The Eastern Epukiro Farmers Association has set a new record by registering more than 980 cattle at their first auction this year in Epukiro Constituency. In the past, the auction only attracted close to 300 animals on an auction day. Speaking at Omauezonjanda in Epukiro, the chairperson of the association, Katjinduu Tjahuha, attributed the increase […]
The Chairman of the Council of Traditional Leaders of Namibia, Gaob Immanuel |Gâseb, has advised against politicizing the high learner failure rate of the 2022 examinations. He says the government should be given the trust and support to come up with a workable solution that will relieve the impact this failure will have on the […]
Pregnant women at Okombahe settlement in Erongo’s Daures Constituency are struggling to access maternal health services due to a lack of ambulances. A resident in the area, Sibilla Gaweses, said there is only one ambulance that goes to Okombahe from as far away as Omaruru, about 75 kilometers away. The road, she says, is […]
Subsistence farmers in northern Namibia are capitalizing on the subsidies provided by the government for plowing and the purchase of seeds for their crop fields. A government tractor charges N$250 for one vector of land, while privately owned tractors are charged per hour, costs that are not affordable to many in remote rural areas. Okatana […]
Blouwes Traditional Authority Councillor Annamarie Swartbooi told nbc News at Itsawisis that despite the numerous challenges that residents of the tiny settlement faced in 2022, she is optimistic that the year 2023 will bring prosperity. Even more exciting, he says, are the good rains expected in the first weeks of next month. Itsawisis is situated […]
A 25-year-old man was today denied bail in the Katima Mulilo Magistrates Court on a murder charge after he attacked his biological father. It is alleged that Munembo Sibonena hit his father with a pounding stick at the back of his head on Tuesday at Wabona village in the Sibbinda area, accusing his father of […]
Miss Namibia Cassia Sharpley left last week to represent Namibia at Miss Universe in New Orleans, Louisiana, in the United States. The Namibian Broadcasting Corporation’s Chairperson, Lazarus Jacobs, urged the public to vote for Sharpley to be among the semi-finalists of the Miss Universe pageant. Sharpley was selected to represent Namibia at the 71st Miss […]
The Namibian Correctional Facility is cautioning the public not to make any monetary payment to any person claiming to assist in securing employment in the National Correctional Service. In a media statement, Commissioner General Raphael Hamunyela says they have been receiving numerous complaints from job seekers who fell victim to paying money to strangers offering […]
Student activists in the ||Kharas Region fear that ordinary skills might have to be imported in the future as student admissions to tertiary institutions in the country decrease each year. Out of the 738 candidates that registered for the 2022 Namibia Senior Secondary Certificate Ordinary (NSSCO) level in the ||Kharas Region, only 208 qualified for […]
Self-challenge is a source that can push one to do better, and when you put it to the test, seemingly impossible things become possible. Max Feilmeier from Delta Secondary School in the Khomas Region took first place in the Namibia Senior Secondary Certificate Advanced Subsidiary Level Examinations, and he says for him, it was all […]
