The Ministry of Environment, Forestry and Tourism ((MEFT) has recorded five human fatalities and six injuries due to crocodile attacks in the Kavango West and Kavango East regions between January 2024 and February 2025.
The daughter of the late Founding President of Zambia, Kenneth Kaunda, says Dr. Sam Nujoma was more than just a President who gave her family a home to stay in but a father figure who stood by her during her stay in Namibia.
About eight shacks and a repair shop burnt down in the Havanna Settlement at about 15:00 on Saturday in Oshakati Street, leaving more than 50 people homeless.
The fire has left a devastating impact on the residents in the area, as they have lost their homes and properties, with only rubble remaining.
The chairperson of the Otjozondjupa Regional Council, Marlyn Mbakera, has said Otjiwarongo's blocked drainage system needs to be attended to while there is a need to construct another bridge.
Her remarks follow the flooding of the town recently after heavy rains.
The price of petrol and diesel is expected to increase by 50 cents per litre as of this month.
The new price adjustments to fuel in the country will come into effect as of Wednesday, the 5th of March.
San people living in Chetto in the Kongola Constituency of the Zambezi Region joined the rest of the country to say goodbye to the Founding President, who was buried in Windhoek on Saturday.
Inspector General of the Namibian Police, Lieutenant General Joseph Shikongo, has thanked Namibians for the manner in which they conducted themselves during the mourning period of the late Founding President, Sam Nujoma.
Namibia celebrated its independence in 1990, for which its people waited for decades following a protracted war against the colonial South African occupation.
The nbc's former Head of News and Current Affairs, Claudie Ikela, says Namibia should take the momentum from Founding President Sam Nujoma's ideologies and reach for greater heights as a nation.
Ikela was privileged to interact with the late Nujoma on numerous occasions during her career.
"Some of us look great because we are standing on the shoulders of giants".
These were the words of nbc Director General Stanley Similo during an interview focused on the broadcaster's extensive coverage of the Founding President's final farewell.
