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UM and FOA sign MOU to boost fisheries education and research
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- UM and FOA sign MOU to boost fisheries education and research
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- 1:55
- Date posted
- 7 months ago
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- By: Ketemba Tjipepa
The International University of Management and the Fisheries Observer Agency signed a memorandum of understanding in Windhoek on Tuesday.
The MoU marks the first formal collaboration between the institutions.
IUM Vice Chancellor Prof. Osmund, Mwandemele, said the MoU provides opportunities for both the academic staff and students.
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- Hangala Foods celebrates 100% locally produced maize meal
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- 2:28
- Date posted
- 7 months ago
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- By: Hertha Ekandjo
Hangala Foods has officially commenced production of its new locally manufactured maize meal brand, Otavi Golden Maize, processed near Otavi in the Otjozondjupa Region.
This follows the inauguration of the newly established Hangala Ombanje milling plant on Friday.
The plant produces maize meal in multiple grades and packaging sizes, including super maize meal, special sifted maize and un-sifted maize meal sourced and processed locally.
Founder of Hangala Foods, Leake Hangala, provided an overview of the history of the farm.
Meanwhile, the company`s commercial manager, Robert Louw, spoke on the offtake agreements with local retailers.
The milling plant was constructed over a period of 18 months at a cost of N$35 million, and employs 40 workers, with 38 of them holding permanent positions.
The plant produces 50 tons of maize per day and accommodates two silos, with a capacity of...
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- Voters shift support to Swapo over poor service delivery, says analyst
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- 1:51
- Date posted
- 7 months ago
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- By: Josia Shigwedha
Political analyst Marius Kudumo says poor performance and operational challenges in key towns previously led by opposition parties, such as Windhoek and Walvis Bay, prompted voters to shift their support in the latest elections.
Kudumo said citizens are prioritising effective service delivery, a factor that contributed to Swapo regaining control of most regional constituencies and local authorities.
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- Tafel Talks on SportsOnOne Live
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- 4:18
- Date posted
- 7 months ago
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- Unam opens market for Zambezi mango farmers
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- 1:57
- Date posted
- 7 months ago
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- By: Ritta Lotto
The Unam Katima Mulilo Campus has partnered with the Zambezi Mango Farmers Association to buy mangoes directly from local mango producers this season.
ZAMAFA Chairperson, Alex Lisao said paid-up members of the Association will receive priority when bringing their mangoes to the market with Unam.
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- Community cleanup restores safety in Greenwell Matongo
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- 1:11
- Date posted
- 7 months ago
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- By: Ritta Lotto
Shincheonji Volunteers and residents of Greenwell Matongo in Windhoek's Samora Machel Constituency, cleaned the riverbed near Olof Palme Primary School on Friday.
The effort is part of an ongoing campaign sparked by the death of 33-year-old Juanita Karolus, whose body was found behind People’s Primary School in October, prompting the community to improve safety in public spaces
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- IPC questions legal implications of delayed swearing-in of councillors
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- 1:50
- Date posted
- 7 months ago
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- By: Josia Shigwedha
Independent Patriots for Change (IPC) spokesperson, Imms Nashinge, has described the cancelled swearing-in of newly elected regional council and local authority councillors as a ' legal quagmire' questioning how the government plans to resolve the matter.
Nashinge said the law clearly states that councillors must be sworn in within seven days after the announcement of election results.
His comments follow a directive from the Ministry of Urban and Rural Development informing all town councils nationwide that the swearing-in of newly elected regional and local authority councillors has been cancelled.
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- Namibia has a tourism economic contribution gap says analyst
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- 2:04
- Date posted
- 7 months ago
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- By: Eric Mhunduru
Hospitality industry experts have highlighted a discrepancy between the two-percent official GDP contribution from that sector, compared to their 17% prediction, largely due to the non-visible activities from unregistered operators.
Simonis Storm Securities noted revenue generated from unregistered accommodation providers, informal tour operators, and countless small businesses serving travellers.
