One of the country’s leading amateur boxing stables MTC Kilimanjaro Boxing Club will this weekend bring thrilling action to the north when it hosts a boxing bonanza at the Oshikuku Trade Fair. The event, themed ‘The Young Shall Grow Boxing Bonanza Part 6’, is scheduled for Saturday and will showcase boxers from across the O-Regions...
Zebaldt Ngaruka Racehorses Pee Jay and Katiti Komambo won the top honours at the Spring Cup competition held at Okahandja on Saturday. The Spring Cup competition was organised by the Okahandja Racing to sustain horse owners in maintaining their horses. Pee Jay, from the Burger Racing (BR) won the 2 400m, which was the main...
Hilma Nalupe The Namibia Taekwondo Federation has marked a significant milestone with the country’s first-ever international medal. It is now preparing for its debut at the World Taekwondo Championships in China next month. This was disclosed at a press conference yesterday at the Namibia Sports Commission. Sibongile Mabuza (12) made history at the African Open...
DOUALA – Cameroon’s elderly president Paul Biya was absent from the country on Sunday as campaigning kicked into high gear for 12 October polls to decide who will fill his position. The 92-year-old – the world’s oldest head of state, in power since 1982 – is seeking an eighth term in office. But he left...
GRAND BLANC (USA) – A man opened fire in a Mormon church in Michigan and set the building ablaze on Sunday, killing at least four people in the latest deadly tragedy that US president Donald Trump called part of a national “epidemic of violence.” Police in the northern US state said the shooter first rammed...
Zebaldt Ngaruka Epukiro-based football team Kalkpan lost two of its prominent figures, Chief Aron Turi Murise and Simon SK Katjivikua, in the Omaheke region last week. New Era Sport caught up with Kalkpan members, who shared disbelief and shock about the loss of the duo. Leading the pack was Akas Katjiteo, who said the two...
Kaviveterue Virere A 31-year-old man died after a house he was in was gutted by fire at Outjo over the weekend. The fire was reportedly caused by a cellphone charger that exploded. According to the police, the victim, identified as Wenfrey Useb, re-entered the burning house in an attempt to rescue children but succumbed to...
Iuze Mukube A contention over the chain of custody of blood samples collected from the home of the murdered NamPower employee was made yesterday in the Windhoek High Court. The deceased, Benjamin Silombela (41), allegedly died due to suffocation after a couple, Jorene Bezuidenhout (28) and Muningandu Kaapama (29), robbed him and left him tied...
DIVUNDU- Sweltering heat at Rukonga Vision School in Divundu could not stop the intensity of the MTC Netball Namibia Premier League, as teams battled fiercely across rounds 20, 21 and 22 last weekend. With the finals set for this weekend, every match carried weight, producing high-scoring encounters, thrilling draws and standout individual performances. The weekend...
Taimi Haihambo Ovanafikola vavali omumati nokakadona ova tulwa moipandeko kopolifi, moshitukulwa shaKaras, konima eshi va hangika tava lande noimaliwa iheshi yoshili. Eshi va ti osha ningwa pefimbo vali tava lande keengeshefa dovanafikola vakwao kofikola oushike pengeyo vavo, mefiku lyomangeshefelo a longekidwa kofikola. Ovafeekelwa va ti ova monika mo eshi vali tava kendabala oku landa, tava...