Month: September 2018

LÜDERITZ - Ohlthaver & List Group, through its subsidiary Hangana Seafood Ltd has invested N$40 million into an abalone farming which includes N$13 million for the acquisition of an old farm where one of the most expensive seafood in the world will be produced.

KEETMANSHOOP - Stakeholders in //Kharas Region convened at Lüderitz, Rosh Pinah and Keetmanshoop last week to brainstorm on recurrent incidents of gender-based violence (GBV) and what tailor-made solutions could be devised to solve the issue in the region.

RUNDU - Linus Tuzeerendo Neumbo,59, of Neumbo Private Investigators Agency who became popular when he was hired by the Rundu Town Council last year to probe allegations of corruption within the council, appeared on Thursday in the Rundu Magistrate’s Court on a charge of forgery.

KEETMANSHOOP – The Deputy Minister of Gender Equality and Child Welfare, Lucia Witbooi says all stakeholders need to invest more in Early Childhood Development (ECD) centres to improve the quality of education in the early years of Namibian children.

RUNDU - Kavango East Regional Governor Dr Samuel Mbambo remarked that although the recently held Food Expo appeared like a small event, its impact is bigger in the government’s all-inclusive Harambee Prosperity Plan (HPP) and the message has been sent out to the world.

ONGWEDIVA – A Grade 4 learner at the Oshakati West Primary School is alleged to have survived being kidnapped on Thursday after she refused to accompany a suspected kidnapper who pretended to have been sent by her mother.

ONGWEDIVA - The Deputy Minister of Health and Social Services Juliet Kavetuna has appealed to Opuwo residents to encourage patients to adhere to prescribed treatment regimes in order to prolong life and prevent cases of drug resistance and fatalities.

KEETMANSHOOP - Keetmanshoop mayor Gaudentia Krohne wants to see and feel the results of the memorandum of understanding (MoU) signed between the town and the Dawid Kruiper Municipality from the Northern Cape Province, South Africa.

WINDHOEK – Convicts at the Windhoek Correctional facility called on the killer(s) of late nine-year-old Cheryl Avihe Ujaha to turn themselves in.   

WINDHOEK - Teachers’ Union of Namibia (TUN) has emphasised that adult education is a priority in Namibia and should therefore be taken seriously.