SWAKOPMUND - Former Namibian national team goalkeeper, Denzel Bruwer was arrested over the weekend in connection with housebreaking with the intent to steal and was denied bail during his first court appearance in the Swakopmund Magistrate’s Court.
Ombudsman opens office in Katima
RUNDU - The Ombudsman’s Office has opened a Zambezi Regional Office in Katima Mulilo along Ngoma Road, in the former Zambezi Regional Council Offices.
Communal farmers flock to Oshivelo for fodder
OMUTHIYA - Many communal farmers in the northern regions are flocking to Oshivelo settlement to buy dry grass in an effort to save their livestock.
Transforming youth ideas could alleviate poverty – Ausiku
NKURENKURU - Kavango West Regional Governor Sirkka Ausiku last week said the region wants to establish a database of the youth involved in businesses which she believes will assist with finding interventions.
VGK church aims to bring dignified living for all
KEETMANSHOOP - The United Reformed Church (Verenigde Gereformeerde Kerk) (VGK) in Krönlein, Keetmanshoop has been running a daily feeding programme for the past four years, caring for some elderly, vulnerable school children and impoverished members of the town’s community.
Councillor calls for speedy completion of maternity ward
WINDHOEK - National Council Swapo MP, and Rundu Urban Constituency Councillor Victoria Kauma has called on the Ministry of Health and Social Services to give special attention and speedily complete the Rundu maternity ward to assist pregnant mothers in the vast region.
MP wants SOE bailouts diverted to drought
WINDHOEK - Windhoek East Constituency Councillor Ruusa Namuhuja has urged government to cut spending on State-Owned Enterprises (SOEs) and allocate such funds to deserving priorities such as drought mitigation schemes, hospitals, schools and housing.
Man gets 57 years for rape, robbery
WINDHOEK - One of two people convicted of raping and violently robbing an elderly couple in Uis in 2010 was sentenced to 57 years in prison in the Windhoek High Court yesterday.
Blue ocean economy uncoordinated: Minister
SWAKOPMUND - The concept of sustainable utilisation of marine resources remains key, but the optimal exploitation of the blue ocean economy needs collective collaboration between Namibian and international stakeholders in exploring this untapped gem.
Family lose three children in a span of weeks
WINDHOEK – A Windhoek family grieving the death of their two children who died less than two weeks apart between April and May are again in mourning – this time the death of their third child who died on Sunday.