The Ministry of Health and Social Services has upgraded the Keetmanshoop District Hospital to a referral hospital. The Regional Health Directorate presented a progress report on capital projects for both the 2022–2023 and 2023–2024 financial years during the Regional Development Coordination Committee meeting. Among the projects for which budgetary allocations were made in the […]
The Namibia Revenue Agency (NamRA) says it will leave no stone unturned in implementing its Tax Law Enforcement Strategy to ensure that what is owed to the state is paid. Soon after its establishment, NamRA continued its drive to optimise Namibia’s tax revenue collection. This has led to some reforms at NamRA offices countrywide to […]
Young people have been encouraged to exercise their democratic rights by voting. Tukwatha Youth Organisation, which held a youth voting discussion, says young people’s participation in elections determines the future they will have. The platform served as an opportunity for young individuals to gain a deeper understanding of the electoral process, know the importance of […]
In Swakopmund, 108 houses under the Mass Housing Programme have been handed over to residents by the government. The structures are part of the 300 mass housing houses, which were abandoned for seven years over payment disputes. Handing the houses over to beneficiaries at Matutura, the Urban and Rural Development Minister, Erastus Uutoni, stressed that […]
A number of classrooms are under construction in the ||Kharas Region to ease overcrowding. The cost of the development is estimated at N$9 million. The classroom project includes the construction of two four-classroom blocks and an ablution block at Ambrosius Amutenya Primary School a three-classroom block at Keetmanshoop Primary, a three-classroom block at Keetmanshoop Secondary, […]
The Minister of International Relations and Cooperation, Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah, and the Governor of the |Khomas Region, Laura Mcleod-Katjirua, were among those who paid tribute to the late Archbishop Petrus Tjijombo. Friends and acquaintances of the late Archbishop continue to pay tribute at his house in Windhoek. Tjijombo, who was 87 years old, was described as […]
The National Democratic Party (NDP) has announced that it will recall its representative, Watson Kalaluka from the Katima Mulilo Town Council Management Committee. In a letter written to the Katima Mulilo Town Council’s Chief Executive Officer, the NDP accused Watson Kalaluka of, amongst other things, tarnishing the name and image of the party, failing to […]
The Minister of Urban and Rural Development, Erastus Uutoni, says contractors who delay national projects must be blacklisted because they fail to honour their obligations with the government. Despite receiving payment from the government, 319 houses under the mass housing programme at Matutura were not completed because of payment disputes between the main contractor and […]
The Ministerial Committee further expressed sympathy and solidarity for the gas explosion that occurred on Wednesday in Johannesburg, South Africa. One person died in the explosion, and 48 were injured.
The Ministerial Committee of the Organ on Politics, Defence and Security was able to implement 86% of the decisions taken. The Chairperson, Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah, disclosed this during the closing ceremony of the five-day meeting of the organ held in Windhoek. The decisions are part of the Ministerial Committee Organ meeting held last year. “I wish […]
