The Kavango East Education Directorate and stakeholders are requesting for a special school to be established in the region. The request was made during a consultation meeting with the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Human Resources and Community Development at Rundu. There are 317 learners with disabilities in the Kavango East Region who are currently in […]
Four schools in Kavango East’s Mukwe Circuit have temporarily suspended classes due to lions roaming the area. Classes have been suspended for today and tomorrow; however, teachers and support staff members remain on duty. Schools that suspended classes are Kangongo Combined School, Thikanduko Primary School, Mayara Combined School, and Katanga Primary School. The education directorate […]
Political party representatives at the coast have called on the Electoral Commission of Namibia (ECN) to increase the number of registration points for voters. The ECN is getting ready to register voters between June 3 and August 1. The commission called a stakeholders meeting at Swakopmund to highlight the teams’ readiness. The Regional Electoral Officer, […]
The Zambezi Development Association (ZDA) has removed the sign board of the Zambezi Regional boundary with the Kavango East Region and attempted to hand it over to the 5th Boundaries Delimitation and Demarcation Commission at Katima Mulilo on Tuesday. ZDA is a pressure group headed by Blessing Maanda. The signboard and a petition, addressed to […]
The Deputy Minister of Higher Education, Technology, and Innovation, Natalia |Goagoses, has praised the UNAM Southern Campus at Keetmanshoop for the high standard of geoscience research. She paid a familiarisation visit to the campus. The southern campus is the only higher education institution that offers a specialisation in geoscience. The campus, with a student population […]
A strike by employees of a local retailer at Rundu and Nkurenkuru continues. The employees, represented by the Namibian Food and Allied Workers Union (NAFAWU), are striking in support of a demand for a salary increase and better working conditions. The workers are demanding an increase of N$550, inclusive of a transport allowance, while the […]
The Electoral Commission of Namibia (ECN) has started scouting for vehicles to be used in the November national elections. The exercise, which started on Wednesday, saw a larger number of private vehicle owners turn up at the Otjomusie Police Station for inspection and testing. The Manager of Communications and Marketing at the ECN, De Wet […]
Farmers in the Kunene and Omusati regions say non-functional abattoirs and poor livestock infrastructure are primary obstacles to accessing a profitable market. This issue surfaced during the ongoing oversight visits by the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Economics and Public Administration in the Northern Communal Areas (NCAs). The visits follow a 2022 petition to the National […]
Ohangwena regional leadership has expressed dismay about the slow pace at which government vehicles are repaired at Ondangwa. They were speaking during Works and Transport Deputy Minister Veikko Nekundi’s courtesy visit to the office of Ohangwena Governor Sebastian Ndeitunga. At the meeting, the issue of government cars taking a long time to be serviced at […]
Spending on education is an investment in the learner’s future, development, and eventually nation-building. Through its corporate social responsibilities, Dundee precious metal has invested in education substantively over the years. Recently, they contracted COSDEC Tsumeb to manufacture chairs and desks worth close to a million dollars for schools in Tsumeb and surrounding areas. Through a […]
