Villagers fall by the wayside
The formalisation and expansion of Ongwediva has residents who own livestock and mahangu fields irate with them accusing the Ongwediva Spatial Development Framework Plan of chasing them off their land...
View ArticleELCRN acknowledges irregularities
The Evangelical Lutheran Church in the Republic of Namibia (ELCRN) at its 11th Extraordinary Synod acknowledged that serious irregularities occurred during its 26th Ordinary High Synod. This...
View ArticleOntotwaveta yenkondopeko kayi shi uukwamuhoko
Omunashipundi ngoka okwa popi kutya shoka otashi popilwa kekotampango lyoshilongo ndyoka lya gandja oonkondo kopaliamende montopolwa 23 (2)opo yi vule okutula miilonga oontotwaveta dhoka tadhi...
View ArticleOkila yopolisi natango oyi li mehalakano
Ezimba edhigu onkene lyakwatako okila yomidhimba mOpolisi yaVenduka, omanga iilonga yopambaapila tayi yi moshipala efumbiko lyomidhimba 76 dhomomidhimba 179 inadhi ka talwako kokila ndjoka.Omuniilonga...
View ArticleShifeta a nyana oonakwiikuthila evi
Ominista yOmidhingoloko nOmatalelepo, Pohamba Shifeta okwa popi kutya itaka idhidhimikila ehanagulo po lyuuthemba waakwashigwana moN#a-Jaqna Conservancy.Shifeta okwa popi ta yamukula konkalo kutya...
View ArticleELCRN leadership crisis continues
An extraordinary synod of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in the Republic of Namibia (ELCRN) held at Okahandja in late July resolved to extend the former church council’s term until the end of August....
View ArticleFire kills two sleeping in station
A fire in a building at the TransNamib train station in Mariental claimed the lives of one child and one adult between midnight and 01:00 Tuesday morning. Namibian police regional commander,...
View ArticleFood bank training starts in Katutura
The minister of poverty eradication and social welfare, Zephania Kameeta, on Monday opened the first training course for food bank workers in Katutura. The food bank was established earlier this year...
View Article'Just a patch of land'
Come hell or high water, Maria Sululu Isaacks will be buried at the resettlement farm Versailles, this Saturday, despite a government memo prohibiting families on resettlement farms from burying their...
View ArticleTu simanekeni manga tuli momwenyo - Aakondjelimanguluko
Aakondjelimanguluko mboka oya popi kutya otaya dhengwa koluhepo nomalelo itage ya tala manga yeli momwenyo. Ongundu ndjoka mwa kwatelwa aakondjelimanguluko mboka oya wayimine ekondjelomanguluko pokati...
View ArticleStruggle kids frowned upon
Acting DTA Khomas chairperson Ignatius Semba yesterday said the way government and the police were handling the struggle kids have made “a potentially destabilising situation worse”. Semba further...
View ArticleClinic dumps medical waste
The Otjiwarongo municipality responded swiftly last week after a large amount of illegally dumped medical waste belonging to the Osire health clinic was discovered outside Otjiwarongo. A local resident...
View ArticleLocal artists line up for animal welfare
Meatco says it has been able to reduce its water use last month despite an increase in the number of cattle slaughtered at its Windhoek abattoir. A total of 14 038 cattle were slaughtered at the...
View ArticleMeatco cuts water use
Meatco says it has been able to reduce its water use last month despite an increase in the number of cattle slaughtered at its Windhoek abattoir. A total of 14 038 cattle were slaughtered at the...
View Article‘We want salaries not allowances’
Kindergarten teachers, assisted by their association the Namibia Pre-Schools Teachers’ Association (NPSTA), staged a peaceful demonstration at the Oniipa constituency offices last week, protesting...
View ArticleLions threatening people, livestock
Residents of the Otjindakui village in the Sesfontein Constituency are complaining about lions threatening their lives and livestock. They have thus requested their constituency councillor, Julius...
View ArticleRehoboth land case postponed
The Rehoboth land squabble was back in the High Court yesterday. Advocate Thabang Phatela, on behalf of the Rehoboth town council, the applicant in the matter, challenged the Baster traditional...
View ArticleIsaacks laid to rest at Farm Versailles
Pioneer campaigner for the landless, Maria Sululu Isaaks was finally laid to rest over the weekend at Farm Versailles after a last-ditch intervention by President Hage Geingob ordering that her...
View ArticleOnly the fittest survive
The hunger is bearable in comparison with the cold and humiliation she feels when people ignore her pleas for a slice of bread to eat, says Zelda Harases.“It is tough, especially when you have children...
View ArticleCoordinate to ensure reliable and credible statistics
The statistician-general Alex Shimuafeni this week called for cooperation between government ministries and the Namibia Statistics Agency (NSA) to ensure that statistics are credible. Shimuafeni was...
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