The Swapo Party held a candlelight vigil at the party’s headquarters to honour the heroes and heroines who lost their lives during the Cassinga Massacre in 1978 in Angola. On the 4th of May in 1978, an event took place in the Cassinga refugee camp in Southern Angola. An airborne attack led by South African […]
Community members of Vaalgras Village in the ||Kharas Region converged at the tiny village over the weekend to pay homage to their fallen heroes during the annual festival. Commemorated since 1971, the annual festival of the Vaalgras community, also known as Orlams, serves as a platform to preserve the clan’s cultural heritage. Addressing the gathering, […]
Erongo Governor Neville Andre has revealed alarming data from the Ministry of Health and Social Services, which recorded 10,401 social problems across the Erongo Region from April 2024 to March 2025. Andre, therefore, emphasised the need for collaboration among faith-based groups, civil society, and government agencies to address the root causes of violence, including poverty, […]
The Epukiro Constituency Office, in collaboration with Grateful Hearts Charity and Jessica High 5 Foundation, donated clothing and shoes to ten villages in the constituency that are home to the San community. According to the Constituency Councillor of Epukiro, Packy Pakarae, the government has many responsibilities, and he is thus calling on charity organisations and […]
The town of Okahandja came together in grief as they said goodbye to six-year-old Roswinds Fabianu, whose life was tragically cut short in a brutal act that has shaken the nation. Roswinds was laid to rest at the Oshetu cemetery in Okahandja. Family members remembered her as a bright and joyful child who loved to […]
President Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah has encouraged parents and guardians to allow their children to join Girl Guides across the country, emphasizing that the Girl Guide Association of Namibia offers essential guidance and discipline. Speaking at the Thinking Day celebration of the Girl Guides Association of Namibia at Ongwediva Elcin Church in the Oshana region, President Nandi-Ndaitwah […]
A former farm employee at Talana No. 199 in the Okorukambe Constituency in the Omaheke Region is now residing in the corridor along the road after cutting ties with his former employer late last year. Sakaria Nghede and his family, who have livestock and other belongings, are finding it very difficult, as they have no […]
Workers who are doing the debushing and clearing for the Andara-Shamaturu road in Mukwe, Kavango East, have stopped working after the subcontractor failed to pay them for the month of March. The 63 workers say they finally had to down tools after they reached mid-April without any payment from Kuru Kaje Investments CC, the SME […]
Namibian award-winning artist Ben Kandukira, popularly known as Big Ben, has released a song for child safety awareness in response to the loss of three young girls in Okahandja. The song titled Stranger Danger was inspired by the recent tragedies that occurred over the last month, sparking shockwaves of outrage across the entire nation. The […]
The Blue Chromis Fishing Company in Walvis Bay has donated fish to the families of the murdered girls in Okahandja, as well as to the Ark Orphanage and the general community. In addition, the company contributed N$16,500 to the funeral costs of the girls. The donation is part of the company’s social responsibility. The company […]
