The Namibian Broadcasting Corporation (nbc) has extended condolences to the bereaved family of former nbc Kaisames FM Manager Joseph !Garab. !Garab died at his farm near Khorixas on Tuesday, aged 65. The late !Garab joined the nbc’s Damara/Nama service, now Kaisames FM, as a Junior Announcer/Presenter and Translator in 1980. In January 1988, he was […]
Brazil recently commemorated its 202 years of independence at the ambassador’s residence in Klein Windhoek. They also celebrated 30 years of cooperation with Namibia in the navy field. Naval ties between the two countries are rooted in the Agreement for Naval Cooperation, signed on the 4th of March 1994 after Namibia regained ownership of Walvis […]
The Vice President of Namibia, Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah, officially inaugurated a new periodic court in !Hoachanas, marking a significant milestone in the government’s efforts to improve access to justice in rural areas. The court’s opening is seen as a crucial step towards decentralising legal services and ensuring that communities in remote areas no longer have to […]
President Nangolo Mbumba has encouraged all UN member states to reflect seriously on how they can continue to build on multilateralism. He said this as the negotiations for the Pact of the Future are underway, to be adopted at the end of the Summit of the Future in New York. President Mbumba and co-facilitor of […]
The former-striking fishermen, also known as Okapare fishermen, expressed disappointment in the Government Employment Redress Programme. Launched in 2020, the programme is an agreement between the Ministries of Fisheries and Labour as well as fishing companies to employ jobless fishermen in exchange for quotas. The initiative secured about 2,500 jobs for those who lost their […]
The Katima Mulilo Town Council has started with the realignment of plots at the Dairy Settlement as part of the formalisation of the residential area. The formalisation process and mapping of the settlement started last year, and 1,206 people already received plots. The Chief Executive Officer of the Katima Mulilo Municipality, Raphael Liswaniso, said residents […]
The Otjiwarongo Municipality has entered into an agreement with the National Housing Enterprise (NHE) as part of its formalisation of five informal settlements. The agreement will see the council issuing 2,605 landhold titles to build houses. Otjiwarongo Municipality Chief Executive Officer, Mberipura Hifitikeko, said the settlements are home to over 8,000 households. “These communities form […]
Villagers of Oikokola in the Tsandi Constituency in the Omusati Region still depend on salty and unpurified water from wells, which they have been drinking from since independence. They have called on the government to accelerate the provision of clean drinking water to the village. As per the saying, “the early bird catches the worm,” […]
The Central Northern Regional Electricity Distributor (CENORED) has issued a last-minute warning to households within their area of operations of the looming deadline of the cut-off dates of households upgrading their prepaid electricity meters with a token identifier. 54,000 prepaid meters are registered within the regions of Otjozondjupa, Kunene, Omaheke, and Oshikoto regions. However, 4,000 […]
President Nangolo Mbumba has called on traditional authorities to educate their communities who will be participating in the upcoming general elections and do so in a free and peaceful manner. Dr. Mbumba made this appeal at the five-day annual meeting of the Council of Traditional Leaders in Namibia, held in Windhoek. He says through this, […]
