Commercial farmers will have to pay a special tax from this month to facilitate the government's land redistribution programme, but say they are concerned about the way in which the revenue will be used.

The National Federation of People with Disabilities is an umbrella organisation working to support and strengthen local disability organisations. The adviser will work with building and developing the management and organisational capacity of the Secretariat to work effectively as an effective national support organisation, and provide advice on strengthening its fundraising capabilities. You should be experienced in an organisational development role, and have skills in training, personnel management, fundraising and strategy development. The ability to transfer and adapt skills and knowledge to the context is essential.

The silence surrounding the sexual abuse of learners in Namibia is "deafening", says Basic Education Deputy Minister Clara Bohitile.

A Dutch donation of US $500,000 to the UN World Food Programme has provided sufficient resources to feed 20,000 Angolan refugees in Namibia until May. The total budget of the one-year WFP Namibia operation is US $2.2-million. Namibia has a longstanding Angolan refugee population as a result of the Angola's 27-year-long civil war.

The National Council (NC) has rejected the creation of an anti-graft commission as proposed by the Anti-Corruption Bill unanimously here Tuesday. The NC rejected the bill in its current form on the recommendation of its standing committee on constitutional and legal affairs that proposed that the functions of the envisaged Anti-Corruption Commission could best be performed by the Office of the Ombudsman.

Three suspected UNITA rebels were shot and killed last week near Namibia's northern border, Namibian defence officials said at the weekend.

the Preliminary Report of the 2000 Namibia Demographic and Health Survey has recently been published. The report contains around 40 pages. Chapter 1 provides a brief background, while the methodology is described in Chapter 2. The main findings of the survey are contained in the third chapter, which highlights the most important results at output and outcome level. Chapter 4 provides a summary and concluding remarks. The key results appear condensed in table form in Annex 2. The report may be downloaded from the website of the Namibian Ministry of Health and Social Services.

The Food and Nutrition unit of the Namibia Ministry of Health and Social Services (MoHSS) recently received WHO support to contract a local Web site developer to create a very comprehensive site addressing breast-feeding in Namibia.

Namibia has received part of the US$750,000 World Bank stash to develop its Country Gateway in line with the Bank's Development Gateway project.

The UN World Food Programme (WFP) said on Monday that it expected to secure funding soon to keep its food pipeline to refugees in Namibia flowing beyond March.

The World Food Programme (WFP) says it needs help urgently to continue feeding about 19,500 mainly Angolan refugees in Namibia beyond March.

The Namibian government has lodged an appeal against a High Court ruling that it provides free legal representation to 128 high treason suspects.

The United Nations refugee agency in Namibia has expressed concern over the fact that 80 suspected Angolan UNITA rebels who have been held in Dordabis, about 100 km southeast of the capital Windhoek, have not appeared in court for around 18 months.

Political analysts and commentators have hailed President Sam Nujoma's decision not to stand for re-election in 2004 as positive for his ruling party, SWAPO, for Namibia and for the southern African region.

The World Food Programme has warned of possible breaks in the food pipeline in Namibia in January if it does not secure donor funding soon.

PSI/Europe wishes to appoint an experienced professional to manage a project to develop HIV/AIDS Voluntary Counselling and Testing services in Namibia. This is an exciting opportunity to join a dynamic organization on the cutting edge of HIV/AIDS prevention and control.

The Namibian Red Cross Society (NRCS) is withdrawing its services from the Osire refugee camp. "We will be withdrawing as of 31 December 2001," Geniene Veii, deputy secretary-general of the NRCS told IRIN on Tuesday. "Part of the reason that we are doing this is because of a lack of donor funding and partly because donors have been slow in making payments."

Prime Minister Hage Geingob has reacted angrily to the termination of the popular radio program Prime Minister's Question Time by the Namibian Broadcasting Corporation (NBC) saying the move is political and promising to take the matter up with the Politburo.

On Wednesday 31 October 2001, Defence Minister Erkki Nghimtina reacted to concerns over the violation of freedom of speech and expression contained in the new Defence Bill, "The Namibian" reported on 2 November.

South West Africa People's Organisation (SWAPO) party backbencher Doreen Sioka unleashed a barrage of criticism during the National Assembly, accusing the media of being a bunch of "liars, distorters and creators of conflict," "The Namibian" reported on Monday 22 October.