Funding cuts force OYO to scale back social projects
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The Ombetja Yehinga Organisation (OYO) has reduced its social outreach projects due to USAID funding cuts implemented by the US government earlier this year.
The Ombetja Yehinga Organisation (OYO) has reduced its social outreach projects due to USAID funding cuts implemented by the US government earlier this year.
The Council of Churches in Namibia (CCN) has engaged Keetmanshoop-based community leaders for input on natural resource beneficiation and how communities can derive benefits.
The Minister of Urban and Rural Development, James Sankwasa, has stepped in to help resolve the Gciriku traditional leadership succession dispute.
The Gciriku tribe has been without a chief since 2019.
The chieftainship of the tribe is inherited through the maternal line.
In celebration of the International Day of the World's Indigenous Peoples, Otjiwarongo played host to the week-long second edition of the San Cultural Festival.
The event brought together communities to showcase their customs, art, and way of life.
The One Economy Foundation raised N$3,422,900 at a fundraising dinner celebrating its 10th anniversary, themed "A Decade of Weaving Legacy and Stitching Futures," in Windhoek on Thursday.
One Economy Foundation Head of Operations, Saddam Biwa, announced the total amount raised at the event.
Minister of Urban and Rural Development, James Sankwasa, said the absence of a stormwater drainage system is an emergency that poses a danger to Rundu residents.
Sankwasa emphasised that immediate action is needed, as there are only three months left before the rainy season begins.
The residents of Thipanana Village in the Kavango East Region assert that they are not receiving any benefits from the rural electrification project.
The villagers claim that NamPower wrongly diverted the electrification project to another village.
Centenarian and liberation struggle veteran Hulda Isaaks has died at her home in Gibeon in the Hardap Region, aged 107.
The Witbooi clan's traditional leader, Josephat Witbooi, confirmed the death of Hulda Isaaks.
Fourth-year law students from the University of Namibia (UNAM) have partnered with the Namibian Revolutionary Transport and Manufacturing Union (NARETU) to offer training to shop stewards on how to better represent workers in a changing working environment.
Local entrepreneurs who attended the Ministry of International Relations and Trade's regional engagements at Rundu described it as crucial and long overdue.
The engagement provided a platform for the local business community to give input on how to harness the potential of the Kavango East region.