Project Never Walk Alone has, through its Great 50 Pledge initiative, honored President Hage Geingob, Former President Hifikepunye Pohamba, and Founding President Sam Nujoma. The project raised over N$3 million through a dinner attended by business leaders and philanthropists to continue its work in ensuring that no Namibian child goes to school barefoot. The recipients […]
Subsistence farmers in the Kavango East Region are worried that they might face drought this year due to a lack of rain. It has been three weeks since there has been no rain. The rain came on time this season, so the farmers thought, and they were hopeful of good yields this time around. Crop […]
The Social Security Commission (SSC) has launched its five-year strategic business plan for the financial years 2023–2028. The strategic business plan aims to drive the commission towards becoming a leading social security services provider in southern Africa. The Social Security Commission will pursue its journey to embrace its core values of being customer-centric, innovative, resilient, […]
The Livestock Producers Organization has expressed dismay at media reports accusing “white commercial farmers” of wanting to see the demise of MeatCo. The organization has called for an urgent investigation into these allegations. The Livestock Producers Organisation is an affiliate member of the Namibia Agricultural Union, which is considered the country’s white-dominated farmers union. A […]
Participants at the education engagement with Deputy Prime Minister Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah at Katima Mulilo pointed at a number of issues as contributors to poor academic performance last year. Participants expressed mixed feelings on the causes of the high failure rate not only in Zambezi Region but the country as a whole.
Namibia recorded 150 maternal deaths in 2020 due to the limitation of safe abortions and access to proper reproductive health services. This is contained in the Global Report on Maternal Mortality by the United Nations Maternal Mortality Estimation Inter-Agency Group. The global trend of maternal mortalities reveals an alarming setback for women’s health in recent […]
Mariental residents are complaining about the brown color of the water in the town, which they fear could pose a health risk. According to Werner Von Watsdorf, a resident, the situation has been going on since the end of October last year. “We’re dealing with a dirty drinking water situation; I’m not talking about slight […]
The QKR Navachab Gold Mine near Karibib has handed over renovated infrastructure worth N$12 million to the Karibib Private School. Managing Director George Botshiwe says the company will continue to support private and public schools in the area, as educating the youth is important. QKR Navachab Gold Mine officially handed over infrastructure, including a refurbished […]
The Namibia Water Corporation will ration water supply from the 7th of March due to the upgrading of the raw water pumps at the Oshakati Water Treatment Plant and distribution system. In a notice to stakeholders and customers in the Oshana, Ohangwena and Oshikoto regions, NamWater states that the rationing of water supply will take […]
The Inspector General of the Namibian Police, Joseph Shikongo, has denied a request by the Namibian Economic Freedom Fighters (NEFF) to hold a protest along Independence Avenue in support of striking workers of the Windhoek Municipality. NEFF made the request on Thursday last week, and Shikongo says that the request to hold the protest is […]
