More than 200 employees of Erongo Marine Enterprises (EME) and Commercial Cold Storage Namibia (CCS) have each received N$65,000 in dividends. The Walvis Bay-based fishing company has paid out more than N$13 million to all permanent employees. Erongo Marine Enterprises and Commercial Cold Storage Namibia are the first companies in the fishing sector to empower […]
The Swapo Party Regional Coordinator in the Zambezi Region, Maffat Sileze, has assured residents of Kansoko Village in Linyanti district of the government’s commitment to service delivery. Sileze’s response comes after the community at Konsoko raised concern that elderly people walk long distances to receive their old age social grant, as well as the lack […]
Deputy Minister of Education, Arts, and Culture, Faustina Caley handed over four hostel blocks, a matron’s quarter, a kitchen, a dining hall, two ablution blocks, and two teacher houses to Omuhonga Combined School. The facilities were constructed at a cost of more than N$79.5 million. Omuhonga Combined School has grades zero to eleven, and the […]
The Outjo Cricket Development initiative held a coaching clinic in Kamanjab over the weekend as part of its mandate to take the game to all parts of the country. The two-day coaching clinic was attended by learners from the DF /Uirab Primary and Kamanjab Combined Schools. About 40 learners from the two schools attended […]
Following the Together As One Part 9 Independence boxing bonanza that took place over the weekend, a controversial aspect of the bout between Charles Shinima and Angolan Hendriques Lando has been the topic of heated debate. Boxing promoter Nestor Tobias, who shared more details on what lead to the judges’ final decision. The two International […]
An 83-year-old resident of Kazauli Village in the Katima Rural Constituency was left homeless after her house was gutted by fire. The fire, which was started by one of her grandchildren, spread through the house and caught on the clothes. The child then ran out of the house. The senior citizen and her son were […]
A caretaker for displaced people at the Katutura Youth Complex has appealed to good Samaritans, including the government, to come to the aid of the homeless. A number of homeless people were moved to the sports grounds in March 2020, during the outbreak of COVID-19. It was raining and cold on Monday, and the temporary […]
Members of Parliament in the National Council supported the budgetary allocation of the Ministry of Agriculture, Water and Land Reform, and appealed for an increase in order to meet its obligations of ensuring food security and equitable land re-distribution. In his contribution, Okorukambe Constituency Councillor Rocco Nguvauva expressed concern with the resettlement programme saying some beneficiaries have […]
A team of forty Egyptian medical specialists and support staff are in Namibia to assist in the provision of health care services. There are many patients in need of medical care but have limited human and infrastructure capacity, especially for complicated surgeries. Namibia and Egypt have over the years built historic relations on multiple levels, […]
About 110 nurses who graduated from UNAM’s Rundu campus are ready to take up employment at hospitals countrywide. The nurses took a mandatory oath during the graduation ceremony at Rundu. Our news team spoke to the Academic Coordinator of the School of Nursing and Public Health, Daniel Ashipala, who explained why nurses took oaths during […]
