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Ever since independence, Namibians have sought education, employment and better lives in Windhoek, the country’s political and industrial epicenter. It’s harder to make a living in rural Namibia.

Ever since independence, Namibians have sought education, employment and better lives in Windhoek, the country’s political and industrial epicentre. It’s harder to make a...

The Namibian government’s 2008 Water Supply and Sanitation Policy outlined that improving sanitation would also require ‘community involvement and participation’. But it appears the government has not followed its own guidance. In this three-part series, journalists Freddie Clayton and Sonja Sm...

05 August 2021 | Accidents NEW BEGINNING: DRC fire victims show off their identity documents alongside home affairs minister Albert Kawana, Erongo regional governor Neville Andre and Swakopmund mayor, Louisa Kativa. Photo: Contributed Adolf Kaure SWAKOPMUND Home affairs minister Albert Kawana recently handed over 33 identity documents (IDs) and birth certificates to the victims of a recent fire in the DRC informal settlement in Swakopmund. A fire gutted a number of shacks on 16 July and destroy...

Staff Reporter A 49-year-old man died in an accident on the C-34 road yesterday. According to the Namibian police’s Erongo commander of community affairs, Inspector Ileni Shapumba, the accident took place on the outskirts of Henties Bay. A car collided with a truck that was attempting to make a U-turn, ending under its trailer. “It is alleged that a 23-year-old Zimbabwean national, the driver of a Freightliner truck with trailer, took a wrong route from Walvis Bay en-route to Zimbabwe.” W...