Zebaldt Ngaruka OKATUMBA GATE – Members of the ruling Swapo party in Tsumkwe district are at logger-heads following the postponement of the party’s district conference last weekend. The conference was set to elect the party’s candidate for Tsumkwe constituency to contest the upcoming regional council elections slated for 26 November 2025. Royal Kxao /Ui/o/oo, the...
Namibia has joined an intense new wave of global condemnation of Israel following Wednesday’s attack in the Qatari capital Doha, which targeted Hamas leaders who had gathered in the city to discuss an American-backed ceasefire proposal in the Gaza Strip. Israel’s brazen strike on Doha, the metropolis of the influential Gulf state that has played...
Namibian Police Chief, Lieutenant-General Joseph Shikongo has said there is no reason to panic following revelations that dozens of Namibian police rifles are feared to have slipped into the hands of criminal gangs in South Africa. The reports sparked a regional security scare and raised questions about corruption and control in the country’s law enforcement...
Lahja Nashuuta The Namibian government has instructed several ministries and agencies to begin implementing resolutions adopted at the 45th Ordinary Summit of the Southern African Development Community (SADC), held from 6 to 17 August 2025 in Antananarivo, Madagascar. These ministries include International Relations and Trade; Finance; Health and Social Services; Agriculture, Fisheries, Water and Land...
I send my heartfelt condolences to the families and loved ones of those who lost their lives in the Mariental-Kalkrand tragic car accident, involving correctional officers and police officers, and I also wish strength and healing to those who survived and are recovering. This article was not inspired by a recent tragic accident. My intention...
Every Namibian has seen it. You buy bread, school uniforms, or a packet of tinned fish, and the label says “imported.” Yet the maize, the wheat, the fish, the stone all come from our own land and waters. We export it raw, then pay more to buy it back processed. That gap is not just...
In recent weeks, Namibian courts have witnessed a dramatic courtroom battle involving the defence and the state in the high-profile case of the Namcor accused, popularly referred to by the public as the “oil rot” case. The proceedings have drawn widespread public attention, not only because of the gravity of the alleged crimes but also...
There is a greater propensity for foreign students in a foreign country to gravitate toward one another. This was indeed the case for us in 2011 at Stellenbosch University in South Africa. Dr. Gideon Niitenge, now the ELCIN Presiding Bishop, was at the time studying toward his PhD in Theology. During one of our discussions,...
Taimi Haihambo Ngaashi eedoolopa dikwao, odoolopa yaNdangwa oya pangela omhangela opo yi uye po nomaudano okulotoka mo27 Sepetemba 2025. Omupopiliko wodoolopa Petrina Shitalangaho-Mutikisha okwa ti etondoko otali ka kala moinano yee 5km, 10km, 15km no 21km. Ta ti etondoko eli oli lile po okukaleka po oundjolowele wovanhu, okuhanganifa ovanhu modoolopa osho yo okuhanganifa ovanhu moudano...
ONANDJOKWE – Kapyoko kokupanga omesho Dr Helena Ndume okwa ti oha kala a hafa ngeenge ovanhu ve na omesho e na oukolele osho yo ve wete ko nawa shaashi osha fimana mokukalamwenyo kovanhu. Pefimbo ta tande ovanhu mwa kwatelwa ovakulupe koshipangelo shaNandjokwe Etitatu okwa popya ta ti okupanga omesho oshipewa shaye osho ha ningi okudja...