Author: Annakleta Haikera
5KM Divundu-Muhembo Section A Road To Cost N$59.9 million
By: Annakleta Haikera The construction of the Divundu-Muhembo Road in the Kavango East Region will commence with Section A which was delayed due to budget constraints, Transport Minister John Mutorwa stated. Mutorwa stated this during a groundbreaking ceremony…
Ministries Urged to Decentralized To Kavango West
By: Annakleta Haikera The Kavango West Regional Council Chairperson, Joseph Sikongo, urged all ministries without regional footprint in the region to construct their offices without delay. He gave the call during the official opening of the Council’s drafting of…
Rundu Suffocates In N$333.9 Million Water Debts
By: Annakleta Haikera Of the N$889 million owed in water debts by 12 local authorities to Namwater, Rundu Town Council owes the most at N$333.9 million, followed by Rehoboth at N$108.5 million. NamWater on Monday revealed that it is owed…
“Dealer’s Margin Increase Not a Subsidy” – Ithindi
By: Annakleta Haikera The Mines and Energy Ministry’s executive director, Penda Ithindi, says the N$0.30 per litre dealer margin increase for service station owners is not a subsidy, as some have interpreted it. The ministry recently increased the fuel…
Markets Reduce Poverty – Uutoni
By: Annakleta Haikera Minister of Urban and Rural Development, Erasmus Uutoni has urged the Kavango West region to utilise its informal markets to create job opportunities and reduce poverty. The Nkurenkuru Open Market was inaugurated on Wednesday. Uutoni said the…
Fuel Hikes To Heighten Inflationary Pressure
By: Annakleta Haikera At midnight 5 March 2025, fuel prices are set to rise for a consecutive month. The Mines and Energy Ministry attributed the domestic need behind the hike to two factors. One was the annual N$0.50 per litre…
Illegal Fencing Shrinks Grazing Land in Kavango West
By: Annakleta Haikera Farmers and residents of Kavango West are urging the communal land board to take swift action against the rising trend of illegal fencing on communal land, which is severely limiting livestock grazing areas. This growing…
Rundu Says Goodbye to Nujoma
By: Annakleta Haikera Residents from the two Kavango regions paid their final respects to Founding President Sam Nujoma on Saturday during the fourth national memorial service held in his honour in Rundu. Mourners, including delegates from Angola, braved…
Nujoma Loved Traditional Authorities – Chiefs
By: Annakleta Haikera Mbunza Traditional Authority Hompa Alfons Kaundu has described the late Dr. Sam Nujoma as an extraordinary leader who cherished and preserved traditional authority in Namibia. Kaundu praised the Founding President for his unwavering support of traditional…
Boy Who Travelled 200 km to Attend Nujoma’s Memorial Receives N$31,500
By: Annakleta Haikera Thirteen-year-old orphan John Kakuwa, who travelled 200 km from Divundu to Rundu to attend the memorial service of Founding President Dr. Sam Nujoma, will return to school for the first time in over two years…