, Germany, and Spain underscore the basic fact that development cannot be effective without stronger multilateral and bilateral partnerships. “Our country cannot develop if we don’t nurture partnerships by responding to opportunities in the external environment. Therefore, missions of this nature are essential to spur national development. […]
