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November 15, 2024
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Police blamed for Coblenz’s increase in stock theft
Located about 200 km north of Otjiwarongo,Coblenz settlement residents blame the police’s slow reaction time to crime for the increase in stock theft in the area. Just this week, residents found the internal organs and skins of about 20 goats and sheep under a bridge five kilometres from Coblenz. To their dismay, after calling the...
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Teacher absenteeism blamed for Kunene’s poor performance
Kunene acting regional director Petrus Shipalanga blames the region’s low academic performance on high teacher absenteeism and underqualified teachers. This comes after the minister of education, arts and culture, Anna Nghipondoka, last week during the release of the 2023 national Grade 11 and Grade 12 examination results, revealed the Kunene region as the least performing...
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Breaches of internal control systems blamed for staggering losses – Windhoek Observer
Martin Endjala Jennifer Comalie, the Chairperson of the National Petroleum Corporation Company (Namcor) Board, has attributed the N$700 million losses incurred by the company during the 2022 financial year to breaches of its internal control and governance system, as well as market volatility. Comalie stated that the findings of the investigative report point to internal...
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Overcrowding blamed for pre-mature babies’ deaths at Central hospital – Windhoek Observer
Hertta-Maria Amutenja Doctors and nurses at the Windhoek Central Hospital said some newborn babies, especially premature ones fall sick within the first two days due to infections which are caused by the overcrowding situation at the state hospital. The hospital’s Neonatal ward is designed to accommodate 30 babies at a time but sometimes it accommodates...
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‘We are to be blamed for weakening our own genocide talk’: Muinjangue
The president of the National Unity Democratic Organisation, Utjiua Muinjangue said the affected community are responsible for all the muddles around the genocide talks. The opposition leader was speaking at the 119-annual commemoration of the extermination order that was given by the German leader Lothar von Trotha in 1904 at Ozombuzovindimba in the Otjinene Constituency....
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Weather blamed for damage to memorial stone at Shark Island
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. Station Commander of Luderitz, Chief Inspector Michael Amadhila, said, “Myself and...
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Unemployment blamed on debt owed to Katima Mulilo Town Council – Windhoek Observer
Hetta-Maria Amutenja Katima Mulilo Town Council’s Chief Executive Officer, Raphael Liswaniso, has attributed the town’s staggering debts of over N$99 million to high unemployment rates, which has led to residents being unable to pay for their water, land, rates and taxes. Liswaniso made these remarks yesterday in an interview with Windhoek Observer, where he emphasised...