Economist, Almandro Jansen said when tourists spend on transport, food, fuel, and retail across extended value chains, these multiplier effects rarely appear in formal tourism accounts.
Jansen also highlighted that Namibia is rapidly becoming a global and regional filming destination, which is likely to improve tourism figures.
Jansen said overall, the hospitality sector is well positioned for a strong finish this year backed by school holidays, holiday travels, festival events happening during December.
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- N$5 million budgeted for police traffic vehicles repairs ahead of festive season
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- 2:00
- Date posted
- 7 months ago
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- By: Josia Shigwedha
The National Road Safety Council has allocated N$5 million to repair traffic vehicles across the country ahead of the 2025/2026 festive season.
Head of Namibian traffic law enforcement, Commissioner Petrus Swartz, said this at the annual festive season Road Safety Campaign sponsorship event hosted by the Motor Vehicle Accident Fund in Windhoek on Friday.
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- Katima town council returns vehicles and property exchanged for land
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- 2:09
- Date posted
- 7 months ago
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- By: Jackson Kunatela
Katima Mulilo Town Council has revoked all decisions taken on land exchange for vehicles with immediate effect.
The council is returning eight vehicles, which have already been deregistered. He said other properties to be returned include four quad bikes, two laptops and one drone.
Head of council public relations Muyoba Muyoba said the owners have been given 14 days to collect their property.
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- The electorate still waiting as ECN verifies election results
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- 2:13
- Date posted
- 7 months ago
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- By: Envaalde Matheus
ECN Chief Electoral Officer, Peter Shaama, says the Commission aims to follow due process, verifying the regional council and local authority election results before formally announcing them.
The Commission had earlier announced that results would be released Thursday, but Shaama said a few polling stations are still counting due to long distances and procedural requirements.
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- Goreangab resident battles illegal dumping behind her home
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- 3:04
- Date posted
- 7 months ago
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- By: Selma Taapopi
A resident of Goreangab in the Samora Machel Constituency said she endured years of community members dumping waste in the riverbed behind her home.
Despite continuous clean-up efforts by Halleluja Kashuupulwa and her husband, the situation has worsened, attracting swarms of flies and giving of a foul smell.
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- Namibia sustains HIV response amid global funding cuts
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- 1:52
- Date posted
- 7 months ago
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- By: Ritta Lotto
The health ministry's HIV Chief Clinical Mentor in the Directorate of Special Programmes, Dr. Jacques Kamangu, says Namibia has maintained its HIV response despite disruptions in international donor funding.
He made the remarks during an information sharing session on overcoming such disruptions, and transforming the country's AIDS response in Windhoek on Thursday.
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- Inmates raise concerns over medical care at Windhoek correctional facility
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- 1:59
- Date posted
- 7 months ago
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- By: Josia Shigwedha
An inmate at the Windhoek Correctional Facility, Elias Davids, who is serving a 10-year sentence for housebreaking, says he faces serious challenges accessing chronic medication claiming that once his medication runs out, he often waits up to two weeks before receiving assistance.
He made the remarks while casting his vote in the Regional Council and Local Authority Elections at the facility Wednesday.
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- I was not beaten up, the attempt failed, says Swartbooi
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- 1:56
- Date posted
- 8 months ago
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- By: Josia Shigwedha
Landless People’s Movement leader, Bernadus Swartbooi, has dismissed reports that he was beaten up on Monday, saying he is in good health and has no injuries.
This follows a video circulating on social media alleging that he was assaulted in Keetmanshoop.
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- NDP vows to hold elected representatives accountable
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- 2:00
- Date posted
- 8 months ago
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- By: Jackson Kunatela
National Democratic Party president Martin Lukato has promised that party representatives elected in the 26 November elections in Zambezi, that are found to engage in corruption or fail to deliver on their promises, will be removed from office.
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- Report calls for national skills demand database
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- 2:12
- Date posted
- 8 months ago
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- By: Ketemba Tjipepa
Education deputy minister Dino Ballotti has called for the updating of the national occupational database, saying the country will not have challenges if school leavers understand where the demand lies.
