Category: Zambezi News

By Risco Lumamezi NAMIBIAN Government’s Ministry of Defence and Veterans Affairs has declined application of the construction of the House of the former Robben Island Prisoner and War Veteran, Mr. Zakaria Kutazo Situnda at Kapani Village some 87 Kilometers away the town of Katima Mulilo. Mr. Edson Haufiku, Public Relations Officer of Veterans Affairs confirmed…

By Risco Lumamezi In the recent just ended By-Elections for Katima Mulilo Urban Constituency held on Wednesday, the ruling SWAPO Party has returned Katima with a win of 1 557 votes. The Electoral Commission of Namibia has declared Mr. Kennedy Simasiku Simasiku as a winner and new Councillor for Katima Mulilo Urban Constituency. Among the…

By Staff Reporter  SIX (6) Candidates are vying for Katima Mulilo, the capital of Zambezi region with elections slated for tomorrow August 25, 2021.This follows the death of former Councillor late John Mukaya.  The Katima Mulilo Urban Constituency has remained the stronghold of the ruling party SWAPO since the inception of the Regional Councils and…

By Risco Lumamezi A media NUST graduate Mr. James Munyanya, a brainchild and promoter of Zambezi Pride is with the mission to unite people of Zambezi region through his brand. This initiative started two years after when Munyanya completed his Bachelor Degree in Journalism and Media Technology at the Namibia University of Science and Technology…

By Risco Lumamezi Katima Mulilo Town Council Chairperson of the Management Committee ,Mr.John Ntemwa has seriously responded to the request by the Affirmative Repositioning movement’s call to revoke resolution which reduced the amount of a land plot offered to SWAPO Party Executive Director,Mr. Austin Samupwa. Caprivi Vision caught-up with Mr. Ntemwa to give his version…

By Risco Lumamezi AFFIRMATIVE Repositioning Movement (AR)Spokesperson in Zambezi, Mr. Rasboom Mwemba wants Katima Mulilo Town Council to revoke resolution which gave preferential treatment to reduce the amount of a land plot to Mr. Austin Samupwa, SWAPO Party Executive Director. Mr. Mwemba revealed this at the press conference, held on Friday July 2, 2021 in…

By Risco Lumamezi Zambezi Governor Lawrance Sampofu, has warned residents of Zambezi region to observe protocols of COVID-19 which has drastically increased with high numbers of positive cases and death rates this month. In the recent weeks from June 22 to July 8,2021 the Ministry of Health and Social Services has recorded a high number…

By STAFF REPORTER THE Electoral Commission of Namibia (ECN) is ready to conduct the by-elections in Katima Mulilo Urban Constituency after 90 days. This follows after the death of late John Muchila Mukaya who was the councillor and member of parliament at the National Council of Namibia who died in a fatal car accident on…

By Risco Lumamezi A former Robben Island prisoner and war veteran, Mr. Zakaria Kutazo Situnda has turned 101 years of birth on May 14,2021. He is the oldest senior citizen in the Zambezi region, and he hails from Kapani some 87 kilometers South of Zambezi. Mr. Situnda was born on May 14,1920 in Linyanti Village,…

By Quinton Chimine Official Opposition Party, the Popular Democratic Movement (PDM) Member of Parliament Mr. Geoffrey Mwilima is demanding the Namibian government to withdraw and revoke the ratified Namibia -Botswana Boundary Treaty of 2018. Mr. Mwilima, who represents Zambezi region in the National Assembly who is also a shadow Minister of Trade and Industry joined…