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Dumeni to turn 90

2 years ago - 30 September 2020 | Local News

TUYEIMO HAIDULA OSHAKATI Retired Evangelical Lutheran Church Bishop Kleopas Dumeni will be turning 90 on Saturday.In a congratulatory letter, founding president Sam Nujoma...

Uuvudhiya devastated by nine veld fires

2 years ago - 30 September 2020 | Local News

NAMPAENGOMBEThe Uuvudhiya Constituency in the Oshana Region, famous for its vast tracts of grassland, has experienced nine devastating veld fires in the past few months, with the latest reported on Saturday.Gervasius Uunona of the forestry...

Kavango West's 46.8% youth unemployment 'worrisome'

2 years ago - 29 July 2020 | Local News

The unemployment rate amongst youth in the Kavango West Region stands at a whopping 46.8%, the region's governor, Sirkka Ausiku, revealed. During the Kavango West state of the region address (Sora) this month, Ausiku...

55 Oshikoto schools without power

2 years ago - 29 July 2020 | Local News

Oshikoto regional governor Penda Ya Ndakolo has revealed that of the 221 schools in the region, 55 are without electricity. Ya Ndakolo also said 52 schools in the region do not have ablution facilities,...

Rundu families still waiting for Promised Land

2 years ago - 29 July 2020 | Local News

About 23 families who were relocated from Rundu's Sauyemwa Extension 1 in 2018 to an area they now call 'Promised Land' are demanding that the council fulfil its promises.The families claim that after agreeing to...

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Progress made on delayed Nkurenkuru clinic

2 years ago - 29 July 2020 | Local News

New contractors have been appointed to complete the outstanding work on the delayed Nkurenkuru Primary Healthcare Clinic, which was supposed to be completed five years...

Families in Ohangwena empowered with goats

2 years ago - 25 March 2020 | Local News

In its quest to improve the livelihoods of rural communities, the Ohangwena Regional Council, through its rural services division, has handed over 180 goats worth...

Don't eat marula worms

2 years ago - 25 March 2020 | Local News

The ministry of agriculture has urged people in northern Namibia not to eat the caterpillars that feed on marula tree leaves because they do not...

Coronavirus: Nkurenkuru tells residents to keep safe

2 years ago - 25 March 2020 | Local News

To curb the spread of the coronavirus, the Nkurenkuru town council said it has informed all its residents to take precautionary measures to keep themselves...

Klein Piet desperate for a job

2 years ago - 25 March 2020 | Local News

A 37-year-old man from Grootfontein in the Otjozondjupa Region desperately wants a job to improve his life as he is tired of living at the...

Stingy businesses, parents scolded

3 years ago - 26 February 2020 | Local News

Kavango East education director Fanuel Kapapero says it is a shame for learners to endure harsh conditions at schools and hostels while businesses and well-off...

NCT opens purse to education

3 years ago - 26 February 2020 | Local News

The Namibian Community Trust (NCT) this month officially handed over a fully furnished four-classroom block and erected a fence at Pandureni Combined School in Kavango...

Rising from the ashes

3 years ago - 26 February 2020 | Local News

A welder from Ndiyona village in Kavango East, who previously spent nine years at home doing nothing after failing matric, has called on unemployed youth...

Desperate for a job

3 years ago - 26 February 2020 | Local News

Three men from Divundu in the Kavango East Region who are desperate to secure employment say they are willing to accept any job to put...

'You reap what you sow'

3 years ago - 26 February 2020 | Local News

Two siblings from Utokota village in the Kavango East Region have called on fellow subsistence farmers to work hard in their mahangu fields following good...

Livestock auctions the best option...

3 years ago - 26 February 2020 | Local News

Former cabinet minister Helmut Angula has advised those in the Northern Communal Areas (NCA) who would like to earn an income from livestock farming to...

Heavy rains halt soccer training

3 years ago - 26 February 2020 | Local News

Soccer training has grounded to a halt in the Kavango regions after heavy rains consistently soaked sports fields, affecting both amateur and semi-professional teams.Ewi lyaNooli...

From China with love

3 years ago - 27 November 2019 | Local News

A group of 13 Chinese-owned businesses and six individuals, operating under the banner of the Putian Love Team, recently handed donations worth N$180 000 to...