Ballotti made the remarks at the launch of the Namibia State of Skills Demand and Supply Report in Windhoek on Monday, referencing findings shared by the Namibia Investment Promotion and Development Board.
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- Govt introduces public service culture change programme
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- 1:57
- Date posted
- 8 months ago
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- By: Ritta Lotto
The office of the Prime Minister has launched a nationwide culture change programme for the public service, starting with NamRA as the first case study.
The initiative was outlined on Monday in Windhoek during a session led by NIPAM and senior officials to demonstrate how the reform will be rolled out across government.
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- Katima residents ready to vote
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- 1:58
- Date posted
- 8 months ago
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- By: Jackson Kunatela
As the election fever takes a grip on the nation, some Katima Mulilo residents have expressed their willingness to cast their votes without fail, come 26 of November.
Namibia goes to the polls on Wednesday to elect candidates for regional and local authority positions.
NewsOnOne caught up with some residents who have travelled as far as Cape Town to cast their elections, while others say they will travel to their constituencies where they are registered in order to be part of the change they want to see.
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- Limited career exposure in rural areas influence learners' choices
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- 2:06
- Date posted
- 8 months ago
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- By: Ludorf Iyambo
University of Namibia Physiology lecturer, Johanna Namene, said parental influence and limited career exposure in rural areas continue to shape learners career choices.
She made the remarks this week at the launch of the second phase of the Africa Educate Her campaign, which advocates for girls in Namibia to pursue various careers paths in science, technology, engineering ,arts and mathematics (STEM).
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- Swapo blames Windhoek administrative system for slow service delivery
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- 2:59
- Date posted
- 8 months ago
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- By: Envaalde Matheus
Swapo City of Windhoek candidate, Paulus Immanuel, has blamed the city’s administrative system for delays in service delivery, arguing that poor accountability among officials continues to hinder sanitation improvements across the capital.
Swapo governed Windhoek for nearly 30 years after independence in 1990, with 11 of its leaders serving as mayor during that period, before the party lost its majority in 2020.
Immanuel made the remarks on Thursday in Windhoek during a public debate organised by the Namibian Sun ahead of the upcoming local authority elections.
He said service delivery requires both quick intervention and long-term reforms, and that inefficiencies among officials, rather than political changes, have left communities struggling with uncollected waste and deteriorating infrastructure.
“Not everyone working here is a Swapo member. Your president, your chief, was a mayor here and he w...
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- Nekundi urges seven-seaters taxi operators to obtain required permits
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- 1:47
- Date posted
- 8 months ago
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- By: Josia Shigwedha
Works and Transport Minister Veikko Nekundi have cautioned seven-seater drivers against transporting passengers for reward without the required taxi permits.
While inspecting vehicle documentation at launch of the Okapuka traffic checkpoint, commonly known as the Okahandja checkpoint on Thursday, Nekundi found two seven-seaters vehicles operating without the required documentation.
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- Joel Matheus happy with performance of players selected for national teams
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- 2:09
- Date posted
- 8 months ago
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- By: Petrus Amutenya
Senior volleyball men's and women's national teams senior head coach, Joel Matheus, says he is happy with the first camp held in Windhoek over the weekend that further equipped the players with skills.
The call up consisted of over 25 male and 25 female players from different volleyball clubs across the country, but only 20 male and 20 female players have been selected for the next training camp.
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- Pensioner trains young people play trumpet from his home
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- 2:00
- Date posted
- 8 months ago
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- By: Ketemba Tjipepa
Seventy-year-old, Moses Seibeb, teaches children and school leavers to play the trumpet from his home on Nubuamis Street in Windhoek, giving beginners a chance to learn a skill they might not otherwise access.
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- Windhoek still has one-year-old potholes as rainy season looms
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- 1:48
- Date posted
- 8 months ago
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- By: Ketemba Tjipepa
With the rainy season around the corner and most parts of the country having started receiving mild rainfall, Windhoek residents still endure potholes, especially on Katutura roads that have not been fixed since the last rainy season earlier this year.
