The residents of Thipanana Village in the Kavango East Region assert that they are not receiving any benefits from the rural electrification project. The villagers claim that NamPower wrongly diverted the electrification project to another village. Thipanana villagers staged a demonstration expressing their disappointment over the diversion of the rural electrification project to the Mukwe […]
Centenarian and liberation struggle veteran Hulda Isaaks has died at her home in Gibeon in the Hardap Region, aged 107. The Witbooi clan’s traditional leader, Josephat Witbooi, confirmed the death of Hulda Isaaks. Born on 29 November 1917, Isaaks lived through two world wars and several pandemics. Witbooi remembered her as a loving, candid, God-fearing […]
Divundu Town Council and the Municipality of Kariba in Zimbabwe will collaborate on economic development as an extension of the memorandum of understanding between Mashonaland West Province and Kavango East Region. With the main economic drivers in Kariba District being fishing, power generation, and tourism, the partnership stands to benefit both parties through development initiatives […]
The University of Namibia (UNAM) has identified the need to align its curriculum with the demands of current and future trends, as well as emerging industries in the age of rapid technological advancements, artificial intelligence, and the Fourth Industrial Revolution. It is against this background that UNAM held a stakeholders’ meeting in Swakopmund to deliberate […]
Collaboration was highlighted as essential to achieving a malaria-free Namibia during the World Malaria Day commemoration and the launch of the indoor residual spraying campaign in Sibbinda Constituency. Traditional leaders, together with development partners, including Development Aid from People to People (DAPP) and Faith Leaders Advocacy for Malaria Elimination (FLAME), reiterated the call for joint […]
Fourth-year law students from the University of Namibia (UNAM) have partnered with the Namibian Revolutionary Transport and Manufacturing Union (NARETU) to offer training to shop stewards on how to better represent workers in a changing working environment. UNAM students, working as Corinth UNAM Legal Aid, conducted the 2025 Central Region Workshop, covering topics like labour […]
Waterberg Junior Secondary School walked away with first place in the junior and secondary levels of the Rehabeam Ujaha’s Math Quiz Competition. In memory of one of the longest-serving mathematics teachers at Waterberg, the late Ujaha, the school held a math quiz competition in his honour. Different schools from the primary to secondary levels of […]
Local entrepreneurs who attended the Ministry of International Relations and Trade’s regional engagements at Rundu described it as crucial and long overdue. The engagement provided a platform for the local business community to give input on how to harness the potential of the Kavango East region. The local business community turned up in numbers to […]
The University of Namibia (UNAM)’s Southern Campus celebrated the annual cultural festival in style, showcasing unity in diversity. A parade through the streets of Keetmanshoop signalled the opening of the three-day cultural festival held under the theme ‘Connecting Cultures, Building Unity’. The event promotes and celebrates the academic institution’s rich, diverse cultural heritage while cultivating […]
The Minister of Urban and Rural Development, James Sankwasa, has called for cooperation from stakeholders to decentralise their functions and services. In his speech delivered at the celebration of the African Day of Decentralisation in Gobabis, Sankwasa made reference to government agencies, which he said have an obligation to bring services closer to the grassroots. […]
