It is unquestionable that we live in a time where we have unprecedented access to information. This reality brings with it the fact that we as citizens are caught up in a web of information and disinformation. Unfortunately, not all of us are always good at distinguishing between facts and “political spin”.
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2019-05-032024-06-20Focus, Thought Leaders
Urban migrants can change rural-urban migration matrix
With relative freedom to choose where to live or work in the world, many people leave their places of origins for better opportunities, mostly leaving their relatives behind.
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2019-05-032024-05-07National
Onyaanya farmers adopt new practices
OMUTHIYA - There is an African proverb saying, “An environment must be suited to the age and men to their environment”.
Putting the proverb into practice, a group of 40 farmers from the Onyaanya Constituency in the Oshikoto Region, gathered to deliberate on new farming methods to survive the current drought.
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2019-05-032024-06-18Crime and Courts
1358 labour cases reported
WALVIS BAY - An increase in labour disputes have been recorded with at least 1358 cases being filed at the Office of the Labour Commissioner for the past three months.
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2019-05-032024-05-07National
Residents urged to work closely with police
NKURENKURU – The Namibian Police Force Regional Commander for Kavango West, Commissioner Josephat Abel, has called on residents of Kavango West to report criminal activities and work closely with the police to help combat crime and maintain peace.
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2019-05-032024-05-07National
PM advocates market for local produce
ONDANGWA - As the country strives to become industrialised, Prime Minister Saara Kuugongelwa-Amadhila has implored local businesses to support one another by developing business linkages to source local products.
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2019-05-032024-05-07National
Cassinga survivor fights back dark memories
OSHAKATI - Cassinga day is a very emotional day for me, it is a difficult time and once I hear about Cassinga commemorations, I always cry because it is not an easy day for me,” 78-year-old Maria Nantanga from Omuthitugwalwani in Omusati Region, a Cassinga survivor said.
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2019-05-032024-05-07National
Youths voluntarily engage in work to conserve nature
KAMANJAB – More than 400 youths from the 14 regions across the country worked on the dilapidated fence of
Etosha National Park and rebuilt the damaged elephant protection wall in Makalani village in Kunene Region as part of the commemoration of National Youth Week.
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2019-05-032024-05-02Front Page News
Only 11 illegal fences removed in 2018
WINDHOEK - Despite President Hage Geingob’s call last year on the Ministry of Land Reform to put its shoulder to the wheel
in starting to implement laws prohibiting illegal fencing, the ministry said yesterday it has only remo
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2019-05-032024-05-02Front Page News
Campaign to rename Katutura gathers steam
WINDHOEK – A campaign by activists to rename Katutura – Windhoek’s historic symbol of forced removals
– is picking up intensity. According to Hendrich Amutenya, the name Katutura stems from residents living