Police in the Ohangwena region are investigating a murder case involving a 33-year-old man who allegedly killed his sister (18), and mutilated her private parts. Ohangwena police spokesperson sergeant Andreas Nghiyolwa said the incident occurred over the weekend at Okavela village. The police officer stated that the suspect allegedly attacked his sister with a wooden...
AM DI – San women at Am Di village, some 80 kilometres from Tsumkwe, are struggling to sell their crafts made from ostrich eggshells, as there is no market. These women, who rely on gathering, hunting and government drought relief for survival, are trying to fight poverty by producing hand-made artefacts. However, they lack a...
Iuze Mukube In a significant step towards promoting mutual trust, understanding and a shared judicial area among regional judiciaries in Southern Africa, a judicial exchange programme between Namibia and Angola commenced on Monday. The initiative is an effort to assist the Angolan judiciary in fulfilling its objectives. Chief Justice Peter Shivute welcomed the procession of...
Uakutura Kambaekua ONUNGURURA – Mike Kavekotora has urged Namibians to cast their votes sensibly in favour of a government of national unity in the forthcoming Presidential and National Assembly elections on 27 November. The Rally for Democracy and Progress (RDP) leader made this call during his party’s visit to the Epupa constituency. “I pray every...
IIPANDA – Swapo secretary general Sophia Shaningwa has urged community members of the Ogongo constituency to rally behind Swapo and its presidential candidate, Netumbo Nandi-Nditwah, in next week’s elections. She made the call during a Swapo meeting at Iipanda village in the Ogongo district on Monday.She said Nandi-Ndaitwah is a true, tested leader who fought...
Rudolf Gaiseb Three suspected poachers were shot and killed in the Etosha National Park last Friday, the Namibian Police Force has announced. Members of the police’s anti-poaching unit at Etosha observed shoeprints during their routine foot and vehicle patrols. The following day, they tracked down the suspected poachers. “However, when the suspected poachers noticed that...
It is the first week of school for three of the Haingura sisters, and though they’re understandably apprehensive about their new environment, there’s a sense of renewed hope in the air. Once dimmed by hardship, their dreams for the future are rekindled thanks to the support from the USAID/President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR)-funded...
Chelva Wells The Namibian public healthcare sector performs Caesarean sections (C-sections) for 12% of all births annually, contrasting sharply with the private sector’s 73%. This difference reflects varying practices and resources between the sectors. Executive director in the Ministry of Health and Social Services Ben Nangombe in an interview with Nampa on Tuesday stated that...
Botswana will diversify its diamond-dependent economy by launching into the medicinal cannabis market and exploiting its abundant sunshine, president Duma Boko said Tuesday, in his first state of the nation address. He swept to power in elections three weeks ago that ejected the party that had ruled for nearly six decades on concerns about a...
Leading Ugandan opposition figure Kizza Besigye is due to appear before a military court, his lawyer said, after his reported abduction in neighbouring Kenya. “The latest information we have is Besigye is in military cells in Kampala, and the army is planning to produce him in the General Court Martial today,” one of Besigye’s lawyers,...