The teenage mother who allegedly abandoned her newborn in Ondangwa on Tuesday has said she just needed a safe space for her baby while writing her examination.
The baby was found abandoned in a box at a property that used to be a daycare centre but has since stopped operating.
An Ondangwa family whose house burned down in June received bricks to reconstruct their four-bedroom house.
The house was gutted by fire due to an electric shock.
Ondangwa residents described the late President Dr. Hage Geingob as a great leader and unifier who made significant contributions to Namibia and the world at large.
Some pronounced him a man of good character, a trustworthy person, and a hardworking, peace-loving man.
NamWater Operations Manager Abraham Ashipala has called on the government to consider settling the debts owed to it by rural water schemes.
Oshana local water committee owes the water utility N$59,6 million.
NORED customers in the Oshana Region owe the electricity utility N$3.6 million.
Of this, N$734,000 has been outstanding for more than a year.
The Ondangwa, Ongwediva, and Oshakati town councils accompanied Vice President Nangolo Mbumba during his visit to several projects, where he was provided with progress updates and information on challenges experienced.
The Ministry of Health and Social Services will build new hospitals and upgrade others in the country.
The National Housing Enterprise (NHE) is currently constructing 65 houses at Gobabis, 50 at Omuthiya, 70 at Okahao, 33 at Tsandi, and 24 at Ondangwa.
The houses will be constructed predominantly through phase 2 of the NHE’s turnkey construction model (RFP) and are expected to cost N$75 million.
Police in the Oshana Region are investigating a robbery with aggravating circumstances that occurred when three men robbed a Chinese national at Ondangwa.
The Office of the Ombudsman, in partnership with Konrad Adenauer Stiftung Namibia-Angola, hosted a three-day training on access to justice and the legislative framework at Ondangwa in the Oshana Region.
