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Caprivi Governor emphasizes on fish resource management
By Simon Liseli Governor Hon. Alfea Lawrence Sampofu has urged the regions’ community members to economize and properly manage and control fish resources as it is fast becoming a scarce commodity. Sampofu echoed these sentiments during the official inauguration of the new Ministry of Fisheries and Marine Resources (MFMR) offices, where research to assess fish…
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Caprivi Governor condemns Prejudice ‘SMS’
By Simon Liseli Caprivi Regional Governor Hon. Alfea Lawrence Sampofu has condemned a short message service (sms) that circulated amongst cell phone recipients shortly after the death of SWAPO Councillor Felix ‘Njangula’ Kabuku Mukupi on June 16. The message that has been described as hurtful, distasteful and prejudice, reads that Mukupi, who served as the…
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Three years imprisonment for stock theft
By Simon Liseli A 30 year old Zambian national Morris Sepiso Siyayo has been convicted to a three year imprisonment by the Katima Mulilo Regional Court for stealing an ox valued at N$3000. Siyayo, who hails from Kaunga Mashi village in Zambia was sent to prison without an option of paying a fine when he…
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Lumponjani promoted into a senior position
By Simon Liseli Caprivi Regional Sport Officer (RSO) Mr. Ben Lumponjani has been promoted to a more senior position of a Sport Officer (SO). Mr. Lumponjani, a teacher by profession, with over 28 year’s experience, was transferred from the Ministry of Education to that of National Youth, Sport and Culture, where he held the position…
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Caprivi Concerned Group Demands for a Referendum
By Simon Liseli CONCERNED residents of the Caprivi region whose petition was turned down in April by the Namibian government as a pro – secessionist, recently conducted their first –ever public meeting on June 3 in Caprivi region. The concerned group made up of 40 members held the meeting aimed to clear out the false…
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Bus accident survivor amputated
By Simon Liseli A 58 year old woman, who narrowly escaped death by a whisker when a bus crashed her leg at the Katima Mulilo open market last month, has now been rendered disabled after she was amputated. Ms. Dorothy Mashene, a resident of Makanga Village, had her left leg amputated at the Katutura State…
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New fisheries offices to boost Aquaculture
By Dominic Sikopo The newly opened offices of Fisheries and Marine Resources Ministry(MFMR) are expected to boost Aquaculture activities in the Caprivi region. The offices which were built over a period of 21 months at a tune of over N$ 10 million, boast a regional office that will promote aquaculture in the region and assist…
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511 CLAAHA Participants Graduates
By Simon Liseli About 511 Community Led Action against HIV/AIDS (CLAAHA) participants in Caprivi graduated on June 8, 2012 after completing their twelve (12) modules. This is the second graduation to be hosted after following another ceremony that saw 638 participants receiving qualification sin social behaviour change communication, last year September. The CLAAHA prevention program…
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Govt to Construct State houses in Regions
By Simon Liseli The motion that was tabled by National Council (NC) at Parliament in May 7 to 24, has considered the appropriate bill which emphasizes more on financial allocation for each Ministry for the period year of 2012-2013 to construct State Houses in all 13 regions of Namibia. Caprivi region’s Linyanti constituency councilor and…
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EX-SWATF Members to Receive Money in Namibia
Dear Editor, Allow me a space in your paper, the government of the Republic of South Africa (SA) has already finalised an implementation of the program to compensate the people who fought along side the South African Territory Forces both inside South Africa and those in Namibia, who served as soldiers . The program was…
