Established in 1987 by the World Health Organisation (WHO), World No Tobacco Day is a yearly event usually observed on the 31st of May. This year, 2025, is no different. This year’s World No Tobacco Day theme is Unmasking the Appeal: Exposing Industry Tactics on Tobacco and Nicotine Products. The hashtags for this year are...
Lahja Nashuuta President Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah has urged Namibians – particularly members of the Ovaherero and Nama communities – to remain united and patient as efforts continue to bring finality to genocide negotiations with the German government. Speaking at the first official Genocide Remembrance Day ceremony at Parliament Gardens in Windhoek on Tuesday, President Nandi-Ndaitwah emphasised...
Lahja Nashuuta Nine generational farmworkers in the Omaheke region, who have been without their own land for years, were recently allocated farming units. The government, in response to the plight of the farmers, has allocated Farm Wiums Rus and Farm Fiesta there. These beneficiaries, long displaced from commercial farms and forced to survive in communal...
Bukalo – After more than four years without a chief, the Masubia tribe has finally witnessed the resolution of a prolonged leadership vacuum through the decisive intervention of the minister of Urban and Rural Development, James Sankwasa. In a powerful, unscripted address delivered under the historic tree planted by Chief Richard Muhinda Mamili in 1972...
WALVIS BAY – The Road Fund Administration (RFA) has increased its funding allocation for Walvis Bay’s road rehabilitation from N$250 million to about N$400 million. The town has been battling poor road conditions, which were further exacerbated by the heavy rains earlier this year. The funds, to be rolled out over a five-year period, will...
Windhoek High Court Judge Dinnah Usiku sentenced two men convicted of the brutal murder and rape of an elderly couple from Koës in //Kharas region during 2 and 3 February 2018 two terms of life imprisonment. Usiku convicted Julius Arndt (47) and Andries Afrikaner (43) on two counts of murder each and of housebreaking and...
KATIMA MULILO – The construction of the Makanga-Masida access road is progressing well despite several logistical and environmental setbacks, Roads Authority (RA) CEO Conrad Lutombi stated. “We visited this project to familiarise ourselves with the progress and challenges being experienced. So far, we are pleased with the work being done on both the Makanga and...
Southern African leaders have pledged stronger support for transboundary conservation and local community involvement in managing natural resources. This commitment was butressed during the first-ever Transfrontier Conservation Areas’ (TFCA) Summit held in Harare on Friday. It marked 25 years of collaboration on TFCAs, which are conservation zones that cross national borders to promote biodiversity protection,...
GOBABIS – A stock theft case involving five suspects arrested at Plessis Plaas in 2023, has been postponed to 2 and 3 July 2025 in the Gobabis Magistrate’s Court. The suspects – 42-year-old Synanus Karukukutu Katjiutua, Paul Tjiposa(38), Mbeurora Tjomuho (31), Travold Tjandero (31) and Mosupi Udigeng (29) – appeared before Magistrate Eden Iyambo last...
WALVIS BAY – Water utility, NamWater, has assured stakeholders that the ongoing water crisis in Walvis Bay is being addressed. The town has been battling low water pressure and supply interruptions since February due to ageing infrastructure, frequent pipe bursts, and cable theft, contributing to intermittent power outages at key borehole sites. This situation has...