By: Ritta Lotto The Unam Katima Mulilo Campus has partnered with the Zambezi Mango Farmers Association to buy mangoes directly from local mango producers this season. ZAMAFA Chairperson, Alex Lisao said paid-up members of the Association will receive priority when bringing their mangoes to the market with Unam.

By: Ritta Lotto Shincheonji Volunteers and residents of Greenwell Matongo in Windhoek's Samora Machel Constituency, cleaned the riverbed near Olof Palme Primary School on Friday. The effort is part of an ongoing campaign sparked by the death of 33-year-old Juanita Karolus, whose body was found behind People’s Primary School in October, prompting the community to improve safety in public spaces

By: Josia Shigwedha Independent Patriots for Change (IPC) spokesperson, Imms Nashinge, has described the cancelled swearing-in of newly elected regional council and local authority councillors as a ' legal quagmire' questioning how the government plans to resolve the matter. Nashinge said the law clearly states that councillors must be sworn in within seven days after the announcement of election results. His comments follow a directive from the Ministry of Urban and Rural Development informing all town councils nationwide that the swearing-in of newly elected regional and local authority councillors has been cancelled.

By: Josia Shigwedha The National Road Safety Council has allocated N$5 million to repair traffic vehicles across the country ahead of the 2025/2026 festive season. Head of Namibian traffic law enforcement, Commissioner Petrus Swartz, said this at the annual festive season Road Safety Campaign sponsorship event hosted by the Motor Vehicle Accident Fund in Windhoek on Friday.

By: Jackson Kunatela Katima Mulilo Town Council has revoked all decisions taken on land exchange for vehicles with immediate effect. The council is returning eight vehicles, which have already been deregistered. He said other properties to be returned include four quad bikes, two laptops and one drone. Head of council public relations Muyoba Muyoba said the owners have been given 14 days to collect their property.

By: Envaalde Matheus ECN Chief Electoral Officer, Peter Shaama, says the Commission aims to follow due process, verifying the regional council and local authority election results before formally announcing them. The Commission had earlier announced that results would be released Thursday, but Shaama said a few polling stations are still counting due to long distances and procedural requirements.

By: Selma Taapopi A resident of Goreangab in the Samora Machel Constituency said she endured years of community members dumping waste in the riverbed behind her home. Despite continuous clean-up efforts by Halleluja Kashuupulwa and her husband, the situation has worsened, attracting swarms of flies and giving of a foul smell.

By: Ritta Lotto The health ministry's HIV Chief Clinical Mentor in the Directorate of Special Programmes, Dr. Jacques Kamangu, says Namibia has maintained its HIV response despite disruptions in international donor funding. He made the remarks during an information sharing session on overcoming such disruptions, and transforming the country's AIDS response in Windhoek on Thursday.

By: Josia Shigwedha An inmate at the Windhoek Correctional Facility, Elias Davids, who is serving a 10-year sentence for housebreaking, says he faces serious challenges accessing chronic medication claiming that once his medication runs out, he often waits up to two weeks before receiving assistance. He made the remarks while casting his vote in the Regional Council and Local Authority Elections at the facility Wednesday.

By: Josia Shigwedha Landless People’s Movement leader, Bernadus Swartbooi, has dismissed reports that he was beaten up on Monday, saying he is in good health and has no injuries. This follows a video circulating on social media alleging that he was assaulted in Keetmanshoop.

By: Jackson Kunatela National Democratic Party president Martin Lukato has promised that party representatives elected in the 26 November elections in Zambezi, that are found to engage in corruption or fail to deliver on their promises, will be removed from office.

By: Ketemba Tjipepa Education deputy minister Dino Ballotti has called for the updating of the national  occupational database, saying the country will not have challenges if school leavers understand where the demand lies.    Ballotti made the remarks at the launch of the Namibia State of Skills Demand and Supply Report in Windhoek on Monday, referencing findings shared by the Namibia Investment Promotion and Development Board.

By: Ritta Lotto The office of the Prime Minister has launched a nationwide culture change programme for the public service, starting with NamRA as the first case study. The initiative was outlined on Monday in Windhoek during a session led by NIPAM and senior officials to demonstrate how the reform will be rolled out across government.

By: Jackson Kunatela As the election fever takes a grip on the nation, some Katima Mulilo residents have expressed their willingness to cast their votes without fail, come 26 of November. Namibia goes to the polls on Wednesday to elect candidates for regional and local authority positions. NewsOnOne caught up with some residents who have travelled as far as Cape Town to cast their elections, while others say they will travel to their constituencies where they are registered in order to be part of the change they want to see.

By: Ludorf Iyambo University of Namibia Physiology lecturer, Johanna Namene, said parental influence and limited career exposure in rural areas continue to shape learners career choices. She made the remarks this week at the launch of the second phase of the Africa Educate Her campaign, which advocates for girls in Namibia to pursue various careers paths in science, technology, engineering ,arts and mathematics (STEM).

By: Envaalde Matheus Swapo City of Windhoek candidate, Paulus Immanuel, has blamed the city’s administrative system for delays in service delivery, arguing that poor accountability among officials continues to hinder sanitation improvements across the capital. Swapo governed Windhoek for nearly 30 years after independence in 1990, with 11 of its leaders serving as mayor during that period, before the party lost its majority in 2020. Immanuel made the remarks on Thursday in Windhoek during a public debate organised by the Namibian Sun ahead of the upcoming local authority elections. He said service delivery requires both quick intervention and long-term reforms, and that inefficiencies among officials, rather than political changes, have left communities struggling with uncollected waste and deteriorating infrastructure. “Not everyone working here is a Swapo member. Your president, your chief, was a mayor here and he was politically in charge. What he put up are these cone systems that are now damaging people’s tyres,” he said. He added that the mandate is clear: “Beyond political leadership, whoever comes into office must ensure that implementation happens, and that officials are held accountable for delivering services.” LPM candidate and former mayor Sade Gawanas said running the city requires navigating complex administrative systems, policies and laws. She noted that many councillors and residents do not fully understand institutional processes, while Windhoek’s ageing infrastructure requires significant investment and technical capacity. “Politics on one side, administration and providing services on the other. As much as we desire to meet the needs of our residents, it is not as easy as it seems,” she said. Gawanas said: “We often step into the city without fully understanding the complexities of managing such a large organisation and how it must respond to the realities of our communities.” NEFF candidate Michael Amushelelo criticised a system he alleges allows officials and other influential figures to hold or control land while residents wait. He said this creates artificial scarcity and pushes people into rental dependency. "Land is not something difficult to tackle. Land is not something difficult to issue whatsoever. People want to make it sound problematic because once some of these people become cancerous, and it's a shame that some of them are going to come from very poor backgrounds, it will be easy to say, comrade, here's one house for you,”he said.