75-year-old man returns home after five decades

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75-year-old Ngheendati Mwashindange, who was born at Ohakafiya Village in the Epembe constituency of the Ohangwena Region in 1949, has returned home after five decades.

Mwashindange left his father's homestead at the age of 26 in 1975 to look for contract work in Ondangwa.

He secured a job at a mine in Omaruru in 1975, where he worked until 1978.

Since then, he has been working with various farmers as a cattle herder.

With time, he found himself a wife and settled at Okarundu Nr. 6 in the Karibib constituency, Erongo Region.

Resettled farmers in Erongo push hard to become commercial 

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The Parliamentary Standing Committee on Natural Resources says the majority of resettled farmers in the Omaruru and Karibib areas are putting in extra effort to become commercial despite water problems.

The committee visited about 10 farmers resettled by the government in the Erongo Region to assess their success and challenges.


Most resettlement farms visited at Karibib and Omaruru by the parliamentarians are run by women.

Ombara Manasse Zeraua from the Zeraua Traditional Authority is among the 58 farmers resettled by the government in Erongo.

NCS celebrates 17th Correctional Service Day

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Vice President Nangolo Mbumba says the Namibia Correctional Service (NCS) has recorded key achievements with the help of the community advisory committee for transparency.

Mbumba was speaking at the celebration of the 17th Correctional Service Day at Omaruru.

The Namibia Correctional Service implemented the offender risk management strategy in 2010, which has been instrumental in enhancing the effectiveness of the correctional system and ensuring successful rehabilitation and reintegration of offenders.

The Community Advisory Committee is made up of volunteers.