KEETMANSHOOP - The //Kharas Regional Council has distributed 10 817 bags of 12.5kg maize meal to four drought-affected areas as part of the national Disaster Risk Management Programme set in motion by the Office of the Prime Minister (OPM).
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2019-05-222024-06-18Crime and Courts
High Court dismisses former Usakos CEO’s labour case
SWAKOPMUND - The High Court of Namibia has dismissed the labour appeal of former Usakos CEO Gruzi Goseb’s against an arbitration ruling in which he lost a labour case against the Usakos Town Council 2018.
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2019-05-222024-05-07National
‘I am not above the law,’ Mushelenga tells Shuumbwa
WINDHOEK – Minister of Urban and Rural Development Peya Mushelenga has hit back at Ondonga chieftainship throne claimant Fillemon Shuumbwa Nangolo, saying he is not above the law and can only act within the parameters of law, as he has taken an oath to uphold, protect and defend the constitution and laws of the country.
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2019-05-222024-06-18Crime and Courts
Woman gang-raped by four men
WINDHOEK - A 29-year-old woman was ganged raped by four men who took turns to sexually violate her in a riverbed between Luxury Hill and Soweto over the weekend.
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2019-05-222024-05-07National
//Kharas boreholes drop below catch point
WINDHOEK- The water levels of many boreholes in //Kharas Region have dropped below catch point levels, resulting in many communities being placed on the tanker-water-supply services-a situation that has put a tremendous burden on the already under-resourced department of rural water supplies.
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2019-05-222024-04-30Front Page News
NSFAF only funding 19% of applicants
WINDHOEK - With the current budget allocation of N$1.138 billion, the Namibia Students Financial Assistance Fund (NSFAF) is only able to fund study loans of 2 925 new applicants, out of 24 739 applications received.
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2019-05-222024-04-30Front Page News
Meatco CEO impasse frustrates Jooste
WINDHOEK – Public Enterprise Minister Leon Jooste has expressed his frustration over the non-appointment of a CEO at Meatco.
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2019-05-222024-04-30Front Page News
State calls for Hanse-Himarwa conviction
WINDHOEK – The state is seeking for a conviction against education minister Katrina Hanse-Himarwa, arguing that her contention that there is a conspiracy to implicate and convict her were a figment of her imagination.
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2019-05-222024-04-30Front Page News
Venezuelan funds frozen in international banks
WINDHOEK - Approximately US$5.4 million or the equivalent of N$77 million of Venezuelans funds meant for social programmes are held, frozen and confiscated in international banks, as a result of the economic blockade of Venezuela.
The economic sanctions are being spearheaded by the USA government.
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2019-05-222024-04-30Front Page News
Hydroponic gardening suitable for the coast
SWAKOPMUND - Desert and coastal agricultural researcher at the University of Namibia (Unam)’s Henties Bay campus Allan Mupambwa says that hydroponic could play a key role both in large scale gardening as well as urban gardening at the coast.