Hope Home-Based Health Care aided with specialised wheelchairs

Industrial Mill Services (TMS) donated specialised wheelchairs to Tsumeb-based Hope Home-Based Health Care, which has been taking care of people with disabilities since 2016. All 119 of them use wheelchairs, while children with muscular disorders, cerebral palsy, or other conditions require specialised wheelchairs. The Deputy Minister of Disability Affairs, Alexia Manombe-Ncube, says Namibians should collectively […]

Four men arrested for poaching in Sibbinda Constituency

The Ministry of Environment’s Anti-Poaching Unit has apprehended four men in the early hours of today near Lusu Village in Sibbinda Constituency, Zambezi Region, for illegal possession of wildlife products. The four men, all Namibians, were found in possession of two carcasses of wildebeests and one of a buffalo. The unit also confiscated three hunting […]

Nurses urged to perform duties with love and care

The Executive Director of the Ministry of Health and Social Services, Ben Nangombe, urged nurses to carry out their work with love, diligence, and care. Ben Nangombe made the appeal during an early International Nurses Day celebration in the capital.  Nangombe says the day provides an opportunity for nurses to reflect on how to positively […]

Special educational needs learners graduate from NIED

61 learners with special educational needs graduated from the National Institute of Educational Development (NIED) with basic vocational skills such as fashion and design. NIED was established in 2012, and this is its first graduation ceremony for basic pre-vocational skills. Learners are from special schools across the country, including Eros Girls School and Eluwa Special […]

Omaheke residents propose changes to Delimitation and Demarcation Commission

Residents of the Omaheke Region who attended the Delimitation and Demarcation Commission consultations have suggested several boundaries to the commission. The commission is in the Omaheke Region to assess the boundaries of the region and its constituencies.  The Chairperson of the Commission, Acting Judge Petrus Unengu, explained that the consultations were critical to assisting the […]

Farm Bernafay commends government for support

The Chairperson of the Bernafay Community Cooperative, Johannes Jossob, is pleased with the effort and commitment made by the government to assist resettled communities to be productive. One such community is resettled at Farm Bernafay in the Mariental Rural constituency.  The government resettled 14 households at Farm Bernafay in 2002 with the idea of venturing […]

Media and elections monitoring tool validated

The Media Ombudsman and other stakeholders hosted a media and elections monitoring tool validation workshop in Windhoek on Tuesday. The one-day workshop was aimed at drawing input on the media monitoring tool, which will be used to gauge the media’s performance in the coverage of all election-related activities. Journalists and media outlets are reminded of […]

109 years of Sam !Khubis commemorated

Commemoration ceremonies to mark 109 years of the battle of Sam !Khubis are underway in Rehoboth and its surroundings. People of Rehoboth annually come together to commemorate events of May 8, 1915, when an under-siege Baster community fought German colonial troops and prayed for divine intervention to be saved from possible extermination. During today’s events […]