ONDOBE – Minista wehongo Anna Nghipondoka okwa ti omashongo oikwafifohongo itai mbi ovanafikola va pite nawa no itaa pu okukandulwa po. “Omashongo oko aa kala,” minista ta ti. Okwa lombwela ovahongifikola novakulunhufikola opo va longe nelitulemo no nande eefikola da taalela omashongo. Edi Nghipondoka okwe di popya onghela komutumba pefimbo kwa li a shakena novakulunhufikola,...
The Khomas Netball Region will host trials for the upcoming All Ages Games tomorrow at the Windhoek High School grounds, starting at 09h00. The trials will focus on the U/21 female, senior male and senior female age groups. One of the coaches who are contucting the trials, Dimitri Bitler, said the Khomas School Sports Region...
Admittedly, many are unaware that the just-departed, dreadlocked goal-poacher ‘Kaskas’ Angula was a ‘Struggle Kid’ in the usual Namibian term – albeit a rather ‘well-behaved’ one. The deadly net-buster developed vast interest in politics at an early age, abandoning his motherland aged 14, hardly out of his pair of shorts. Angula went into exile to...
With approximately 1 700 participants having registered for the much-anticipated Bank Windhoek Red Run, the event is expected to be a memorable, active and thrilling experience. Scheduled to take place tomorrow starting at 06h30 at Zoo Park in Windhoek, the run is a collaboration between the /Ae //Gams Sports Club and Bank Windhoek. It will...
The Namibia Diamond Trading Company has announced a sponsorship of N$450 000 for the Futsal League, along with an additional N$200 000 for the upcoming Lüderitz HardersCup. At the handover event which took place at the Windhoek Showgrounds alongside the Mining Expo, Corporate Affairs Executive Manager at NDTC Helena Mootseng said they understand the value...
Leading amateur boxing stable MTC Kilimanjaro Boxing Club will host another boxing bonanza this weekend. The event will take place at Iipumbu Secondary School in Oshakati, and feature around 30 bouts. Promoter and founder of Kilimanjaro, Joseph Bernhard, stressed the importance of the event for the Oshana region and the up-and-coming boxers hoping to make...
CARACAS – There is no evidence that Venezuela’s electoral system was the targetof a cyber-attack during elections held last month, the head of the Carter Centre’s observation mission told AFP, confirming figures that gave the opposition candidate a victory. On election night, the president of Venezuela’s National Electoral Council (CNE), Elvis Amoroso, declared president Nicolas...
HOUSTON – A Utah man was executed yesterday for the 1998 murder and sexual assault of his ex-girlfriend’s mother, the second execution this week in the United States. “The execution warrant for Taberon Dave Honie has been carried out,” the Utah Department of Corrections said. The execution of Honie (48) is the western state of...
DETROIT – Some 14 000 ecstatic voters packed a Philadelphia arena on Tuesday to see their favourite candidate. The next day in Eau Claire, Wisconsin, a line of thousands bound for a political rally there stretched more than half a mile. Such impressive numbers have been common at Donald Trump campaign events. However, these boisterous,...
JOHANNESBURG – South Africa’s national beauty pageant was thrown into turmoil on Wednesday after the government accused the mother of a contestant, who suffered a torrent of online abuse over her Nigerian heritage, of fraud and identity theft. Chidimma Adetshina (23) has been the subject of vicious, xenophobic attacks on social media since she was...