Vendors next to the Windhoek Truck Port are calling on the municipality to provide them with stands, water and electricity. They have been operating in that area for more than 20 years, without basic services.
With the first games in the 2019/2020 coastal limited overs series having kicked off on Sunday, two games were scheduled, but only one was played. It was the Blue Waters outfit that started off their campaign in the sixth round with a win by beating Sparta Cricket Club’s second team, by four wickets. In an […]
The Directorate of Education in the Zambezi Region has completed the placement of learners at available schools in the region. Although all learners are said to have been placed, some are yet to turn up at schools, due to accommodation challenges.
Tourist arrivals in Namibia increased by 3,9% in 2018, compared to a growth of 2,1% in 2017. This is contained in the 2018 Tourism Statistical Report, which was launched in Windhoek. Environment and Tourism Minister Pohamba Shifeta says the statistics show that Namibia is a better tourism destination now than in years passed.
A suspect accused of cyber-fraud by swindling money amounting to N$720 000 from a businessman appeared in the Walvis Bay Magistrate’s Court today. The 30-year-old Ricardo Nestor was arrested on Saturday in Oranjemund for allegedly hacking emails of a local businessman in Walvis Bay, Mancino Jose Do Santos. The suspect, who was a former police […]
A toddler drowned in a bucket of water at Onambulanga village in the Omusati Region’s Onesi Constituency on Sunday. Warrant Officer Anna Kunga of the Namibian Police Force’s (NamPol) Community Affairs office in the region told NAMPA on Monday the girl, aged one year and three months, was identified as Kaheva Fernandu from Angola. “The […]
The newly elected City of Windhoek (CoW) Mayor, Francina Kahungu has announced the relocation of her office from the city centre to Nathaniel Maxuilili Community Centre in Babylon informal settlement. The office will remain in that centre throughout her tenure as Mayor. Kahungu said her decision is not informed by any political campaign but rather […]
The Chief Administrator of the Namibia Sport Commission, Freddy Mwiya, is urging the Namibian sport fraternity to make this year one of accountability and implementation. Mwiya was speaking to the NBC Sport Desk and outlined some of the Commission’s plans for 2020. The Chief Administrator explained that for the past three years the Commission was […]
While farmers from the Okakarara Constituency are worried about the outbreak of green worms, some are thrilled to collect these caterpillars to sell or for household consumption. The NBC News team came across Gabriel Shindume and his friends harvesting these green worms along the Western Bypass on the way to Rehoboth.
Some members of the former South West Africa Territorial Force (SWATF) and Koevoet soldiers, who have been camping at the Herero Commando Hall in Windhoek, are worried that their unhygienic living conditions could pose serious health hazards to them.