A survey by the NewsOnOne team discovered that several streets across Windhoek remain damaged and still have potholes despite the City having assured residents that they set aside a budget and would fix the roads before the next rainy season.
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- Councillors accused of neglecting disability community post elections
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- 2:10
- Date posted
- 8 months ago
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- By: Envaalde Matheus
The disability community is calling for stronger representation in local and regional councils ahead of the elections, saying access to housing, land, and essential services remains limited for persons with disabilities.
With over 22 000 Namibians with disabilities registered to vote in the upcoming elections, the community warns that long-standing barriers still leave many waiting years for basic support and urges authorities to act for fair and practical inclusion.
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- Nust graduate starts upholstery business with NSFAF refund
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- 2:21
- Date posted
- 8 months ago
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- By: Ludorf Iyambo
A Namibia University of Science and Technology graduate has started an upholstery business using savings from his NSFAF refund.
The owner of Smart Interior, Jafet Alweendo, operates from Windhoek North and has been in business for three years and employs four people who help manufacture a range of furniture items, including headboards, sofas, and cupboards.
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- Okahandja Police checkpoint officially opened
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- 2:05
- Date posted
- 8 months ago
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- By: Josia Shigwedha
The Namibian Police on Thursday officially inaugurated the Okapuka traffic checkpoint, commonly known as the Okahandja check-point.
The new facility will enable law enforcement efforts to conduct vehicle inspections, improve data collection, and enhance coordination among key road-safety stakeholders.
It will also serve as the central hub for the 2025/2026 festive season road safety campaign, running from Wednesday until 16 January 2026.
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- RA credits N$87 million monthly revenue to road user charges
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- 1:49
- Date posted
- 8 months ago
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- By: Selma Taapopi
Roads Authority Corporate Communication Manager, Hileni Fillemon, says the bulk of the authority’s monthly revenue amounting to N$87 million comes from road user charges.
These charges include vehicle licensing, temporary special permits, motor trade numbers and vehicle registration, which collectively account for 91.18% of revenue.
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- Bishop Katenda urges ethical and visionary leadership ahead of elections
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- 2:30
- Date posted
- 8 months ago
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- By: Envaalde Matheus
Bishop Lukas Katenda of the Reformed Evangelical Anglican Church of Namibia says the electorate must choose leaders who are ethical, visionary, and committed to serving citizens rather than self-enrichment.
Katenda told NewsOnOne that the next five years could be much harder if people choose weak leaders, as poor leadership has already slowed services and made life difficult for many of the country's residents.
Katenda said political parties must raise standards when vetting candidates to ensure they have the skills and knowledge to serve their communities, while leaders should be visible, accountable, and capable of delivering essential services.
Katenda said internal divisions within political parties often lead to poor candidate choices, with leaders picked for loyalty or popularity rather than competence, which hurts innovation, development, and the country’s best interests.
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- Family perishes in a Western bypass accident
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- 2:01
- Date posted
- 8 months ago
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- By: Josia Shigwedha
Namibian Police on Wednesday confirmed that a family of three died instantly in a car accident at the intersection of Mandume ya Ndemufayo Road and the B1 Western Bypass.
According to police report, the deceased include an adult male and female and a female toddler.
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- Your Stories, Our Passion
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- 0:35
- Date posted
- 8 months ago
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- Namibia encourages girls to take science, technology & engineering subjects
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- 1:46
- Date posted
- 8 months ago
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- By; Ludorf Iyambo
Ministry of gender equality, in collaboration with ministry of education, launched the national second phase of the Africa Educate Her campaign which advocates for girls in Namibia to pursue various careers paths in science,technology,engineering ,arts and mathematics (STEM).
The launch, themed: Keep Girls in School, Empower Their Future is taking place in all African member states, with Namibia joining other countries.
