• Katima Mayor Defends his Council

    SWAPO Mayor of Katima Mulilo, Mr. John Musialela Likando has denied media reports with regard to the employment benefits such as remuneration packages between the outgoing Chief Executive Officer Dr.Vincent Sazita and the Human Resources Manager Mrs Rosalia Manga Simataa on the news that Human Resources Manager was earning more than the CEO. At a…

  • Who locked N$870 million project for flood prone areas in the Eastern Caprivi?

    Dear Editor Allow me to express my opinion in your esteemed newspaper with regard to the article published in one of our local English dailies under the headline ‘Bureaucracy Threatens N$870 million project which was ear-marked for flood prone areas in the Eastern Caprivi. This article was reported on the 28th of February 2008 in…

  • Church of Nazarene Distributes Food Aid in Caprivi

    By Simon Liseli About 2,000 poor and vulnerable people affected by floods in the Caprivi Region received food parcels from the Church of Nazarene recently. Katima Mulilo Urban Constituency was the first to benefit from the donations and the constituency includes residents from all informal settlement areas such as Cowboy, Makalabani, Choto Dairy and Chefuzwe…

  • Space Age FC Wins Sanlam Easter Cup

    By Manja Manja SPACE AGE FC won the first prize of the Sanlam Easter Football Tournament when they beat Black Hawks by 2 goals to 1 in a scintillating tournament which started on Friday April 10 to Monday April 13 at Katima Mulilo Sports Complex. Space Age’s goals came through Vincent Kashuwa and Kapelwa Simataa…

  • CANU Party hits a Snag

    By Risco Lumamezi Chances not to register a new political party called Candidature for National Unity [CANU] with the Electoral Commission of Namibia glued the party’s founders with new political view. The founding president of Candidature for National Unity, Mr. Robert Kamwi Sililo, a former teacher, confirmed to Caprivi Vision recently that, his party will…

  • 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…