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A FIVE-DAY workshop starting today aims to address the high rate of teenage pregnancy in the Ohangwena region. ‘Say No to Teenage Motherhood #Academics First’, by Hilde’s Women and Youth Empowerment, is being held in partnership with the United Nations Population Fund and the Ohangwena Directorate of Education. The theme of the workshop is ‘Empowering […]
THE seventh Erongo Career Fair roadshow is set to take place across the region under under the theme ‘Thriving in 2024: Year of Expectations Career Fair Roadshow Awaits!’. The fair will start at Swakopmund on 23 July, before heading to Walvis Bay on 24 July, Karibib on 25 July and Omaruru on 26 July. Organiser […]
… Ex-councillor on drought relief food FORMER Karibib councillor Chris Nguherimo says there is not enough transparency in Karibib’s drought relief programme. This comes after a video of drought relief food, consisting of 127 cans of tinned fish being dumped, went viral on social media. Nguherimo has alleged that Karibib councillor Melania Ndjago only distributes […]
The Zambezi regional police say about 146 illegal immigrants from Zambia and Zimbabwe, who have been arrested, will be deported soon. The regional police launched a crime prevention campaign last Monday aimed at flushing out illegal immigrants and curbing crimes of concern, such as housebreak and cattle theft. Regional police spokesperson inspector Kisco Sitali says […]
The National Assembly has expressed sorrow at the death of former parliamentarian Katrina Hanse-Himarwa. Hanse-Himarwa died at the age of 57 in a Windhoek hospital on Sunday. Speaker of the National Assembly Peter Katjavivi in a statement on Sunday said the country has lost a dedicated public servant whose contributions to the nation would leave […]
It’s 07:00 on a chilly winter morning and a group of students has just arrived at Chanyanya Primary and Secondary school, a little over an hour’s drive south-west of Zambia’s capital, Lusaka. “You need to come early to school because there is a shortage of desks,” says 16-year-old pupil Richard Banda. “Two days ago I […]
Rwanda’s President Paul Kagame, feared and admired in equal measure, is seeking to extend his 24-year rule in an election analysts say he will win by a landslide. He has dominated every election since becoming president in 2000, with over 90% of the vote. In 2017 he won with a staggering 99%. Mr Kagame, 66, […]
Former US President Donald Trump has said he is “supposed to be dead” after Saturday night’s assassination attempt at a rally in Pennsylvania. In one of his first interviews since the incident, Mr Trump told conservative US media he felt that he had been saved “by luck or by God”. “The most incredible thing was […]
President Paul Kagame is aiming for a fourth term in office as Rwandans head to the polls on Monday. In the 2017 presidential poll, Kagame won with an unusual landslide of 99%, despite accusations of steering the nation towards autocracy, killings, disappearances, media restrictions, and the arbitrary detention of the opposition. However, he has also […]
Former Swapo Windhoek West constituency councillor György Trepper’s wife, Elaine, says her late husband will be remembered for his dedication to his family and the community he served. Trepper died at the age of 78 in Windhoek on Saturday. “He established Swapo structures in the Windhoek West constituency,” she says. Elaine, who is also a […]
