By: Ludorf Iyambo A desperate father whose son has been missing at sea for over a month has lost hope that he will be found alive. Jonas Heita (35) went missing while onboard a Hangana Seafood vessel on 7 February.   Philipus Heita (70) told The Villager that he is just hoping that maybe they will […]

By: Uakutura Kamabekua The revised national curriculum that the education ministry implemented seven years ago is still receiving backlash from parents and guardians. Some cited that it’s still confusing and was not carefully planned and executed, leaving some learners in limbo after completing grade 11. However, the bickerings surrounding the revised curriculum were met with […]

Staff Writer President Hage Geingob said people must get vaccinated because the government has procured adequate vaccination stock, and the country has also received large consignments of donated vaccines.  As of 18 February 2022, Nambian has 168 000 doses of Johnson & Johnson and 18 890 doses of Pfizer donated by the United States of […]

By: Justicia Shipena The lawyer of NIMT double-murder accused Ernst Lichtenstrasser says his client’s failure to show up at the Keetmanshoop campus had nothing to do with the transfer. Albert Titus is representing Lichtenstrasser in the ongoing trial after Hendrik Koekemoer, the principal of artisan training at NIMT, testified in the Windhoek High on Tuesday. […]

By: Frans Sinengela Swapo Youth League secretary Efraim Nekongo says President Hage Geingob can demand that projects be implemented, but nothing can be done without capital. Nekongo’s comments came after Geingob demanded more from ministers on implementation during the Cabinet retreat held over the past weekend. Nekongo said many government projects are left undone due […]

By: Ludorf Iyambo Affirmative Repositioning (AR) deputy leader Dimbulukeni Nauyoma says that the only guaranteed land Namibia youth will own is their graves. Nauyoma said this on Tuesday at the presentation of AR’s regulation of foreign ownership of land in the Namibia bill, which the movement submitted to the parliamentarian standing committee on natural resources. […]

By: Nghiinomenwa Erastus The country’s small generating capacity and slowness in taking advantage of the abundant renewable energy cost is around N$3,4 billion on electricity import in 2021.  In other words, for those who want to invest in reliable and competitive electricity generation, Nampower had more than N$3,4 billion for you last year- however, a […]

By: Nghiinomenwa Erastus A truckload containing 31 dry metric tonnes of concentrate, grading 20,41% copper and 265 g/t silver, was delivered at Walvis Bay to be shipped from the newly revamped Kombat Mine. This is after the company jumpstarted the Kombat a few months ago (in 2021). The Canadian Trigon Metals Inc company that took […]

Staff Writer Health minister Kalumbi Shangula said the government does not offer public dialysis services and is currently trying to set up machines in public hospitals. Shangula told the National Assembly last week that although the ministry invited bids for dialysis services in 2019, none of the companies that showed interest qualified. The minister said […]

By: Julia Heita  NFDP Youth Ambassador Lucia Enkono, who is living with albinism, said that most of the schools in Namibia do not accommodate persons living with Disabilities.  Enkono said this during a presentation at an engagement meeting with office bearers by the National Federation of People with Disabilities in Namibia (NFPDN).  “Although the schools […]