After hosting a hugely successful junior tournament last month at various venues across Windhoek, the Namibia Tennis Association (NTA) will next month be back with another junior event, and this time is the much-anticipated T05 Sanlam Junior Tennis Tournament.
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2020-06-262024-05-02Sports
My candid view – Football for Hope Centre, what a big shame
Located in the heart of Katutura, at the Katutura Youth Complex to be precise, Special Olympics Namibia (SON) was at one point the pride and hope of a community that was once economically and socially disadvantaged by the South African apartheid regime.
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2020-06-262024-05-02Sports
Tales of the legends – The oval ball chasing legal guru The unknown side of Namibia’s Ombudsman Adv. John Walters
The revered University of Western Cape (UWC) did not only produce well-respected academics, but the reputable learning institution has also unearthed a significant number of athletes, notably in the oval ball discipline (rugby).
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2020-06-262024-05-02Sports
NFA, Jacobs lock horns over wages…war of words erupts
The Namibia Football Association (NFA) and Brave Warriors assistant coach Woody Jacobs are on a collision course and their relationship on the verge of collapse, following a disagreement over a purported unfair remuneration package.
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2020-06-252024-04-30Front Page News
‘I did not spread corona’… truck driver endures virus stigma
The Walvis Bay truck driver who was among the first residents at the harbour town to test positive for the fast-spreading Covid-19 feels he is being shunned, unfairly blamed and accused of spreading the virus.
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2020-06-252024-04-30Front Page News
Covid-hit tourism sector hopes for revival
The largest public tourism operator, the Namibia Wildlife Resorts (NWR), as well as the Hospitality Association of Namibia (HAN) have welcomed the tourism revival initiative set to take place between 15 July and 15 August 2020.
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2020-06-252024-04-30Front Page News
Seaflower sheds 655 jobs after quota cut
WALVIS BAY – About 655 fixed term workers will be laid off at the Walvis Bay-based Seaflower Pelagic Processing factory after government slashed the company’s quota by half.
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2020-06-252024-04-30Front Page News
2 000 Walvis residents to be tested
The health ministry is working in synch with the UN health agency the World Health Organisation and other stakeholders to test 2 000 people for possible Covid-19 at Walvis Bay.
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2020-06-252024-04-30Front Page News
MPs welcome continental medicine body
A number of parliamentarians this week supported the establishment of the African Medicine Agency (AMA), which will serve as the continental regulatory body of medicines and medical products.
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2020-06-252024-04-30Front Page News
MP slams ‘pathetic’ service… bemoans lack of national documents
Kavango East constituency councillor and National Council member Petrus Kavhura has bemoaned the delivery of national documents by the home affairs ministry in his constituency, describing it as “pathetic and unsatisfactory”.