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Zebaldt Ngaruka The Ministry of Agriculture, Water and Land Reform provided close to N$800 000 for free vaccination against lumpy skin disease in the Otjozondjupa and Omaheke regions. The ministry’s spokesperson, Jona Musheko said funds will enable the Directorate of Veterinary Services in the affected areas to conduct vaccination campaigns against the disease. “This money...
SWAKOPMUND – A groundbreaking ceremony for the construction of over 140 middle-income houses in Swakopmund’s Matutura Proper residential area was held on Friday. The houses, which will consist of two to three bedrooms, will cost not less than N$500 000, and will soon be constructed through a partnership between Quintessential Construction, the Municipality of Swakopmund,...
Lahja Nashuuta The Electoral Commission of Namibia has rejected the Affirmative Repossession movement’s invitation to attend a capacity-building workshop organised by the party. The head of legal affairs of the AR, Maitjituavi Kavetu, confirmed that they had invited the ECN, the Namibia Statistics Agency (NSA) and the Namibia Institute of Democracy (NID), but their invitations...
President Nangolo Mbumba on Friday urged the banking sector to consider the financial hardships Namibians are going through, and cut interest rates. Meeting the country’s banking leadership, he reminded them that the public is bleeding and suffering due to high bank charges and unsustainable interest rates. The President met the bankers at Nedbank Namibia’s headquarters...
Lahja Nashuuta The Outjo Primary School, which was considered one of the best schools in the country, has turned into a battlefield because teachers and the principal allegedly regularly hurl insults at each other in the presence of pupils. The school, located in the Kunene region, is one of the oldest institutions in the country,...
Kavango East health director Idah Mendai has called for urgent intervention in the alarming increase in malnutrition cases recorded in the region this year, which has thus far affected 14000 people and 15 deaths. Mendai revealed the information on Friday during an engagement with the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Gender Equality ,Social Development and Family...
Auleria Wakudumo The Rössing Foundation has donated more than N$554 000 to two schools in Omusati and Kunene regions. The donation, given under Rössing’s Learning Enhanced Learning Access (Lela) flagship project, is to contribute towards tuition fees, purchasing learning materials, school uniforms, toiletries, medical expenses and hostel fees for six orphaned pupils. Nakayale Private...
OTJIWARONGO – A 59-year-old man died instantly on Saturday when he allegedly fell from a 15-metre high water tank at Otjiwarongo. Namibian Police head of community affairs in the Otjozondjupa region, Maureen Mbeha in a media statement yesterday said the incident happened while the deceased was busy with regular maintenance work on the tank, belonging...
The United Nations Development Programme through its partnership with the Ministry of Mines and Energy, continues to make strides in ensuring that the livelihoods of small-scale miners are improved. Through its Environmental Governance Project, funded by the government of Sweden and now in its second year, the UNDP has provided crucial support to small-scale miners...