Category: Caprivi News

Victim of Robbery , Mr. Roberts Sililo By Clemence Tashaya A well known businessman and politician was beaten, robbed and stabbed with a knife in the stomach when a gang of criminals pounced on him daylight. Mr. Robert Sililo, the Director of Zenith Training College in Katima Mulilo who is also an outspoken politician who…

FORMER ROBBEN ISLAND PRISONER , Mr. Hanson Tabo By Clemence Tashaya at Masida FORMER Robben Island Prisoner Mr. Henson Tabo (70) has been detained several times with interrogations and torture by the Namibian Police High Treason Unit for allegedly keeping secret information of the Caprivi secessionists. Mr. Tabo who was jailed at Robben Island during…

By Clemence Tashaya A 72- Years – old businessman from Mariental Mr. Willie de Jerger was found dead in his car parked in the bushes of Namalubi and Kalumba some 27 km away the town of Katima Mulilo on Saturday 16th October 2010. An inquest docket has been opened by Katima Mulilo Police to avert…

By Simon Liseli SIXTEEN entrepreneurs from all six constituencies in the Caprivi region attended a workshop to manage and develop their small businesses in order to create employment for themselves and others who are unemployed. The workshop which was organized by the SMEs competitiveness consultancy (pty) Ltd known as SMEs COMPETE, was held at Oshana…

Constructed new latrine at Kalumba Village in Caprivi By Simon Liseli SOME elderly people in villages around rural Caprivi have expressed concerns on the allocation of latrines, as a vast number of them did not benefit from the project. Speaking to the Caprivi Vision newspaper, one of the agitated villagers, 61 year old Miss Kahundu…

Presidential Affairs Minister and Attorney General , Dr. Albert Kawana STAFF REPORTER PRESIDENTIAL AFFAIRS Minister and Attorney General, Dr. Albert Kawana has dismissed the petitioning of the Caprivi Concerned Group dismissing them as failed politicians. “Although my office did not receive the petition but I would like to tell you that these petitions coming from…

Councillor Felix Mukupi of Sibbinda Constituency By Clemence Tashaya AN angry SWAPO Councillor of Sibbinda constituency in the Caprivi region, Felix Mukupi recently went on a shooting rampage threatening to kill a government official, a Geographical Information System Analyst who is employed by the Office of the President in a move that has divided the…

Mafwe Ngambela ( Prime Minister ) Mr. Patrick Likukela By Simon Liseli THOUSANDS of the Mafwe tribe celebrated their annual Lusata cultural festival on Sunday October 3, 2010 at Chinchimane some 68 kilometres south of Caprivi. The 2010 Lusata festival brought all the Mafwe sons and daughters together in show casing their unified cultural groups…

By Clemence Tashaya and Risco Lumamezi THE REMAINING CAPRIVIAN Refugees who are currently living in Dukwi Refugee Camp in Botswana have rejected calls for repatriation from the Namibian government, the Caprivi Vision has established. Following wide spread reports by a Namibian human rights watchdog (National Society for Human Rights ) accusing both the Botswana and…

FORMER PARLIAMENT BUILDING OF THE THEN ADMINISTRATION FOR CAPRIVIANS By Clemence Tashaya IN what appears to be a contradiction of the Caprivi residents, the Katima Mulilo Town Council has finally decided to sell the former Caprivians’ Parliament plot. The Caprivi Vision can now exclusively reveal that the former parliament is up for grabs. It has…