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Caprivi Concerned group holds conference over name change
By Dominic Sikopo “The name Zambezi does not unify people as you will find that maybe those who are living by the Zambezi river might feel ok with the name but others like those who are living in areas like Mukwe in the Western Caprivi might not agree with the name”, Says Caprivi Concerned group…
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Word on Streets : Zambezi Or Caprivi ?
On August 8, 2013 , The Namibian Head of State President Hifikepunye Pohamba announced the changes in renaming Caprivi to Zambezi Region. In response to recent changes , Caprivi Vision Reporter Dominic Sikopo took to the streets of Katima Mulilo to find out from the residents whether they agree with the name changes or not.…
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Analysis: Syrian government increases restrictions on medical aid
DUBAI, (IRIN) – The Syrian government has increasingly restricted the delivery of medical supplies to opposition-controlled areas in recent months, several aid workers told IRIN, refusing to approve medical deliveries; taking medical supplies out of aid convoys; and requiring case-by-case negotiations for the delivery of surgical kits. The restrictions come on top of other constraints…
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Severe drought taking heavy toll in northern Namibia
OPUWO, 12 August 2013 (IRIN) – The arid hills of Namibia’s northwestern Kunene Region make for a harsh environment at the best of times. With agriculture limited by the region’s dry, sandy soil, most of the local population rely on livestock farming, leading a semi-nomadic existence dictated by the search for fresh pasture for their…
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Caprivi name is no more and where is the History?
EDITORIAL The long awaited debate in changing the name Caprivi and its territorial boarders has brought new signals. In response to recent public announcement by Namibian President Hifikepunye Pohamba in dividing the two northeastern regions, Kavango and the then Caprivi into Zambezi and East Kavango has brought new ideas. Our eyes are still open; we…
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‘No authorisation’ for Bashir plane: Saudi
Riyadh – A plane carrying Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir to Tehran at the weekend was blocked from crossing Saudi Arabian airspace because no prior approval had been sought, the kingdom’s civil aviation authorities said on Tuesday. This was the only reason the plane was turned back, the General Authority of Civil Aviation said in a…
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Fresh diplomatic drive to defuse Egypt crisis
Cairo – Two high-profile US senators were Tuesday to hold talks in Cairo, the latest push in a growing diplomatic flurry to defuse a crisis sparked by the military’s overthrow of Islamist president Mohammed Morsi. Senators John McCain and Lindsey Graham arrived on Monday evening for talks with main players in the stand-off between Morsi’s…
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Supreme Court dismisses Charges of High treason
By Risco Lumamezi THE Supreme Court of Namibia has set aside all convictions and sentences imposed on each of the 10 accused suspects of the Caprivi High Treason. In its appeal Judgement, which was sent to Caprivi Vision and delivered in court on July 15, Chief Justice Peter Shivute sent back the matter to the…
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Male Circumcision in Caprivi is in progress
By Risco Lumamezi ABOUT 901 men in Caprivi region opted to go for voluntary circumcision as a way of lowering HIV risk. According to World Health Organisation, the reason for this is that the foreskin acts as HIV’s main entry point to the body during penetrative sex between an uninfected man and an HIV-infected…
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Lets Stop Crime Seriously
-EDITORIAL- IT is high time now that residents of the Caprivi region must learn to love each other by speaking under one voice and urging our state justice system to critically root out and give stiff sentence to those who take law into their own hands. June 29, 2013 will never be forgotten in…
