Omaheke Police is working tirelessly to strengthen partnerships with community members in combatting crime such as housebreaking, assaults and theft. The police is running an awareness campaign to educate the inhabitants on their role in community policing. Inspector Fina Sakajengenga, Omaheke Community Affairs Unit Commander told nbc News team that building a positive relationship between […]
Mukwe Constituency Councillor Damian Maghambayi has called on the residents of Divundu to support the planned blueberry farm at the local authority. Maghambayi is confident the farm will create much-needed jobs in the constituency and Divundu in particular. The Councillor’s remarks come after some residents of Ndongo Village, which is within the Village Council opposed […]
About N$300 million is needed to service Farm 37. This is according to Municipal Councillor Victor Leroy, who has emphasized that there is no serviced land available in Walvis Bay to sell to landless residents. Speaking at Thursday’s council meeting, IPC Councillor Leroy Victor mentioned a few areas within Walvis Bay that were scheduled to […]
Parliamentarian Inna Hengari was granted bail of N$ 5 000 in the Katutura Magistrate’s Court on Friday after her arrest during the protest against unemployment along with activists Dimbulukeni Nauyoma and Michael Amushelelo. They were arrested on Tuesday. The trio appeared before Magistrate Surita Savage. Hengari was granted bail on the condition that she does […]
Farm 37 has divided the Walvis Bay Council, with Swapo councillors slamming the decision to relocate people to the area, which has limited services installed. Seven of the nine councillors present at a council meeting on Thursday voted in favour of moving residents to Farm 37, a location identified to decongest Walvis Bay. Last month, […]
About 150 people will get a chance to live in quality houses at affordable rent through a German-based company, Housing For Future Initiative. Twenty-five houses were constructed for those living in shacks in Windhoek’s Otjomuise Extension 10. Namibia is faced with a housing backlog and access to home loans is made extremely difficult for low-income […]
Elephants have started destroying crop fields in the Zambezi Region again, leaving residents with little hope. The jumbos destroyed crop fields at Wuparo, Balyerwa, Dzoti and Bamunu in the Judea Lyabboloma, Linyanti and Sibbinda Constituencies. Lirata Maezi and his family have been waking up to a herd of elephants feasting on their crops since last […]
A multi-million dollar Etunda Farm Clinic located south of Otavi continues to shine. The clinic, which was built through the Etunda Farm Trust of the Sam Nujoma Foundation was handed over to the Ministry of Health and Social Services in 2017 and serves the farm population as well as anyone finding themselves in the […]
Endobo evictees who have been camping outside the compound since September 2022, are calling on the municipality to address them on the way forward. Occupants of about 72 households were evicted from Endobo last year and 47 received plots from Tsumeb Municipality. Currently, there are 37 families still outside Endobo, a place they have now […]
The Erongo Governor says agriculture is one of Namibia’s most important sectors, with around 70 percent of the country’s population depending directly or indirectly on it for income and livelihood. Neville Andre highlighted this during the handing over ceremony of 1 037 gardening tools, wheelchairs, and swinging machines to SMEs at Swakopmund. Andre says the […]
