Regional Councils’ Integrity Committees are now capacitated to deal with ethical, integrity and corruption issues in the public services. Five regional councils’ integrity committees attended a two-day induction session at Oshakati and were taken through existing mechanism within their institutions.
The Oshakati State Intermediate Hospital now has a dedicated facility to cater for premature babies. The Minister of Health and Social Services, Dr Kalumbi Shangula says premature babies will now be closely monitored and those in need of treatment receive it on time to prevent a high mortality rate.
Three cases of malicious damage to property and assault with intent to do grievous bodily harm have been opened against the Namibian Police Force at Ondangwa following Saturday’s scuffle with supporters of Independent presidential candidate, Dr Panduleni Itula. NamPol’s spokesperson in the Oshana Region, Inspector Thomas Aiyambo says the cases were laid by Tomas Namupala, […]
The Erongo Desalination Plant has reached a milestone having produced 50 billion cubic metres of potable water since it started operating in 2010. The plant contributes 75% of the total water supply to the town of Swakopmund and nearby mines, through Namwater.
Following three arrests over a period of two months, the Namibian Police yet again arrested two more ship captains who caught fish illegally in Namibian waters. Captains Arngrimur Brynjolfsonn and Iurri Festison were charged with fishing illegally and made their first court appearance in the Walvis Bay Magistrate’s Court on Wednesday.
The ECN says electronic voter machines (EVMs) can produce a paper trail, to show how votes were cast to both Presidential and National Assembly elections. Its chief elections and referenda officer Theo Mujoro said this when he addressed the SADC Election Observer Mission on the transparency of the EVMs, in the absence of the voter […]
NamPower says the nation needs not to panic, as the company has the capacity to deal with power outage situations around the clock. This follows last night’s power outage experienced throughout many central and coastal areas, as well as most parts of the northern regions, The power utility says the outage was caused by a […]
The City Police are worried over increased vandalism of traffic signs in Windhoek which is placing drivers and pedestrians in danger.
Students from University of Namibia, Namibia Institute of Technology, vocational training centres and International University of Management took to the street this morning calling on Namibia Students Financial Assistance Fund (NSFAF) to release their outstanding funds.
A policy aimed at ensuring that tourism and mining co-exist in protected areas in a well-coordinated and regulated manner was launched at Lüderitz. The National Policy on Prospecting and Mining in Protected Areas is a collaboration between the Ministries of Mines and Energy and Environment and Tourism.
