Census enumerators threatened

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Some residents who reside in the Windhoek Rural Constituency have threatened to unleash dogs on Census enumerators who do not speak the indigenous languages of the people in those areas.

Census training commences

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Training for the enumerators for the 2023 Population and Housing Census started today across the country.

Walvis Bay Municipality's decongestion plan

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The Municipality of Walvis Bay is looking at several strategies to decongest the suburb of Kuisebmund and reduce the risk of shack fires. This includes the introduction of rates and taxes for each shack on allocated plots.

Deep Sea aid soup kitchens at Gobabis

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The Deep Sea Company has donated boxes of dried fish, cooking oil, and 152 bags of maize meal that will be distributed to 18 local soup kitchens that feed vulnerable children.

Elderly woman evicted from Cando Farm still homeless

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Priskilla Dausas, 71, who was evicted from Cando Farm three years ago, is still homeless.

Dausas was moved next to the fence opposite the road when the new farm owner, with no use for new workers, took over.

Swakopmund, Oranjemund sign cooperation agreement

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The local authorities of Swakopmund and Oranjemund have signed a cooperation agreement aimed at developing innovative solutions to residents' problems.

Housing development, tourism, and investment promotion, as well as waste management, are among the focus areas of the agreement.

Tsumkwe youth urged engage NSA

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The Statistician-General of the Namibia Statistics Agency (NSA), Alex Shimuafeni, has urged a group of disgruntled youth at Tsumkwe to engage them instead of picketing.

Phase two of Charlie Cutline Road upgrade announced

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The Minister of Works and Transport, John Mutorwa, has announced phase two of the upgrade on the Charlie Cutline Road, 70 kilometres west of Rundu.

The second phase is set to run for six months, covering at least 35 kilometres at a cost of N$29.8 million.

Weather blamed for damage to memorial stone at Shark Island

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A police investigation has found that a memorial stone at Shark Island in Luderitz was damaged by the forces of the weather and not vandalism.

The memorial tombstone was recently erected in remembrance of the Nama and Herero victims of the German genocide war.

Waste collectors trained to earn from recycling

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About 250 waste collectors from Windhoek, Swakopmund, and Otjiwarongo are set to receive training and an opportunity to link up with recyclers through a pioneering community recycling programme.