• Caprivi to have its Private Hospital

    By Risco Lumamezi Construction of the first ever private hospital in the Caprivi Region is to start early in May this year. This project will need financial injections of up to N$80 million and will create about 174 jobs when the hospital is finally built. The Caprivi Medical Centre (Pty) Ltd is the brain child…

  • Use of Caprivi fertile land needs extreme caution

    -Editorial- The allocation of 300,000 hectares of land by traditional authorities in the Caprivi Region for the cultivation of the Jatropha plant, scientifically known as Jatropha gossipifolia, for the production of biofuels should be welcome news in a region that urgently needs an injection of investment. While this project should be welcomed with opens arms,…

  • 300,000 hectares of Caprivi land for bio-fuel production

    By Risco Lumamezi TRIBAL Chiefs in the Caprivi have allocated a total of 300,000 hectares of fertile land to LLBiofuel Namibia to farm plants that will provide Namibia with biofuels, Caprivi Vision has established. Mr Kombandayedu Kapwanga, the Managing Director of LLD Diamond who is also Director of LLBiofuel Namibia said the project was mooted…

  • Watching the Nation

    Published in its Edition of 18 – 29 February 2008     EDITORIAL   Watching the Nation   THE YEAR has practically ended and as we count the days to enter the New Year, we at The Caprivi Vision would like to reflect on the past year with this last edition as you travel from…

  • GIPF’s Regional Office in Katima burns down

    By Risco Lumamezi DISCOUNT World Shopping Complex which housed the Government Pension Fund (GIPF) and other offices was burnt down last Sunday, 21 September 2008, throwing GIPF beneficiaries who include pensioners into limbo. However, a media statement issued by GIPF Chief Executive Officer Mr. Primus Hango  has reassured clients that all is not lost despite…

  • Diamond Discovery in Caprivi and Kavango

    By Risco Lumamezi It will take 5 to 10 years after further explorations will come to an end this year before they bring a diamond mine on table in Caprivi and Kavango , however the task force dealing with geological surveys of variuos geophysics, which is on board in making those findings a reality is…

  • Katima fugitives still on Run

    By Risco Lumamezi FIVE of the twelve escapes who break out the Katima Mulilo police cell on July 31 , 2007 are still at large. The twelve trial awaiting prisoners allegedly forced to open the door of their cell. Prisoners escaped the police cells in a breakthrough move, this included Sinvula Tawana, Kaonde Namushi, Martin…

  • Community Forestry A living for rural people

    Community Forestry A living for rural people

    By Risco Lumamezi SEVEN communities in the Caprivi region have benefi ted from a joint initiative of the directorate of Forestry, German Development Service (DED) and German Development Bank (KFW). A new community based business model which started by community forests in the North- Eastern Namibia (CFNEN project), opened its gates in the newly Katima…

  • NAB rejects accusations of govt subsidy

    By Risco Lumamezi CHIEF Executive Officer of Namibia Agronomic Board, Mr. Christof Brock has refuted allegations that the government was not helping farmers who grow maize in Namibia by providing them with a subsidy. The crux of the matter has been barked by a Union representing farmers in Caprivi, as there were divisions among communal…

  • Coolstyle Catalogue his life style

    By Risco Lumamezi A 29-YEAR Hip-hop musician with the mind of his own, have openly declared his life as a challenge since he was born. Daniel Milomo Matengu commonly known as Cool style was born on 22 December 1978 came the eighth (8) in the family of eleven. With his life which is seemingly to…