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- Corrected ballots arrive amid election trust concerns
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- 2:34
- Date posted
- 8 months ago
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- By: Envaalde Matheus
ECN has received the rectified ballot papers following earlier discrepancies, including under and over allocation of ballot booklets to some regions.
Political party representatives are now verifying the corrected ballots before they are dispatched to constituencies and local authorities across the country before the special elections taking place on 24 November.
Uniprint, the South African printing company that won the tender, supplied ballot papers with discrepancies affecting the Kavango West, Ohangwena, Khomas, Omusati, Oshikoto, Otjozondjupa, Kunene and Erongo regions.
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- Shaun Gariseb case struck off court roll
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- 1:44
- Date posted
- 8 months ago
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- By: Josia Shigwedha
The Katutura Magistrates’ Court on Tuesday withdrew social activists Shaun Gariseb and Armando Pieters’ misdemeanour cases, citing defective and outdated municipal laws.
The City Police took the duo to court after they led a group of Katutura residents and dumped sewage water at the entrance of City of Windhoek Customer Care Centre on 13 October, temporarily disrupting operations.
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- 1 in 5 infections in Africa resistant to antibiotics WHO reports
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- 2:24
- Date posted
- 8 months ago
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- By: Selma Taapopi
World Health Organisation (WHO) Country Representative, Richard Banda, says one in five infections in Africa is resistant to antibiotics, making it the second most affected region worldwide.
Banda stressed this trend is particularly concerning because each time a routine infection becomes difficult to treat, and each time an antibiotic fails, the consequences extend beyond individual patients to health systems, food production, economies and families, stressing the need for urgent, coordinated action.
He was speaking at the Ministry of Health and Social Services' observation of World Antimicrobial Resistance Awareness Week in Windhoek on Tuesday.
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- NFA’s $4 million FIFA funding bid stalled as City rejects land donation and lease extention
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- 2:39
- Date posted
- 8 months ago
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- By: Terence Mukasa
The Namibia Football Association (NFA) secretary general, Cassius Moeti, says the federation’s efforts to access more than USD4 million in FIFA funding have been stalled after the City of Windhoek declined to donate or extend the lease on Erf 340 in Katutura, where the NFA’s technical center is located.
Moeti said the municipal council resolved to sell the land for N$2.96 million, a price the NFA cannot afford.
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- Havana four-way relocation delayed as residents waits for services
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- 2:42
- Date posted
- 8 months ago
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- By: Ketemba Tjipepa
The City of Windhoek and residents of Havana four-way are at odds over a planned relocation meant to pave the way for road expansion, and the construction of an open market and taxi rank.
Residents, however, say the city has not yet allocated individual plots at the new township, and essential services such as electricity installation and the construction of a bridge have not begun.
The relocation was scheduled to take place between 1 and 31 October, moving affected households to the newly established Havana Extension 8 and Extension 11.
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- More 300 theft-from -vehicle cases recorded in two months
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- 1:49
- Date posted
- 8 months ago
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- By: Josia Shigwedha
Windhoek City Police recorded a total of 318 cases of theft out of motor vehicles from August this year to date.
Public Relations and Community Policing Officer Katrina Nomboga described the trend as concerning, noting that most incidents occur in the Central Business District (CBD).
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- Magistrate courts back in full swing on Monday
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- 2:08
- Date posted
- 8 months ago
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- By: Envaalde Matheus
Justice minister Wise Immanuel has withdrawn his urgent High Court bid to stop the magistrates’ go-slow, which he had argued was unlawful, breached their code of conduct, and undermined the administration of justice.
Acting Judge Reinhard Tötemeyer has now removed the case from the court roll, signaling that normal court operations will resume on Monday.
In a sworn affidavit, the magistrates denied any strike, saying magistrates continue to work at their duty stations and perform their functions, but strictly during official hours.
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- Tourism must be managed responsibly says Christoph-Shidute
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- 1:56
- Date posted
- 8 months ago
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- By: Ketemba Tjipepa
Deputy Executive Director in the environment ministry, Seimy Christoph-Shidute, warns that tourism must be carefully managed to protect the country’s fragile environment.
