The Karundu Primary School in Otjiwarongo has a shortage of space for learners and qualified teachers. School principal, Juliet Chaka says there were 1 382 learners enrolled in grades zero to seven in 2018. The principal says this resulted in classes having about 40 to 50 learners per teacher. Chaka says the overcrowding in the […]

The Deputy Fire Chief at Mautamanene Fire Station in Walvis Bay says fire outbreaks impacted 150 families at the town last year. Tutaleni Kathindi has told NBC News that the station responded to 79 emergency calls of which 30 involved burning shacks, 23 involved burning houses and four involved burning vessels. Kathindi says construction of […]

Public transport from Kavango East after the festive season is not a problem this year, as the number of buses and minibuses from the region increased. For the past three years, holidaymakers were stranded at the beginning of the year, as there were not enough vehicles to transport them. The loading master at the Rundu […]

Standard Bank has reduced its banking fees, after it had reviewed its annual pricing rates. The bank’s Head of Personal and Business Banking, Mercia Geises, revealed the reductions in a media statement on Monday. She explained that the bank’s annual pricing review conforms to its customer-centric approach of providing Namibians access to affordable and accessible […]

Scores of commuters travelling from northern Namibia to the capital city and other parts of the country continue to be stranded at various pick up points due to a lack of transport. The situation was chaotic at Oshakati’s Okatana Service station.

A committee dealing with the placement of learners in Grades 1, 8 and 11 has been established for the Otjozondjupa Region. The Ministry of Education’s Acting Deputy Director for Programme Quality Assurance, Nicolaas Eiman in an interview with Nampa said the regional schools placement committee was established at Otjiwarongo on Monday. Eiman heads the committee. […]

The //Karas Regional Education Directorate is already experiencing challenges with regard to the enrolment and placement of Grade 1, 8 and 11 learners, mainly in Keetmanshoop.

The Deputy Director of Education in the Khomas Region says the directorate will only prioritise placement of learners who applied to schools on time and those who have passed.

A 67-year-old man has been missing from Farm Naome in the Otavi district since 9 December 2018. Josef Ndishishi allegedly left the farm in the early morning hours that day and never returned. The Namibian Police Force’s Regional Crime Investigations Coordinator for Otjozondjupa, Deputy Commissioner Naukalemo Andreas told Nampa on Monday Ndishishi was last seen […]

The Affirmative Repositioning Movement (AR) has embarked on a project of upgrading makeshift houses in Windhoek’s informal settlements to decent homes. The movement is using alternative building materials to upgrade the shacks and installing solar electrification, water tanks and flushing toilets. The first upgraded house has been completed in the Babylon informal settlement. It has […]