Namibia’s three-time Olympian and chairperson of the country’s Athletes Commission, Gaby Ahrens, says the withdrawal of sprinters Christine Mboma and Beatrice Masilingi from the 400m list of the upcoming Tokyo Olympics by World Athletics should not be viewed as a racial attack on the personae of African athletes.
The Oshakati Town Council says it will refund the N$2.5 million that was paid to them by Mouse Properties Ninety Eight for the purchase of erf 1342, or what is popularly known as Omatala.
The Ovaherero Traditional Authority (OTA) overturned the planned burial of the late Mburumba Kerina at the Ovaherero Burial Shrine, arguing that the site is reserved for paramount chiefs.
Namibian authorities are still waiting to hear if the highly contagious Delta variant is present in the country.
President Hage Geingob has described the late former Zambian president Kenneth Kaunda as a statesman par excellence.
Popular Democratic Movement (PDM) candidate for the Opuwo Rural constituency by-election Melchizedek Muharukua comfortably sailed to victory when he
scooped more than a quarter of votes cast.
When Namibia’s sprint ace Christine Mboma clocked a jaw-dropping 48.54 seconds on her way to a sensational victory in the women’s 400m at the Irena Szewinska Memorial on Wednesday night in Bydgoszcz, Poland, she did not only win the race in astounding fashion but the 18-year-old budding talent essentially killed four birds with one stone.
The most dangerous virus currently in motion, the Covid-19 pandemic, is causing havoc amongst our people, erasing loved ones with devastating brutality. Our athletes are not immune and are falling prey to this “monster” called Covid-19. In today’s edition, New Era Sport pays fitting tributes to those who have been visited by the deadly virus, accelerating their premature departure from earth.
With less than 21 days left before the much-anticipated Tokyo Olympic Games take centre stage in Japan, Namibian rower Maike Diekmann says she is ready to represent the country to the fullest.
Ounona ava va dalwa noshipa shoulema vokonooli okwa didilikwa ihava pitikwa opo ve lishangife opo va kale tava mono oshimaliwa eshi hashi di kepangelo.