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OTA urges community to prevent animals from harming crops

OLUNO: Ondonga Traditional Authority (OTA) spokesperson, Frans Enkali, has warned residents with domestic animals within their communities to refrain them from harming and destroying people’s crops, by taking care of them, or face the law. Enkali in an interview with Nampa on Saturday said the traditional authority has observed some subsistence farmers leaving their animals...

Namibian women help prevent HIV and cervical cancer by encouraging their male partners to get circumcised
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Namibian women help prevent HIV and cervical cancer by encouraging their male partners to get circumcised

Staff Reporter CHRISTMAS Shikongo is a 33-year-old father of three and a community mobilizer working to reduce HIV-related deaths in Omuhongo Village, northern Namibia. For months, Christmas has been educating and counselling adolescent boys, men, and their partners on the health benefits of voluntary medical male circumcision (VMMC) in preventing HIV. As he escorted some...

Local women help prevent HIV and cervical cancer by encouraging their male partners to get circumcised
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Local women help prevent HIV and cervical cancer by encouraging their male partners to get circumcised

Christmas Shikongo is a 33-year-old father of three and a community mobilizer working to reduce HIV-related deaths in Omuhongo Village, northern Namibia. For months, Christmas has been educating and counseling adolescent boys, men, and their partners on the health benefits of voluntary medical male circumcision (VMMC) in preventing HIV. As he escorted some of his...

Katutura Information Session Aims to Reduce and Prevent Suicide – Namibia Daily News
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Katutura Information Session Aims to Reduce and Prevent Suicide – Namibia Daily News

By Lylie Happiness Windhoek, Aug. 22 – The Khomas Suicide Prevention Taskforce (KSPT) joined forces with Bethel City Church to host a vital information session in Katutura, focusing on the reduction and prevention of suicide. The collaborative effort between KSPT and the church aimed to raise awareness within the community about the underlying causes of...

Namfisa will not prevent voluntary dissolution of medical aid funds – WINDHOEK OBSERVER
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Namfisa will not prevent voluntary dissolution of medical aid funds – WINDHOEK OBSERVER

Martin Endjala The Namibia Financial Institutions Supervisory Authority (Namfisa) has reiterated that in terms of its prudential supervision of medical aid funds, it does not necessarily prevent the liquidation or voluntary dissolution of such funds. Namfisa stated that its function is merely to reduce the likelihood of liquidation or dissolution as other unforeseen factors may...

Southern Africa: SADC-PF Member Parliaments Urged to Adopt Measures That Can Reduce Carbon Footprint to Prevent Global Warming
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Southern Africa: SADC-PF Member Parliaments Urged to Adopt Measures That Can Reduce Carbon Footprint to Prevent Global Warming

Regional Inter-parliamentary body, the Southern African Development Community Parliamentary Forum (SADC PF) Friday called on member parliaments to adopt measures to reduce the carbon footprint, promote legislation, budgets, and oversight initiatives to prevent global warming. Secretary-General, Boemo Mmandu Sekgoma, highlighted this in a statement on the occasion of the International Day of Parliamentarism celebrated on...

SADC-PF member parliaments urged to adopt measures that can reduce carbon footprint to prevent global warming
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SADC-PF member parliaments urged to adopt measures that can reduce carbon footprint to prevent global warming

Regional inter-parliamentary body, the Southern African Development Community Parliamentary Forum (SADC PF) Friday called on member parliaments to adopt measures to reduce the carbon footprint, promote legislation, budgets, and oversight initiatives to prevent global warming. Secretary-General, Boemo Mmandu Sekgoma, highlighted this in a statement on the occasion of the International Day of Parliamentarism celebrated on...