Hundreds of people gathered at Nau-Aib Stadium in Okahandja to commemorate International Human Rights Day, which coincides with the celebration of Namibia’s Women’s Day. This year the day focused mainly on the combatting of gender-based violence against women and children.
The late liberation struggle icon Colonel Mathias ‘Mbulunganga’ Ndakolo will be buried at the Eenhana Shrine of National Heritage in the Ohangwena Region this week. The Shrine is a historic monument where heroes and heroines of the liberation struggle are buried.
During a public meeting, Okahandja residents said they are unhappy with Swapo’s Secretary General Sofia Shaningwa, who issued a directive last month for the Okahandja Town Council to change its councillors. The directive they say is currently causing infighting among the town’s councillors.
Community members of Mupapama, about 60 kilometres east of Rundu, are up in arms over alleged illegal fencing in their area. A meeting called by the community on Friday to find a lasting solution was marred by finger pointing. The Mupapama community is accusing the VaSambyu Traditional Authority of dishing out land at its subjects’ […]
There has been notable reduction in gender-based violence (GBV) cases in the //Karas Region but women still remain victims of GBV. A total of 229 cases of GBV were reported at Keetmanshoop in 2017. These cases dropped to 180 reported this year.
Ten families who live in structures made out of plastic and other discarded materials in the Kalahari Constituency will soon own brick houses thanks to the Kalahari Homeless Indaba. Residents in the settlements of Tsjaka, Vergenoeg, Drimiopsis and Blouberg in the Kalahari Constituency live in dwellings made out of substandard materials and old corrugated iron […]
Ministry of Finance has developed an integrated information technology solution for the administration of taxes. The new system known as Integrated Tax Administration System (ITAS), is expected to become operational as from January.
Senior citizens in the Katutura East Constituency were treated to a special lunch by the youth of their constituency. This is nothing new to the pensioners of Katutura East Constituency as the youth under the Donkerhoek Social Club have been organising special lunch events for them since 2015.
Namibian artists need persistence and perseverance to survive in the industry. This is some of the advise shared by visual artist Kapembe Natangwe.
Chaos broke out at the commemoration of Human Rights Day and Namibia’s Women’s Day in Okahandja as a woman had to be physically restrained by police officers. Hundreds of residents turned up for the event at the Nau-Aib Stadium where Margaret Mensah-Williams, Chairperson of the National Council, is expected to deliver the keynote address. The […]
