Following public concerns over discoloured water reported in parts of the capital, City of Windhoek says the issue is linked to the recent supply interruptions caused by damage to the NamWater pipeline from Von Bach.

Gaob Dawid Hanse has called on the Nama community to embrace and protect their cultural identity.

He made the call during the official opening of the 7th edition of the Nama festival in Keetmanshoop on Friday.

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.

Vice President Lucia Witbooi visited the 1995-Omusati Project at the Nakayale Disability Centre in the Omusati Region.

The rehabilitation centre was established under the leadership of founding president Sam Nujoma and the then Ministry of Lands, Resettlement and Rehabilitation.

The Governor of ||Kharas, Dawid Gertze, has encouraged young people to embrace their historical roots and understand the painful history of genocide committed against their ancestors by the German colonisers. 

Shark Island, located off the coast of Luderitz, serves as a stark reminder of the atrocities committed by the German regime against the Nama and Ovaherero people during the 1904-1908 genocide.

President Netumb Nandi-Ndaitwah stated that the theme for this year's Omaludi Festival and Agricultural Show aligns closely with the government's development priorities and the goals outlined in the Sixth National Development Plan (NDP6)

The Windhoek High Court on Tuesday heard that there was no urgency to elect a new Ovaherero “Paramount Chief” after the death of the late Ombara Otjitambi Vekuii Rukoro in 2021, but there was urgency to establish a transitional committee to manage the process.

Minister of Gender and Child Welfare Emma Kantema said Namibia's Child Care and Protection Act now allows a mother in crisis to safely abandon her newborn at designated places like police stations, hospitals or schools without facing criminal charges, provided strict conditions are met.

The Adventist Development and Relief Agency Namibia (ADRA) has donated food parcels worth nearly N$300,000 to flood victims who were displaced in Nfooma in the Kabbe North Constituency of the Zambezi Region.

The humanitarian act will cater to 228 households, with each household receiving a food kit.