Three people lost their lives in a head-on collision on the Eenhana and Okongo road at Onakalunga at 22h00 on Saturday evening. A truck carrying 11 head of cattle was travelling from the eastern side and a vehicle travelling from Eenhana each had two people, the driver and a passenger. Both occupants in the vehicle...
Niël Terblanché Severe storms have left a trail of destruction across the Endola constituency in the Ohangwena Region and Iikokola village in the Oshikoto Region, rendering approximately 200 households homeless and causing extensive damage to property and infrastructure. The calamity struck on Saturday evening in Endola and continued its devastation into Sunday in Iikokola, uprooting...
Placido Hilukilwa THE emergency relief program is being raided by public officials in the Ohangwena Region, where a large sum of donated money for flood relief went missing and drought relief foodstuffs worth more than half a million Namibian dollars were stolen from a government warehouse. Regional governor Sebastian Ndeitunga, who was appointed in November...
Stefanus Nashama The Ohangwena Regional Council is embroiled in a financial mystery involving the disappearance of a N$200,000 donation from the Road Fund Administration (RFA). Despite the transaction’s documentation, the Council has yet to pinpoint the missing funds’ whereabouts. Fillip Shilongo, the Chief Regional Officer of the Ohangwena Regional Council, stated that the funds were...
In the wake of thousands of Namibia dollars’ worth of food items aimed at drought relief having disappeared in the Ohangwena region, many have expressed anger and disappointment. Police in the region yesterday reported the disappearance of more than N$600 000 worth of items from the Ohangwena region’s disaster risk management unit, where food items...
The Ohangwena region’s disaster risk management unit has lost more than N$600 000 worth of cooking oil, and other items from its warehouse due to theft. Seven employees were arrested on Friday in connection with the incident. The Export Processing Zone (EPZ) warehouse, which is based at Oshikango, was used to store items aimed at...
Staff Reporter SIX government employees — a woman and five men — were arrested by the police in the Ohangwena Region accused of theft of drought relief food. They are 33-year-old Minna Uukule, Jeipo Delany Hilongwa (42), Nehemia Shoovaleka (36), Gerrie Van Wyk (42), Fillemon Shikongo (44), and Simon Joseph (33). A large quantity of...
