The City of Windhoek and a group of people with disabilities have resolved the request for land for settlement. The group demonstrated at the City of Windhoek head office on Tuesday and vowed to camp in front of the mayor’s office over land allocation.
Only five aqua-culture projects have so far benefited from the Katima Mulilo fish hatchery since its inception two-years ago. The inland Aquaculture Centre Hatchery was established to encourage farmers in the Zambezi region to engage in fish farming for food security and economic self-sustainability. About 90% of the breeding stock was collected from Lake Lyambezi, […]
The 22-year-old Unam student at the Katima Mulilo Campus, who is accused of murder, has been denied bail in that town’s magistrate’s court. Sitwala Sitwala was charged with the murder of 20-year-old Reagan Segwa Siyinda two-months ago at Katima Mulilo in the Zambezi region. It is alleged that Sitwala stabbed the deceased with a knife […]
Family and friends of a man who was killed by his friend nearly two months ago demonstrated in front of the Katutura Magistrate’s Court to protest against bail being granted to the suspect. During the demonstration outside the courtroom, family and friends of late Vaino Shikage shouted ‘no Vaino no bail’ before the bail hearing […]
The Environment and Tourism Ministry says although it recognizes human/wildlife conflicts in many parts of Namibia, such conflicts will always be there as long as people and animals co-exist. The Ministry says in a statement this co-existence makes it virtually impossible to eradicate such conflicts. It says contrary to claims that the ministry is not […]
The Teachers’ Union of Namibia – TUN – has threatened to take the Director of Education in the Hardap Region to court for what it terms – intimidation of the highest order. The threat came after Mzingisi Gqwede wrote a letter to school principals on Monday, requesting the names of teachers who will not be […]
By: Wesley Vries The Namibia Schools Sports Union has voiced its delight over the deliberations that took place during the sport act review this past weekend. The review saw administrators from various sport bodies, federations and the Namibia Sports Commission propose amendments to the sport act of 2003. According to the national coordinator of the […]
Prime Minister Saara Kuugongelwa-Amadhila says the challenges to peace and security emanating from adverse effects of climate change, should not be downplayed. She notes that Namibia, like many member countries of the Non-Aligned Movement -NAM – has been adversely affected by the El Nino weather phenomenon and is experiencing the worst drought in 30 years. […]
A top Namibian academic has encouraged African Higher Education institutions to invest more in research and innovation to improve education and quality assurance of African goods and services. The University of Namibia’s Vice-Chancellor, Professor Lazarus Hangula, made the plea in Windhoek on Tuesday at the opening of the Eighth International Conference on Quality Assurance in […]
Police and demonstrators have clashed in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, in the latest round of violence sparked by the ongoing political crisis. Opposition groups say more than 50 people died on Monday in clashes in the capital, Kinshasa. But the government puts the number of those killed to 17.
