The SWAPO Party leadership in the Ohangwena region has back-tracked on its planned removal of the Helao Nafidi Deputy Mayor. Panduleni Hainghumbi was supposed to be withdrawn from the Town Council and replaced by Lucia Nghililewanga, who was expected to be sworn in last Friday. A letter issued by the party’s Secretary-General, Nangolo Mbumba on […]
The Elimination Malaria Eight Initiative has raised more than 272-million Namibia dollars to fight the disease between 2016 and 2018. The initiative is a regional partnership established in 2009 to co-ordinate collaborative efforts led by health ministers in eliminating malaria.
The Chairperson of the Bukalo Village Council, has called on well off individuals to plough back into the communities in which they operate. Charles Siyauya said this after donating food items to some vulnerable residents of the village.
102 employees at Elgin Brown and Hamer Namibia at Walvis Bay in Erongo region have been retrenched. Of these, 82 opted for voluntary retrenchment, while 20 were retrenched with no option. The process follows an agreement signed between the company and the Mining, Metal, Maritime and Construction Union, MMMC, at the harbour town in July. […]
The little success of NDP4 should serve as a motivating factor of the fifth national development plan (NDP5), expected to come into operation in 2017. This was said by the Minister of Economics and Director-General of National Planning Commission, Tom Alweendo.
Orthopedic experts from International Extremely Project (IEP) have started performing free surgery on Namibian patients with lower limb deformities at the Katutura State Hospital.
The Poverty Eradication and Social Welfare Ministry is holding a training workshop for the Food Bank’s street committees in the Katutura East Constituency. Members of the street committees are responsible for identifying households to benefit from the Food Bank, which is part of the government’s Harambee Prosperity Plan’s Goal Seven. The Food Bank is aimed […]
By Katrina Gowases Namibian Olympic boxer Junius Jonas remains in custody in Brazil for allegedly attempting to sexually assault an Olympic village housekeeper. The 22-year-old Jonas, who was Namibia’s flag bearer at the opening ceremony in Rio de Janeiro, has been arrested for alleged sexual assault, four days after another Olympic boxer was also accused […]
The Affirmative Repositioning, AR, movement has threatened to take Government to court over its failure to honour an agreement signed between the two in April 2016. The parties agreed, among others, that the state would put it into operation the Rent Ordinance Control Board as provided for by the Rent Ordinance Act 13 of 1977 […]
Swanu of Namibia is claiming that the Government’s drought relief food lacks nutritional value and is not fit for human consumption. This is despite the opposition party’s failure to produce a nutritionist to back up their claims. Vice President Benjamin Limbo says they have also observed the unequal distribution of drought relief food as some […]
