The National Housing (NHE) has called on Windhoek residents living in informal settlements to register for the construction of affordable housing on Saturday as part of the Informal Settlement Upgrading Project. The Informal Settlement Upgrading Projects are a collaboration between the Ministry of Urban and Rural Development, the City of Windhoek, NHE and the Khomas…
Namibian Exile Kids Association (NEKA) president, Rauna Amutati has said it is difficult for ‘struggle kids’ to get jobs after the High Court set aside a Cabinet resolution in 2021 which granted them jobs without being subjected to the normal recruitment process. Amutati said this in an interview with Nampa on Tuesday, after a group…
President Hage Geingob has described the late Jane Katjavivi as instrumental in the development of language and the preservation of Namibian literature. Katjavivi, who was a writer, editor and former publisher, died on Tuesday, aged 70. Geingob in a media statement issued on Tuesday, noted that Jane, who was also the wife of National Assembly…
Political parties taking part in the upcoming Swakopmund by-elections and voters have been cautioned against campaigning at polling stations and during the voting process on Friday. In an interview on Tuesday, the Electoral Commission of Namibia’s (ECN) Erongo regional coordinator, Amos Nguaiko, said parties are only allowed to campaign until one day before the elections,…
The Ministry of Agriculture, Water and Land Reform has lifted the control measures imposed after cases of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza were detected in the Erongo Region. The measures, which were imposed in January 2022, came into effect after over 1 000 birds, mainly Cape cormorants, died due to the bird flu, for which the…
The BDO Namibian Open Squash Championship will this year take place from 15 to 17 September at the Wanderers Squash Club in Windhoek, the Namibia Squash Association (NSA) has announced. According to NSA President, Rudi Koekemoer, in a media statement here Monday, this will be the first Namibian Squash Open Tournament since 2017. The 2017…
The Khomas NamPol Volleyball Club (KNVC) and Kudos male and female teams are the current log leaders of their respective logs in the Central Volleyball Association 2022 season following the weekend matches. In the men’s division, KNVC amassed 52 points after winning their last two fixtures by three sets to nil (3-0) against Afrocat on…
The Minister of Urban and Rural Development, Erastus Uutoni, has called on the Rundu Town Council and the regional leadership to speed up the formalisation of the Tumweneni informal settlement to allow Government or donors to build a school and provide basic services. Uutoni said this when he visited the Siguruguru Senior Primary School in…
Prime Minister Saara Kuugongelwa-Amadhila has said the resolution on the completion of 891 houses under the government’s Mass Housing Project remains in the hands of the courts. Responding to Popular Democratic Movement (PDM) leader, McHenry Venaani’s letter regarding the unoccupied mass housing and occupation thereof on Monday, Kuugongelwa-Amadhila said the completion of 891 houses of…
Popular Democratic Movement leader McHenry Venaani has said PDM is the only political party in Namibia with the political maturity and emotional intelligence to handle power. Venaani, who was speaking at the party’s star rally for the Swakopmund by-elections on Sunday, questioned other parties’ abilities to lead the country and said they lack the emotional…