Preparations for this year's edition of the Namibian Newspaper Cup started in earnest with touch-ups at the main venue, Legare Stadium in Gobabis.
Executive Producer Kavii Vezemburuka caught up with the Governor of Omaheke Pio Nganate on the region's readiness to host the Namibian Newspaper Cup.
The Ministry of Education, Arts and Culture is facing an uphill battle for the placement of Grade 1 and Grade 8 learners.
The nbc News sat down with the Executive Director in the Ministry of Education, Arts and Culture, Sanet Steenkamp, for an update on the 2024 placements for Grades 1 and 8.
Otjozondjupa, |Khomas and Erongo regions are at the top of the list, grappling with placement challenges.
In the |Khomas Region, 389 Grade 1 learners and 600 Grade 8 learners are still waiting for placement.
Chief Frederick Langman of the ‚╪Kao ||Aesi Traditional Authority in the Omaheke Region has bemoaned the lack of socio-economic development in his community.
The 75-year-old chief expressed a desire for more empowerment to address the ongoing marginalisation of the San people.
Our news team visited the Chief at his residence at Skoonheid.
Skoonheid is an isolated rural community, and the Chief of the ‚╪Kao ||Aesi traditional authority resides here.
The Omaheke, ||Kharas, and Hardap regions will now benefit from the drought relief programme, effective from July 1st, 2023, to March 2024.
Currently, about 695,000 people are food insecure, and Deputy Prime Minister Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah appealed to officials to register only people who meet the criteria.
She said there are signs of people being registered when they do not qualify, a situation that might defeat the purpose.
A young entrepreneur from Okaruikombungu Village in the Otjombinde Constituency, Kahitee Keeja, is determined to keep the garden project she runs going despite the limited resources at her disposal.
Food sustainability and job creation are key reasons for this determination, she tells nbc News during a visit to her two-hectare garden project in Omaheke Region.
Green-fingered Kahitee Keeja says that the garden was started last year with onion and potato planting, but unfavourable weather patterns affected most of the potato produce, with onions fairing a bit better.
The Minister of Urban and Rural Development has reaffirmed his commitment to addressing audit and debt management challenges within regional and local authority councils.
This statement comes in response to queries posed by Popular Democratic Movement (PDM) MP Inna Hengari, who sought explanations about the Omaheke Regional Council and Gobabis Municipality audit reports.
Much has been said about the Namibian government's social grants not being sufficient to cater for the needs of the beneficiaries.
While this is true, the N$1,300 has, however, become the sole source of livelihood for people such as Cleofas Mutjira from Otjinene in the Omaheke Region, who suffers from glaucoma and whose life could have been more difficult had it not been for government social grants.
The Central Northern Regional Electricity Distributor (CENORED) is set to embark on a token identifier (TID) rollover project to prevent people from tempering with electricity meters.
CENORED is putting all systems in place to get the process started and ensure that the rollover to the new software is done smoothly.
The old software within this prepaid meter has a base date of January 1, 1993, and will now roll over to the new best base, which is January 1, 2014.
Residents of Aminuis Constituency in the Omaheke Region have expressed strong concern about the socio-economic implications and environmental effects of the proposed Green Hydrogen Project.
They expressed these sentiments during a stakeholders' meeting on the Green Hydrogen Namibia project, which was addressed by Obeth Kandjoze at Aminuis constituency.
Residents, while commending the government's proactive approach in initiating a project of significant magnitude aimed at bolstering the nation's economy, expressed several reservations and concerns as well.
The Directorate of Forestry in the Omaheke Region, in conjunction with the Epukiro Community Forest Committee, is conducting a joint operation and awareness campaign on forest preservation.
The campaign aims to educate the community on the importance of forest conservation and how one can acquire a permit for harvesting.
A Senior Forester Officer in the Directorate of Forestry in the Omaheke Region, Vetuundja Kazapua, says it also came out during the campaign that some people have started illegal harvesting of trees in protected areas.
