Traditional leaders in the Linyanti Constituency have been urged to form a task force to address the persistent drought in the area. The situation has left both livestock and people without sufficient water supply.
The United Nations envoy in Cairo is discussing the formation of a new government in Libya. The parliament had hinted intentions of moving headquarters from the Libyan city of Tobruk, located in the country’s far east, to Benghazi, which the army recently announced freeing from extremists.
Residents of Malthahohe in the Hardap region have raised a number of socio economic problems they face at a public hearing with the parliamentary standing committee on gender equality and social development and family affairs. The abuse of alcohol and drugs, residents say is the number one contributing factor to violent crimes being committed, with […]
Some residents of Katima Mulilo who are grabbing land behind the Greenwel Matongo surburb have been warned not to do so or else face the full wrath of the law. The group consisting of both men and women charged that they can no longer wait for the authority to allocate them land as the process […]
Residents of Outjo in the Kunene Region commemorated Heroes’ Day by cleaning the /Khubus Cemetery. Outjo Mayor Marius Sheya led the clean-up campaign which saw other local authority Councillors, religious groups, community members, business owners and their employees participating. The nearly 200 participants used rakes, shovels, wheelbarrows, axes and black plastic bags in the cleaning […]
The Roads Authority is resealing the Oshakati-Oshikuku-Outapi road at a cost of 80-million dollars. The tender was awarded to Hillary, a South African Company in a joint venture with Quiver Tree of Namibia. The rehabilitation started two months ago in terms of site establishment and is expected to be completed in 2017. The overall project […]
A long-time central bank teller who is on the run in Somalia is reported to have deposited fake Somali notes and took U.S. dollars with him. The whereabouts of Muhyadin Mohamed Hassan who was involved in the systematic theft remains unknown.
The Heroes day commemoration educated, entertained and informed Walvis Bay residents, who flocked to the Kuisebmund soccer field to observe the day. Residents remained united as they danced and mingled with national leaders and Namibians from all walks of life.
As Namibia commemorates the 50th anniversary of Heroes Day, President Hage Geingob has recognized sacrifices made by Namibians who took up arms against South African colonial forces on August 26 1966, saying, they immortalized themselves through outstanding feats and principles.
The family of late former Robbin Island prisoner and Omugulugwombashe hero, Messack Victory Namwandi, commemorated Heroes day at his grave. Namwandi died in 2004 and was one of the first six soldiers who were sent from Tanzania to come into Namibia and mobilise the masses to resist the apartheid South African Government.