Christoph-Shidute was speaking at the Travel Namibia Festival 2025 held on Thursday in Windhoek under the theme “Why Tourism Matters.”
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- Lack of completion funds hindered Otjomuise mass-houses occupation, says contractor
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- 2:11
- Date posted
- 8 months ago
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- By: Ludorf Iyambo
Acting chief executive officer, of Calgro-Kuumba planning and design, Andre Olivier says the Otjomuise's mass-housing units were finished back in 2017, but could not be occupied due to a lack of funds to install essential services.
He was speaking at the hand-over of 58 yet-to-be mass houses in Windhoek, on Friday.
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- Over 4,800 mass housing units completed since 2014 says Sankwasa
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- 2:01
- Date posted
- 8 months ago
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- By: Josia Shigwedha
Urban and Rural Development Minister James Sankwasa says 4,826 housing units have been completed and handed over to their owners in different regions of the country, since the inception of the Mass Housing Development Programme in 2014.
Snakwasa said this in a speech reading on his behalf by the minister’s special advisor Dr Simasiku Boniface Mutumba during the handover of 377 newly completed houses in Windhoek's Otjomuise Extension 10 on Friday.
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- Ishitile Aloisius undergoes Special Olympic training
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- 1:00
- Date posted
- 8 months ago
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- By: Petrus Amutenya
The Development Director and Afrocat volleyball club coach, Ishitile Aloisius, is undergoing training through Special Olympics Namibia in Omaruru to equip volleyball and basketball coaches with skills needed to train athletes with disabilities.
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- Police arrest suspects linked to taxi robberies and kidnappings
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- 2:04
- Date posted
- 8 months ago
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- By: Josia Shigwedha
Namibian Police spokesperson Deputy Commissioner Kauna Shikwambi said three suspects believed to be behind a string of recent taxi robberies and kidnappings have been arrested in Windhoek.
So far, police say eight cases of the same modus operandi have been reported, particularly in Windhoek, Oshakati, and Oshana regions.
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- Sankwasa alleges Katima Town Council fire was an inside job
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- 1:48
- Date posted
- 8 months ago
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- By: Jackson Kunatela
Urban and Rural Development Minister James Sankwasa has alleged that the recent fire at the Katima Mulilo Town Council’s registry office was an inside job, carried out to destroy evidence.
The fire happened after the minister dismissed council members over irregularities and defied his directives.
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- Okahandja pensioner living in plastic home hopeful for upcoming elections
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- 1:50
- Date posted
- 8 months ago
- Description
- By: Ketemba Tjipepa
A 77-year-old Okahandja resident, Erich Namiseb, says he has lived in difficult conditions for 10 years at the Ekunde 6 informal settlement, waiting for change that never came.
Now, as he prepares to cast his vote on 26 November, Namiseb is hopeful things will indeed change.
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- Current laws and policies do not recognise informal sector
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- 2:13
- Date posted
- 8 months ago
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- By: Hertha Ekandjo
The 2025 Diagnostic of Informality in Namibia report has found the informal sector is challenged with invisibility and lack of recognition by current laws and policies.
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- Omukuluntu's News brought to you by Okamita Properties
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- 0:21
- Date posted
- 8 months ago
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- LearnOnOne partners with Ubongo to localise educational cartoons
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- 2:03
- Date posted
- 8 months ago
- Description
- By: Ketemba Tjipepa
LearnOnOne has partnered with Ubongo International to produce Oshiwambo versions of popular educational cartoons.
The initiative aims to make early childhood learning resources more relatable and accessible to Namibian learners.
The collaboration kicked off with a week-long workshop in Windhoek, where participants were trained to translate and record the animations to meet high-quality standards.
LearnOnOne Brand Manager, Rukee Kaakunga, said the decision to localise in Oshiwambo was influenced by the widespread use of the language and the network’s existing connections through Omulunga Radio.
