TSUMKWE SAN FESTIVAL PREPARATIONS PROGRESSING WELL
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A senior councillor of the Ju|hoansi Traditional Authority, Fransina Ghauz, says preparations for the festival are progressing well.
A senior councillor of the Ju|hoansi Traditional Authority, Fransina Ghauz, says preparations for the festival are progressing well.
At least 50 households from the San community at Nkurenkuru's Extension 5 have received food donations from Ruguru Investment. The donation is worth N$85,700.
Ruguru Investment is one of the companies allocated fishing rights in the Kavango West Region.
President Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah has described the late |Hai|Om chief Dawid ||Khamuxab as a bridge that played an integral part in transforming the indigenous San tribe to be part of Namibia's social and economic participation and advancement.
As part of the Genocide Remembrance Day commemoration, Vice President Lucia Witbooi visited the San community at the Ombili location in Eenhana town.
The visit aimed to assess their living conditions and to familiarise herself with the community, which now falls under the Presidency through her office.
San paralegal trainees say the San community has for too long been left out in access to human rights knowledge and protection.
It remains a challenge for the San community in Tsumkwe Constituency's ||Nhoma settlement to put bread and other basic necessities on the table.
A San family living in Otjinene says they continue to face underdevelopment and the harsh reality of poverty.
While they express gratitude for the government assistance they receive, they often find themselves with nothing to eat and unable to afford even their most basic needs.
The Chairperson of the San Community Garden Project at Maranata Plot in the Epukiro Constituency, Paul Chapman, is pleading for water provision to help the garden achieve its desired result.
Chapman said the borehole will help the community improve their yields and, eventually, their livelihoods.
The San community at Ndoro Memorial, Omega 3 in the Zambezi Region, are unhappy with the selection and appointment of the school's hostel staff.
Some of those who applied for 12 positions advertised by the Ministry of Education say although they are qualified, they were left out.
The Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries, Water and Land Reform has commenced water surveys to establish boreholes for a large-scale irrigation project on a 140-hectare brownfield site in Ekoka village, east of Okongo in the Ohangwena Region.