A Zambian national (23) allegedly took his own life at Luhonono village in the Zambezi region on Saturday. He was identified as Sikobiso Bupilo and his next of kin have been informed of his death. Regional police spokesperson inspector Kisco Sitali confirmed the incident to The Namibian on Monday. He said Bupilo was discovered by...
Staff Reporter THE Agriculture Ministry’s Directorate of Veterinary Services (DVS) revealed that drought, as well as a failure to vaccinate and deworm livestock, were identified as the primary reasons for the mass deaths of cattle in the Zambezi Region last year. This was disclosed by the Chief Veterinary Officer, Dr Albertina Shilongo, who stated that...
The Directorate of Veterinary Services (DVS) in the Ministry of Agriculture, Water and Land Reform has investigated the mass death of cattle in the Zambezi region. Between June and October 2023, 585 cattle died in the Kabe South constituency, as reported by The Namibian last October. Cattle have been mysteriously dying in several villages since...
The Directorate of Veterinary Services (DVS) in the Ministry of Agriculture, Water and Land Reform has investigated the mass death of cattle in the Zambezi region. Between June and October 2023, 585 cattle died in the Kabe South constituency, as reported by The Namibian last October. Cattle have been mysteriously dying in several villages since...
The Ministry of Agriculture, Water, and Land Reform has released the findings of an investigation into the mass mortalities of cattle in the Zambezi Region’s Kabe South constituency between June and November last year. 585 cattle, most of them old, pregnant, lactating, or young, died at 23 homesteads and 12 crush pen areas by the...
Deputy finance and public enterprises minister Maureen Hinda-Mbuende should be ordered to return 80 head of cattle that her husband, former ambassador and deputy minister Kaire Mbuende, donated to her, Mbuende is asking in a divorce claim filed at the Windhoek High Court. Mbuende instituted divorce proceedings against Hinda-Mbuende last week. According to his divorce...
A total of 66 897 livestock animals were marketed in January 2024, recording an increase of 13 093 from the 53 804 recorded in the previous January, and a slight decline from the 79 148 marketed in December 2023. In an agricultural monthly report for January, Simonis Storm Securities economic researcher Halleluya Ndimulunde says cattle...
Maria David THE Namibian Police Force in Omusati Region have arrested a 38-year-old man for allegedly raping a five-year-old girl at Onaanda village. Omusati Crime Investigation Coordinator Deputy Commissioner Moses Simaho, said the incident occurred around 15:00 on Sunday. According to Simaho, the suspect who is a cattle herder was looking after the animals together...
In January 2024, livestock marketing activities surged to 66,897 head, showing a significant rise from the previous year and a slight dip from December 2023, according to Simonis Storm Securities (SSS) analysis. Cattle marketing notably rose, with 20,398 head marketed, compared to 12,659 in December 2023. The Livestock and Livestock Products Board of Namibia attributes...
The first-ever Epukiro auction held in the Omaheke Region attracted more than 800 cattle, Epukiro Constituency Councillor Packy Pakarae revealed on Thursday at the official opening of the auction at Omauezonjanda. Pakarae indicated that the new initiative between the Eastern Epukiro Farmers Association and Karoo-Ochse is very important and will assist communal farmers in his...