A truck driver (37) has been arrested for allegedly stealing maize meal from a consignment intended for a retailer at Rundu. Acting Kavango East police regional commander deputy commissioner Eino Nambahu this week said the suspect was due to appear in the Rundu Magistrate’s Court yesterday. The suspect was arrested on Wednesday, he said. Nambahu...
Some of the country’s villagers and regional councillors claim the government provides households with only one 12,5kg bag of maize meal, a bottle of cooking oil and two packs of soup per month as drought-relief intevention. They say this is not enough. Etayi constituency councillor Hans Haikali and Zambezi governor Lawrence Sampofu, however, say this...
Staff Reporter A female shopkeeper was arrested by the police in Nkurenkuru, Kavango West Region, after she allegedly failed to account for approximately 1.7 tons of maize meal. According to the police’s crime report, the 25-year-old suspect was apprehended at Asser Shop in Kakuro village on Friday. She had reportedly failed to account for approximately...
The Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) of the United Nations, in their latest reports released last week, said about 1,5 million people in Namibia could not afford a healthy diet in 2021 and 2020. This has increased since 2017 when 1,3 million could not afford a healthy diet. The cost of a healthy diet is...
The Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) of the United Nations, in their latest reports released yesterday, said about 1,5 million people in Namibia could not afford a healthy diet in 2021 and 2020. This has increased since 2017 when 1,3 million could not afford a healthy diet. The cost of a healthy diet is estimated...