MILE 10 - A fourth-year student at the University of Namibia this week donated 173 textbooks to be used in different grades at Gcagcu Combined School at Mile 10 village along the Rundu-Grootfontein road in Kavango West. The school has a severe shortage of textbooks.
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2020-02-272024-05-07National
Topnaars get bigger clinic
UTUSEB – The Topnaar people living in the Kuiseb valley, situated about 70 kilometres on the outskirts of Walvis Bay, will no longer need to travel to the harbour town to access full healthcare.
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2020-02-272024-04-30Front Page News
Council fights for Kanime … City Police head sought early retirement
City of Windhoek councillors are expected to meet today to extend the employment contract of City Police chief Abraham Kanime until such time a suitable candidate is found. Talk about a contract extension comes weeks after Kanime had formally asked to go on early retirement on 30 April. Kanime turns 60 on 19 May this year.
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2020-02-272024-04-30Front Page News
Men must take lead in tackling gender violence – Geingob
President Hage Geingob is of the view men should play prominent roles in tackling the epidemic of domestic violence. He also said there is a need to re-educate the boy child that being told culturally to be strong does not mean they must kill women.
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2020-02-272024-04-30Front Page News
Fishrot lawyer must explain cash payment
The Namibian anti-graft agency yesterday issued a summons against the charismatic South African lawyer Tembeka Ngcukaitobi over a reported N$50 000 that was paid to him in October 2018 from State-owned National Fishing Corporation of Namibia (Fishcor).
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2020-02-272024-04-30Front Page News
Treat any sign of violence, Sioka urges
Gender equality minister Doreen Sioka says warning signs of violence should be treated with urgency, especially in troubled relationships.
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2020-02-272024-06-18Crime and Courts
Alleged boyfriend killer to be prosecuted
The prosecutor general has decided to arraign a woman who is accused of killing her 70-year-old boyfriend by stabbing him multiple times nearly two years ago.
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2020-02-272024-04-30Front Page News
Africa needs environmental friendly investments
SWAKOPMUND – Southern African Customs Union (SACU) executive secretary Paulina Elago says African, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) countries will have to acquire new investments in the transformation of production processes that utilise environment-friendly technologies.
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2020-02-272024-04-30Front Page News
Let’s stop the blame game … Namundjebo-Tilahun begs fellow MPs in maiden speech
New Swapo parliamentarian Martha Namundjebo-Tilahun has called on fellow legislators to end the blame game and work hand-in-hand as lawmakers to improve the current status of the country’s ailing economy.
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2020-02-272024-05-07National
Hardap farmers want Cabinet directive suspended
MARIENTAL – The Hardap Irrigation Farmers Union has called on the government to lift a Cabinet directive on the operational capacity of the Hardap Dam.