The Kavango East Region will on Friday host the Southern Africa Development Community (SADC) 2018 Malaria Awareness Day. The commemoration will be held at the Shambyu Traditional Authority Hall in the Kayengona village, the Regional Director in the Ministry of Health and Social Services, Timea Ngwira said in a statement issued on Tuesday. Ngwira said […]
A 22-year-old man accused of murdering a 28-year-old woman, Engeline Rooi, at a bar on Saturday, was denied bail in the Keetmanshoop Magistrate’s Court on Tuesday. According to a police report, the victim was an ex-girlfriend of the accused, Immanuel Petrus. He made his first appearance before Magistrate Melissa Mungunda, who denied bail out of […]
The Police in Kavango East has taken its operations to Rundu’s Ndama Informal Settlement. Without a proper office, the police are operating from under a tree but with vigour and determination.
Youth unemployment is a global concern with about 73 million people between the ages of 15 to 24 without jobs. Against this background, NUST recently held a conference titled ‘Join Forces’ focusing on opportunities for youth employability through work integrated learning, vocational training and entrepreneurship.
All Nandos outlets in Windhoek have closed down. According to the former franchise owner of Nando’s Namibia, the headquarters in South Africa refused to renew the contract. The franchise, renowned for its flame-grilled chicken has been replaced by a wholly Namibian owned eatery, Grill Addicts, who will not only serve grilled chicken but local dishes […]
A homestead in Ondado village in the Oshikoto Region is on the verge of collapsing due to the excessive sand mining in the area.
The Minister of Mines and Energy Tom Alweendo this week announced that the price of fuel will increase for the fifth time this year. The fuel price rise is attributed to a widening depreciation in the exchange rate between the Namibia dollar against the US dollar. The petrol price will go up by 50 cents […]
The Hardap regional council has started with feedback sessions on the the outcome of the second Land Conference. The Chairperson of the Hardap Regional Council Edward Wambo says such sessions gives the council an opportunity to explain the resolutions emanating from the land conference to the community at the grassroots level.
The Ministry of Gender Equality and Child Welfare, is calling for a holistic approach towards gender-based violence. The ministry wants to establish regional ‘gender-based violence’ and ‘human rights’ clusters, to more effectively address the issue of GBV.
SADC Ministers responsible for health will be meeting in Namibia’s capital to discuss ways to provide and improve quality health care to the region’s population. This was said by the Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Health and Social Services Ben Nangombe in an interview with NBC News ahead of the official opening of the […]
