Year: 2019

The other day I was scrolling through social media and noticed that the next two years are election season for most countries, including Namibia. For some nations this usually spells a period of unrest and protests, while for civilians it’s another season of empty promises exchanged for votes.

The holiday season is over; and as we head back to work and start the new school year, we need to relook our budgets; given that pay day is still weeks away. 

WINDHOEK – Ananias Meduletu Mulokoshi developed a passion for nursing after taking care of his late mother and granny.
 “I grew up with my siblings and friends. I am an orphan on both sides.  I came from a business family and grew up doing business with my late mother, cousins and aunty in a location called Olumbongo and in the market,” relates the 32-year-old entrepreneur, event organiser, member of the Oniipa Youth Choir and owner of Letu Urban Wear. The Ondando village-born lad from Oniipa, in the Oshikoto Region, has a measure of his mother’s business skills rubbed into him, turning her old place into a complex that he named after her. 

WINDHOEK - The 18-year-old Jelson Pedro Quinga from Jacob Marengo Secondary School says the bridge between failure and success is hard work. 

WINDHOEK - The annual inflation rate for December 2018 stood at 5.1 percent as compared to 5.2 percent registered in December 2017. On a monthly basis it decreased to -0.2 percent from 0.7 percent recorded in November 2018.

When the South African regime in the mid to late fifties decided to move blacks from the then “Old Location” to Katutura, the move sparked discontent and led to the shootings in the area and summary relocation of all the black residents under duress. 

ONGWEDIVA – Claims of tribalism and regionalism have preceded the suspension of the Grootfontein’s Strategic Executive of Finance and Information Technology Ileni Hainghumbi, an allegation refuted by the municipal CEO.

WINDHOEK – The Namibian Oncology Centre (NOC) recently welcomed to its team the first paediatric oncologist in Namibia who recently graduated with a sub-specialist certificate in medical oncology.

WINDHOEK - In an attempt to accommodate excess learners who still do not have placement, the Khomas regional education directorate has resorted to placing pupils in tents to address the shortage of classroom spaces in schools.