Disaster Risk Management

Relief Efforts Underway for Flood Victims in Otjomuise

The Office of the Prime Minister, in partnership with the City of Windhoek's Disaster Risk Management Team, has delivered food parcels to more than 280 households in 8de Laan, Otjomuise, following Saturday's heavy flooding. The team is also supplying tents and arranging for the relocation of affected residents to a safer area in Goreangab, designated by the City of Windhoek. Maxmus Halwoodi, the OPM Public Relations Officer, provided the update. […]

January 7, 2025 34

Oshiwambo

Aanamagumbo oyendji,unene yokuushayi oya taalela ompumbwe yoondya

aa Oshikukuta shoka sha palamena oshilongo okwa tegelelwa shi gume aantu taku tengenekwa yeli pomilion 1.26 nenge oo % 41.5 dhoshigwana,okuza mu October sigo March 2025 niigwana yili kuushayi oyo unene yili moshiponga. Prime minister Saara Kuugongelwa Amadhila okwiindiile aanipambuliko yo disaster Risk Management ya nkondopeke oonkambadhala dhawo,moshipopiwa she komutumba go National Platform on the Implementation of the National Drought Relief Programme.

September 26, 2024 21

Environment

The importance of keeping rainfall records

By Hanks Saisai, Technical Advisor: Crops & Poultry Namibia’s Central, North Central, Eastern, Southern, and North-Eastern regions received some rain showers marking the beginning of the 2023/2024 rainy season. Oftentimes, farmers get excited and carried away by the occurrence of rainfall as it is an essential resource that enables farmers to cultivate cereal grains like maize, pearl millet (mahangu) and sorghum. Additionally, rainfall replenishes vegetation (grasses, shrubs, forbs, and bushes) […]

December 4, 2023 23