Isabel Bento SWAKOPMUND – The Erongo Regional Electricity Distributor (RED) has committed to electrifying 1 838 houses across the region within the next four months in efforts to ensure universal electricity access. The initiative, valued at N$66.8 million, will be undertaken in honour of Founding President Sam Nujoma and will cover Swakopmund, Walvis Bay, Usakos,...
The Forum of German-speaking Namibians has hailed late Founding President Sam Nujoma for ensuring that minority groups such as themselves felt safe and part of a new democratic dispensation at the dawn of independence. It is something many were unsure of at the time. Paying tribute to the late anti-colonialism icon who died on Saturday...
Hesron Kapanga OKANGHUDI – Former president Hifikepunye Pohamba has urged Namibians against destroying what Founding President Sam Nujoma built. In an interview with Nampa at his homestead at Okanghudi in the Ohangwena region on Tuesday, Pohamba said now that Nujoma has died, people should not think of destroying what he built, but should rather work...
City Police spokesperson Marcelline Murapo says they are working around the clock to clear outstanding warrants of arrest through operations involving mounting of roadblocks and public outreach programmes. “Our officers are working diligently in the field. You may have seen roadblocks set up at various places across the city, which are part of our strategy...
Mulisa Simiyasa Two learners from Tsumkwe Senior Secondary School died in an accident on the Tsumkwe-Grootfontein gravel road on Monday. The Namibian Police’s head of community affairs in Otjozondjupa, Senior Inspector Maureen Mbeha informed Nampa that the deceased persons are Elizabeth Kambara (18) and 19-year-old Frans Chameia. Their relatives have been informed. Mbeha said the...
Windhoek High Court Judge Dinnah Usiku this week ordered the trial of Denzil Xavier Dawids (24), who allegedly rammed his car into a stationary vehicle and killed a female passenger, to start on 2 June this year. Dawids is facing one count of murder, one count of reckless or negligent driving, two counts of attempted...
RUNDU – Four people died at Shikenge village in Kavango East after two vehicles, one belonging to the Namibian Correctional Service (NCS) and the other a Toyota seven-seater, collided head-on on Sunday. Crime investigations coordinator in the region, Deputy Commissioner Bonifasius Kanyetu confirmed the accident on Tuesday, saying the NCS vehicle immediately caught fire after...
ONGWEDIVA – Several retired bishops who led their denominations during late Founding President Sam Nujoma’s presidency remember him as a man who maintained a strong relationship with the church. Nujoma died on Saturday evening in Windhoek after being hospitalised for some days. He was 95. Retired Bishop of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Namibia (ELCIN),...
Uakutura Kambaekua OPUWO – Chief Tjimbuare Thom of the Vita Royal House will be laid to rest at the Katutura burial site in Opuwo on 22 February 2025. Chief Thom died at his homestead in Omuhoro village in the Okangwati settlement last Thursday after a prolonged illness. He was 92. His nephew, Masatu Thomo, confirmed...
KEETMANSHOOP – The residents of //Kharas region have paid tribute to Founding President Sam Nujoma, who died on Saturday in Windhoek. Governor Aletha Frederick extended their deepest condolences to the Nujoma family and the Namibian nation. “As the Founding Father and first president of our republic, his legacy will continue to guide us in our...