Chaos erupted at the Ondangwa National Youth Service Centre, where a group of 73 Angolan children who have been selling items in the corridors of Namibia are housed. The children were rounded up from Oshana, Erongo, |Khomas and parts of Oshikoto Regions. The group of children took their belongings and demanded that they be released […]
President Nangolo Mbumba has declared a State of Emergency over the persistent drought affecting all regions of Namibia. The State of Emergency has been declared as of May 22 under Article 26(1) of the Namibian Constitution as well as the Disaster Risk Management Act. More than 300,000 households are facing food insecurity and have registered […]
In an effort to teach learners the importance of saving and entrepreneurship, the Minkys True Care Foundation, based at Keetmanshoop, conducted its inaugural ‘Entrepreneurship and Fun Day’. The event was attended by hundreds of learners, their parents, and guidance officials from the ||Kharas Region. Minkys True Care Foundation is the brainchild of Keetmanshoop resident Eveline […]
The founder of Hiitambo Virtual Academy, a non-profit organisation, Mbunga Mbueza, is breaking new ground, exposing famers in the predominantly livestock farming community of Okakarara to poultry and horticulture. The target populations are resettled and communal farmers. The academy provides training in agriculture and basic financial literacy. Poultry and horticulture farming is also becoming popular, […]
Omburo Fishing Enterprises has reached out to small and medium enterprises at Otjinene with equipment that will assist them in their production. The donated items include sewing machines, bending machines, building materials, and laptops. The Otjinene Councillor says the gesture was necessary for local SMEs to improve and grow their businesses. On behalf of the […]
Namwater donates textbooks and stationery to 10 schools in the Kavango West Region. The donation is worth over N$667,000. The stationery supplied consists of 40 calculators, 50 flip files, 136 pencil cases, and 14 mathematical sets. 100 wood glues, 200 pencils, and accredited textbooks for various subjects offered at the selected schools. Ten vulnerable schools […]
The Okandjoze Chiefs Assembly organised different activities leading up to Genocide Day tomorrow. The day aims to remember the extermination and horrendous acts committed by Germans against the Nama and OvaHerero people during the 1904–1908 wars of extermination. The commemoration activities started on May 25 with exhibitions, prayer sessions, a night vigil, panel discussions, cultural […]
The 2024 International Mixed Martial Arts Federation (IMMAF) African Championships kicked off and will run until June 1st. Our sports producer, Victorine Kaaronda, brings us the report from the Hybrid Fitness Center, where athletes are in the final stages of preparation.
FIFA’s Disciplinary Committee announced that it has imposed sanctions on the Equatorial Guinean FA and player Emilio Nsuè López, who was ineligible to play for them in World Cup qualifier matches against Namibia and Liberia, as he was not cleared by that time. The player in question, Emilio Nsue Lopez, 34 years of age, has […]
Community members locked the gates of the Daure Daman Traditional Authority office at Uis because Chief Zacharias Seibeb has allegedly not responded to their petition handed over last year. The community members are also not happy with the Minister of Urban and Rural Development, Erastus Uutoni, whom they say has not responded to the petition […]
