13-Year-old boy commits suicide in Havana

A 13-year-old boy reportedly committed suicide on Wednesday afternoon by hanging himself at his mother’s residence at the Havana informal settlement on the outskirts of Windhoek. The incident, according to Head of Community Policing of the Namibian Police Force, Chief Inspector Christina van-Dumen da Fonsech said the deceased has been identified as Benjamen Shatumbu. It […]

Okatana-Endola-Onhuno road nears completion

The multi-million dollar Okatana-Endola-Onhuno main road is nearing completion, much to the delight of local residents. Construction of the MR120 road, which stretches 34 kilometres and links the Oshana Region to Ohangwena, via Okatana and Onhuno, kicked off in July 2012. and is being built to the tune of some N$210 million. Its completion was […]

RDP elective convention postponed

The Rally for Democracy and Progress (RDP) will no longer hold an elective convention for its top four positions this month as reported earlier in the year. The party’s Secretary for Information and Publicity, Nghiningiluandubo Kashume said in a statement that the highly anticipated internal RDP election will now take place after March 2019. The […]

Interview: Pohamba Shifeta on Namibia’s N$140m agreement with Green Climate Fund

The Environmental Investment Fund of Namibia, on the sidelines of the 24th Conference of Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP24) in Poland, signed a Funded Activity Agreement. with the Green Climate Fund worth N$140 million to support climate change adaptation and disaster risk management in Namibia’s Kunene Region. Pohamba Shifeta, […]