Author: Justicia Shipena
SWAKOP RESIDENTS OWE MUNICIPALITY N$100M
By: Justicia Shipena The residents of Swakopmund owe the municipality about N$100 million in water debts, according to the chief executive officer of Swakopmund town, Alfeus Archie Benjamin. But the days are now numbered for the residents as it has…
2022’S GRADE 11S TO START ACADEMIC YEAR LATE JAN …more outbreaks and school closures expected
By: Justicia Shipena Education executive director Sanet Steenkamp says the grade 11 cohort of 2022 will only commence with their academic year on 24 January, very late into the month due to the exam leakage and postponement suffered by the…
EDUCATION SPENDS N$51M ON STATIONERY
By: Justicia Shipena Education executive director Sanet Steenkamp says the ministry has allocated N$51 million for school stationery, and 81%, equivalent to N$36 million, has already been spent. Steenkamp said the remaining money had been deposited in the school accounts…
HARTLIEF EMPLOYEES ENTER SECOND WEEK OF STRIKE
By: Justicia Shipena Employees of Hartlief factory in Windhoek have now entered the second week of strike. The workers who downed their tools last month said they will continue to strike until demands are met. Speaking on behalf of the…
SWAPO REGIONAL COORDINATORS PRAISE GEINGOB
By: Justicia Shipena Swapo party regional coordinators say that although people claim the party is divided under the leadership of its President Hage Geingob, their experience tells otherwise. The group said that peace and unity are by the principle of…
WILDLIFE CRIMES DECREASE IN THE FESTIVE SEASON
By: Justicia Shipena The spokesperson of the environment ministry Romeo Muyunda says there is a steady decline in wildlife crimes during this festive season. Muyunda told The Villager on Tuesday upon the release of the weekly wildlife crime outcome report…
OTJOZONDJUPA GOVERNOR SUMMONED FOR DEFAMATION OF CHARACTER
By: Justicia Shipena Businessman and owner of Tulaing Group pty Ltd Josef Andreas is suingOtjozondjupa governor James Uerikuafor defamation of character for N$500 000. This has come as Andreas claims that Uerikua had made false, defamatory statements on 27 November…
SCALE-UP COVID-19 GENOMIC SURVEILLANCE – CHIKUSE
By: Justicia Shipena Senior technical officer for public health policy at the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Francis Farai Chikuse, says that there is a need for new variants and the low uptake of vaccine and new…
METEOROLOGIST WARNS OF EAST STORMS
By: Justicia Shipena The chief forecaster at the Namibia meteorological service, Odillo Kgobetsi, warns of another storm predicted to begin today in the eastern parts of Namibia. This comes as Gobabis last week suffered a rainstorm, accompanied by hail last…
BLOOD TRANSFUSION NEEDS MORE BLOOD
By: Justicia Shipena The blood transfusion service of Namibia (NamBTS) said that they now managed to fork enough blood for four days. This comes as NamBTS, four days ago, announced it only had sufficient blood for two days. NamBTS spokesperson…