The Meat and Beer Festival Volume 15 attracted more than 1 500 concert-goers, providing a platform for vendors to sell their products and for artists to showcase their talents. Organiser Veneruru Mieze said the main purpose of the event is to be a business opportunity for vendors, upcoming and established businesses to make an extra...
I write to express my deep concerns regarding the impact of developmental cooperation and research collaborations between Namibia and European countries, particularly Germany. These partnerships, while often presented as beneficial, have systematically compromised Namibia’s economic freedom and independence. If we are truly committed to decolonising these collaborations and foreign aid structures, a fundamental shift is...
The road stretched endlessly, dust curling in the air, and the sun hanging heavy, unrelenting, pressing down on the parched earth. I was in northern Uganda, and I stopped at a small village. Beneath the shade of a lone mango tree, women gathered, their faces, young and old, etched and cracked like the ground they...
In less than a fortnight, both Namibia and the ruling Swapo Party will have a female captain – Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah. This will effectively consolidate both party and State power into the hands of Nandi-Ndaitwah, who is affectionately known by the moniker ‘NNN’ among Swapo supporters. Vice President Nandi-Ndaitwah will be sworn in as President –...
ENGELA – Respected agriculturalist and community leader Jacob ‘Omulaule’ Hamutenya was laid to rest at the Engela cemetery in the Ohangwena region on Saturday. The funeral drew a significant number of mourners, reflecting the profound impact he had on his community and the nation at large. Mourners described his passing as having left a deep...
Outgoing leader of the official opposition in parliament and Popular Democratic Movement (PDM) president McHenry Venaani said those writing his party off are in for a rude awakening. “It has become a trend in our country that every 10 years, there is a new official opposition (in Parliament),” Venaani said, referencing the years when DTA...
Former first lady Monica Geingos says achieving gender equality requires adequate political representation of women in key leadership positions. Geingos’ advice to women is that “no one is coming to save” them, adding that progress in gender equity is fragile, as “we can hear and feel the pushback.” “Our past is intertwined, and the fight...
Lahja Nashuuta Namibia has set an ambitious goal to bridge the digital divide in the country’s unserved and underserved areas by providing full access to network connections by 2030. The government is also committed to enhancing its digital infrastructure and empowering marginalised citizens in an increasingly digital world. This vision is outlined in the Ministry...
KATIMA MULILO – A heartbreaking incident unfolded in Mashosho village in Kongola between Friday and Saturday when an eight-year-old boy, Tapelo Liyemo, was found dead by suicide. According to police reports, Liyemo, a Grade 2 learner at Kongola Combined School, had returned home from school around 13h30. “He was looking for food, but found that...
Patrick Geingob, a former teacher accused of murdering his wife Merentha Geingos on 14 April 2019, is struggling to secure the money he needs to pay for a psychiatrist to testify on his behalf. He is accused of murdering his wife by stabbing her at least 12 times with a kitchen knife at their house...