Author: Annakleta Haikera
Rundu Launches Council Owned Commercial Subsidiary
By: Annakleta Haikera The Rundu Town Council has launched its wholly council-owned commercial subsidiary, Rundu Town Council Commercial Services (RTCCS), as the town grapples with rapid population growth, rising demand for basic services and limited municipal revenue in the…
Experimental Teen Offered TVET Training and Scholarship
By: Annakleta Haikera For four years, Visentius Kapumburu experimented with discarded materials, driven by a curiosity that few around him fully understood in Gcwagi Village, Kavango West Region. With little formal education and coming from a family…
Lawyer Turns N$200,000 Youth Fund Support Into Law Firm
By: Annakleta Haikera At 27, Naboth De Celestino is challenging the conventional path into Namibia’s legal profession by choosing entrepreneurship over waiting years to establish himself under an existing law firm. With financial assistance of N$200 000 from the…
Governor Promotes Food Security Through ‘Governor’s Garden’
By: Annakleta Haikera What was once an unused piece of land at the Kavango East Governor’s Office has been transformed into a vegetable garden. The garden is now providing employment opportunities to six young people, who are gaining…
Borrowing to Survive: The Case of Many in the Mashare Constituency
By: Annakleta Haikera Mashare Constituency Councillor, Peter Kashumali has warned that the growing debt burden is trapping households in a cycle of borrowing, refinancing and taking new loans to settle existing debts. “You go to location A, you take….
Poor Network Coverage Leaves Kavango Schools Struggling
By: Annakleta Haikera Schools in both Kavango East and Kavango West continue to face serious challenges accessing reliable internet and mobile network services, with inadequate tower infrastructure limiting digital learning and administration. The challenges came under scrutiny…
Traditional Authorities Clash Over Bwabwata National Park Area
By: Annakleta Haikera The long-running dispute over the traditional and customary status of Bwabwata National Park has intensified, with the Hambukushu Traditional Authority in Kavango East and traditional authorities in the Zambezi Region maintaining competing claims over…
Rundu Leadership Grilled Over Financial Reporting
By: Annakleta Haikera More than N$105 million in income reversals at the Rundu Town Council (RTC) has come under intense scrutiny, with the council facing tough questions over financial irregularities and years of delayed financial reporting in the…
Kavango Regions Seize 3,556 Illegal Planks in Two Years
By: Annakleta Haikera The Ministry of Environment, Forestry and Tourism confiscated 3,556 illegally harvested planks in the Kavango East and Kavango West Regions between 1 April 2025 and 31 March 2026 as part of their efforts to curb…
Indongo Pledges Tractor as Ukwangali Raised N$363,000 for Farming
By: Annakleta Haikera Businessman Frans “Aupa” Indongo has pledged a tractor to the Ukwangali Traditional Authority following a fundraising gala dinner that raised N$363,000 for agricultural equipment. One of the organisers, Mars Kudumo, told The Villager Newspaper that the tractor…