By: Ellen Shihepo Khomas regional governor, Laura McLeod-Katjirua, stated that the !Khomanin traditional authority requires urgent land acquisition intervention by the Ministry of Agriculture, Water and Land Reform(MAWLR) to reduce land demands. McLeod-Katjirua said her office has been receiving pressure from communities as it is the region in the country with the largest population of […]
By: Ketemba Tjipepa In Windhoek’s Wanaheda area, 43-year-old Nangudi Adorofu, faces a troubling situation. He says his 7-year-old daughter is unable to attend school due to the lack of a birth certificate, which he cannot obtain because the child’s mother, who left the family after the child’s birth, is very difficult to trace. Adorofu says […]
By: Josia Shigwedha European Union (EU) delegation to Namibia, has launched the new EU sector budget support programme in early childhood education and also renewed its project partnership with the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF). More than N$320 million has been allocated to the new Early Childhood Development (ECD) Budget Support program over three years. […]
By: Josia Shigwedha Local industry leaders are encouraged to apply for the Stanford Seed Transformation Programme, an initiative designed for executives and founders of established enterprises seeking to expand and boost revenue. Since its inception in 2018, only two Namibians have participated in the programme. Last week, the Namibia Diamond Trading Company (NDTC) in collaboration […]
By: Ellen Shihepo The Japanese government has funded two projects worth N$ 23.5 million in partnership with food, agriculture and health sector stakeholders, to increase access to nutrition and bring about health and food security to vulnerable households. The two projects will focus on women and children in the Omaheke, Khomas, Kunene, Kavango East, West […]
By: Terence Mukasa The Namibian futsal national team, known as the Brave 5, is on the verge of losing its chance of qualifying for the Futsal World Cup, after performing poorly in African Cup of Nations matches against Mauritania and Egypt over the weekend. Head coach, Ryan Jago, told Sports on One he is disappointed […]
By: Valeria Handobe In a groundbreaking move towards sustainable waste management, the city of Windhoek in collaboration with the European Union and the city of Bremen on Friday inaugurated the waste buy-back centre, the first of its kind in the country. Funded by the EU to the tune of 2.2 million euros under the Windhoek-Bremen […]
By: Ellen Shihepo The Ministry of Agriculture, Water and Land Reform (MAWLR) has upgraded Henties Bay’s five kilometer long water pipeline as well as a larger pipeline that connects the Kuiseb river to the Swakopmund reservoir. According to the MAWLR Minister Calle Schlettwein, these projects are meant to improve water supply to the west coast […]
By: Selma Taapopi Following her father’s death due to lung cancer in 2010 and her mother’s sudden passing away, Dr Rachel Freeman, got a scare of her life, receiving a colon cancer diagnosis just a day after her mother’s passing away in July 2015 whilst embarking upon her doctoral degree journey in Palliative Care at […]
By: Josia Shigwedha Community activist against Gender-Based Violence (GBV), Zackary Itodo, has raised concerns about alcohol and substance abuse, which fuel perpetrators to commit violent acts against their partners. Itodo says these suspects usually carry out these crimes that have been on their minds but blame it on substances. Itodo was speaking to the four […]