Preparations for the 4th supplementary registration of voters in Erongo is well on track and inhabitants have been urged to give their full support to registration officials. The exercise takes place from 8 to 27 July.

Long distances to hospital and clinics as well as poor road infrastructure are major factors forcing many Himba women to give birth at home. Our news team witnessed the birth of a healthy baby boy at the Ondije Village in Opuwo rural constituency, by new mother Uhimbisiua Tjivinda.

Namibia will soon have a Financial Services Adjudicator Office to deal with consumer complaints against the conduct of service providers. Complaints will be attended to with the minimum of legal formalities and at no cost to complainants.

SWANU is proposing the establishment of a Joint Commission on Ancestral Land claims between Namibia, Germany and South Africa to raise money to buy land for distribution purposes. The party believes Germany and South Africa should bear such responsibility as they administered the process of land theft during colonialism.

Finance Minister Calle Schlettwein has tabled the Namibia Financial Institutions Supervisory Authority (NAMFISA) Bill that seeks to widen the powers of the institution. In his motivation, Schlettwein says the proposed legislation is too wide to include consumer education, financial stability and promotion of awareness institution.

Role players in the ICT sector have been urged to drive the industry to greater heights. The call was made by the Minister of Information and Communication Technology Stanley Simata at the ICT summit stakeholders engagement meeting.

Thousands of residents in the Kavango West Region fear for their survival if the Government’s drought relief programme does not reach them on time. More than 30 000 people registered for drought relief assistance in the region.

Namibian Broadcasting Corporation’s (NBC) Director-General Stanley Similo has urged public broadcasters to introduce new ways of raising funds. Similo says most financial problems public broadcasters are facing in Southern Africa will persist unless their business models change.

Namibia and Germany signed a financial cooperation agreement of more than N$1,3 billion. The money will be used to finance priority areas of the national development agenda.

The Southern African Broadcasting Association (SABA) has been lauded for telling the region’s story from its own perspective. ICT Deputy Minister Engel Nawatiseb praised SABA for the recent introduction of its TV news programme ‘Eye on SADC’.