The Swapo Party has called on the Minister of Urban and Rural Development, Erastus Uutoni, to intervene in the ||Kharas Regional Council’s state of affairs, whose management committee has been dysfunctional since June last year.  The ||Kharas Swapo Party Regional Coordinator, Mathew Mumbala, called for the minister’s intervention during a media conference at Keetmanshoop.  This […]

Leaders of the Kanono Women’s Organisation, a small-scale farmers association in the Zambezi Region’s Sibbinda Constituency, paid a visit to the green schemes in the Kavango East Region. The team was led by the Councillor of Sibinda Constituency, Micky Lukaezi, and was undertaken to acquire knowledge and replicate good agricultural practices they learned during the […]

The ability of the Brave Warriors to unite Namibians should be celebrated, and their talent should be capitalised on beyond their participation in the Africa Cup of Nations. Sociologists say this approach would lead to the country breaking many barriers and using diversity and unity as tools for the wholesome development of its society. Away […]

The leader of the official opposition, McHenry Venaani, says a lack of active leadership is partly the reason why Zambezi Region continues to be one of the poorest regions. The president of the Popular Democratic Party (PDM) was speaking at a media briefing in Katima Mulilo on Thursday. Venaani questioned why strides have not been […]

Rundu Rural Constituency Councillor Paulus Mbangu believes that lack of modernisation in the agricultural sector is one of the contributing factors to food insecurity in the country. In an interview with nbc, Paulus Mbangu stated that agriculture plays a vital role in the lives of the people. The agricultural sector, however, receives fewer funds from […]

The Namibia National Students Organisation (NANSO) launched the access to basic education initiative in the Omaheke Region. The campaign’s objective is to look at the status of the education sector in the country while glancing at last year’s academic performance. The student organisation will engage with learners to assess whether they have been skilled enough […]

The Gobabis Vocational Training Centre created the first ever proto-type solar truck, which aims to bring TVET services to the communities. The idea came about following an identified need to bring VTC services to the community, which finds it difficult to come to the main centre due to finances. The prototype, which has earned them […]

The Cheetah Conservation Fund is advocating for cheetahs to live free in the wild by educating farmers that they can live in harmony with their predators. Founded in 1991 by Dr. Laurie Marker, the Cheetah Conservation Fund has housed close to 15,000 cheetahs. As cheetahs are wild animals, most of them were released to go […]

Officials from the Namibia Statistics Agency (NSA) will be returning to the households in February as part of the final phase of the Post-Enumeration Survey Reconciliation exercise. The households to be visited are those with persons whose details do not match the information collected during the Census and Post-Enumeration Survey. The NSA conducted the post-enumeration […]

The Minister of Works and Transport had an extensive briefing on Wednesday with his senior staff and CEOs of parastatals that fall under his ministry. After welcoming the staff for the new year, John Mutorwa had to answer a number of questions posed by the media.  These include, among others, a N$2.6 billion loan to […]