Year: 2023

John* plays quietly on the floor as his caregiver looks proudly on. Healthy and growing, John is the perfect example of a thriving three-year-old. 

In the Earth’s wheel of life, the oceans provide the balance. Covering over 70% of the planet’s surface, they play a critical role in maintaining its life-support systems, in moderating its climate, and in sustaining animals and plants, including minute, oxygen-producing phytoplankton. 

Members of the community, particularly those with micro-enterprises, can embrace change, develop their skills, and participate in activities that will have a significant impact on their lives in a variety of ways. 

Since the beginning of the year, Omusati region has recorded 54 cases of malaria with no fatalities. Of those cases, 38 were transmissions from Angola, while 18 cases were reported from local patients. 

Siegfried Tjehiua, the chairperson of the self-proclaimed Okakarara Residents Association Fighting for Development, has rebuffed claims that they are a group of anarchists and land grabbers, saying their call for land is a genuine appeal that has nothing to do with politics. 

While some parliamentarians have expressed support for the establishment of the genocide memorial museum, which was proposed by Josef Kauandenge earlier this year, they are urging caution in how the topic is discussed so as not to exacerbate divisions among Namibians.

The All People’s Party has said eligible young Namibians must stand up and be counted in 2024, by showing up at polling stations to cast their vote. 

Two workers were murdered while a third, alleged to be the suspect, committed suicide days after the horror incident at Farm Josephine near Dordabis in the Khomas region.

An Angolan man was arrested yesterday on murder charges, following the death of his fellow cattle header, who is also an Angolan national. 

The fisheries and labour ministries have embarked on a new strategy to offer actual jobs and salaries to unemployed fishermen through the Government Employment Redress Programme.