President Hage Geingob says the late Chief Seth Kooitjie played a vital role in the development of the Topnaar community and served the Nama Traditional Council with distinction until his death. Minister of Education, Katrina Hanse-Himarwa delivered the President’s message at the funeral.

-A multi-million dollar project which promotes a landscape management approach in key agricultural and forest landscapes as well as reducing poverty would soon be rolled out countrywide.

Right holders who are seeking renewal and those whose terms expired after 20 years have to account for what they did with fishing quotas allocated to them in order to be considered for new rights or renewal. This was said by Fisheries and Marine Resources Minister Bernard Esau during his annual address to the fishing […]

Kaap Agri Namibia and Pupkewitz Megabuild have distributed animal feed to drought-hit farmers in the Hardap and //Karas Regions. Eleven trucks loaded with fodder departed from Kaap Agri office outside Mariental to various destinations in the regions.

The level of Neckartal Dam in the Karas Region has risen by 0,935 meters, following good rains received in the area.

Thirty residents of the Kalahari Constituency, currently living in makeshift shacks made from plastic and other waste material, are set to benefit from a new initiative by their regional council, known as the Kalahari Homeless Shelter project.

The Namibian Police in the Otjozondjupa Region will conduct a mass burial for unclaimed bodies. The burial will take place at the town’s state cemetery on 21 February and the police will bury bodies that have been at the mortuary for more than five years.

More than 200 people who erected shacks illegally at Ondangwa’s Uutala area will be relocated to Onantsi settlement. The council says the new site has been surveyed. The council and the affected residents met over the weekend.

Kavango East Region’s learners’ performance in Shinyungwe and Ndiyona circuit is of great concern. Poor and ageing infrastructure and a shortage of qualified teachers are some of the challenges said to be behind the poor pass rate.

Namibia’s travel trade and Air Namibia want to strengthen the country’s tourism interests with Ghana. A delegation of local parties paid a courtesy call on the Namibian High Commissioner to Ghana, Charles Josob. Our team accompanied the delegation to Ghana.