The Keetmanshoop Municipality kicked off the year on a compassionate note by handing out food parcels to senior citizens.
The annual social programme aims to alleviate household food insecurity among the elderly.
Otjinene resident Martha Tjo, a wheelchair user, is struggling to improve her livelihood and urgently needs proper housing that can accommodate her and her family.
Tjo (47) was born and raised in Otjinene, a place she has always called home despite the many hardships she faces.
Namibia Post Limited (NamPost) has issued a public apology to social grant beneficiaries and stakeholders following disruptions experienced during the initial phase of the National Social Cash Grant payment and reregistration programme.
The Ministry of Gender Equality and Child Welfare plans to set up more gender-based violence protection shelters across Namibia.
Senior citizens whose government social grant is their only source of income continue to bear the burden of caring for family members.
However, the household of Kapango Kapango, a resident of Fumbe Village in the Kavango East Region, is worse off than many others and is in a sorry state.
The Parliamentary Standing Committee on Gender Equality, Health, and Social Welfare, during its workshop in Otjiwarongo, has heard that men are also victims of gender-based violence, saying there is a need for the government to provide physical, emotional, and social well-being to all Namibians.
As Namibia celebrates Human Rights Day, the Minister of Gender Equality, Poverty Eradication and Social Welfare, Doreen Sioka, called on each citizen to take action and speak out against injustice within their communities and foster dialogue.
The year 2025 will be the one that many will be looking forward to as the government plans to implement a grant for unemployed people between the ages of 18 and 59.
A petition demanding the immediate implementation of a Universal Basic Income Grant in Namibia was officially received by Minister of Gender Equality, Poverty Eradication, and Social Welfare, Doreen Sioka, on behalf of President Nangolo Mbumba.
