The Roads Authority continues to break new ground and bring services closer to the people. So far, it has opened two new NaTIS centers, the latest being at Tsumkwe. The development pace at Tsumkwe is visibly picking up, and the opening of a NaTIS center here is one that the community has been waiting for. For […]
Namibia is celebrating the life of the remarkable Axali Jakobus Doëseb, who many agree left an indelible mark on the world of music and culture. Axali Doëseb, born in 1954 in Okahandja, hailed from a musical family and was a prodigious talent in the field of music. Doëseb’s educational journey took him to the Musikschule […]
Namibia’s first community seed bank opened its doors at Sharukwe village in Kavango West. The project, which cost more than N$500,000 to set up, was funded by GIZ, MTC, and the Environmental Investment Fund. Community Seed Banks are used to collect, store, and protect local seeds. Community seed banks can help farmers access seeds to […]
The late Axali Doëseb was buried at Pioneerspark Cemetery in Windhoek. Doëseb died at the age of 68 on the 27th of last month. Family and friends gathered at Pioneerspark Cemetery to bid farewell to the composer and author of Namibia’s National Anthem, Axali Doëseb. The Minister in the Presidency, Christine ||Hoëbes, said the composer’s […]
The former President of Finland and Nobel Peace Prize Laureate, Martti Ahtisaari, was buried at the Hietaniemi Cemetery at the Lutheran Cathedral in Helsinki on Friday. The Namibian delegation led by President Hage Geingob, First Lady Monica Geingos, Speaker of the National Assembly Prof. Peter Katjavivi, and Director-General of the National Planning Commission, Obeth Kandjoze, […]
Mourners from different walks of life gathered at Parliament Gardens to remember the life and times of the iconic national composer and writer of the National Anthem, Axali Doëseb. The late Doëseb died on October 27 at Lady Pohamba Private Hospital. As is customary at any national event, the national anthem preceded the memorial of […]
The City of Windhoek (CoW) has expressed concern over the theft of newly planted flowers, trees, and shrubs around the city. There has always been a feeling that the western side of the capital city is neglected. But in recent times, the City of Windhoek has been on a campaign to transform the western side, […]
Veutile Education Consultancy met the government halfway by empowering 80 people, among them 40 people living with disabilities, with entrepreneurship skills. Participants received certificates from the two weeks of training. The organisation started an initiative in 2022 to eradicate unemployment by training people for free in entrepreneurship. The programme has so far trained about 520 […]
The ministries of education and health have extended support to the family and a 12-year-old learner who could potentially lose vision in one eye after allegedly being bullied at school. The boy was allegedly struck in the eye by a ruler thrown by an elder learner at Erongosig Primary School in Usakos. It is alleged that despite […]
NamWater Operations Manager Abraham Ashipala has called on the government to consider settling the debts owed to it by rural water schemes. Oshana local water committee owes the water utility N$59,6 million. NamWater made an appeal to the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Human Resources and Development at Oshakati, which is conducting oversight hearings on a […]
