Mulisa Simiyasa OKAHANDJA – The Okahandja municipality on Monday unveiled to the public the area its current dumping site would be relocated to before the end of November. Okahandja mayor Beatrice Kotungondo in an interview with Nampa said the current dumpsite situated southwest of town is a disturbance to the political leadership of Okahandja, as...
EISEB – Eiseb Primary School (PS) in the Omaheke region is yet to open, nearly two weeks after the start of the academic year, due to a severe water shortage. By yesterday, the situation had not changed. Situated in the Otjombinde constituency about 120 kilometres from Okatumba Gate, the school accommodates 400 learners . Eiseb...
RUNDU – The National African Students Association (NASA) has welcomed the recent development at the Namibia Students Financial Assistance Fund (NSFAF). The fund now seeks to accommodate all eligible students irrespective of their economic status. Recently, deputy higher education minister Natalia Goagoses revealed NSFAF’s plans to do away with means-testing, an eligibility factor for students...
PORT SUDAN – Sudan’s paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) are losing ground to the army due to strategic blunders, internal rifts and dwindling supplies, analysts say.The regular army has made major gains, seeming to reverse the tide of a nearly two-year conflict that has killed tens of thousands of people and uprooted more than 12...
GENEVA – The UN Human Rights Council announced yesterday that it would hold an urgent session on the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), which is gripped by violence.Friday’s special session will focus on “the human rights’ situation in eastern DRC”, council spokesman Pascal Sim told reporters in Geneva.He said the DRC requested the session...
The Deon Hotto Foundation recently received a major boost, securing over N$300 000 to assist with the completion of various sport facilities. In a statement released by the foundation, it revealed that they have partnered with Walvis Bay-based company GAC Investments CC. The foundation stated that representatives of GAC Investments travelled to Johannesburg, South Africa,...
TSUMEB – Chief Santos Football Club’s chairperson Lilongeni Gurney Geiseb told New Era Sport that the team’s downfall can be attributed to the lack of grooming, which they are working hard on. The 62-year-old club is sponsored by Consolidated Copper Corporation (CCC), highlighting the mining company’s commitment to using football as a platform for positive...
Following its slow start in the Namport Omaheke Second Division League, the Desert Rollers Sports Club (SC) collected maximum points over the weekend for the first time this season. This is viewed as motivation by the club management. In an interview with Nampa, club chairperson Ludwig ‘Crooks’ Nunuheb said the team’s poor preparations for the...
Zebaldt Ngaruka The Green team emerged victorious at Epukiro Secondary School’s inter-house athletics competition held on Friday at the school’s sports grounds. The event, which featured teams in Green, Yellow and Red, serves as a platform to identify top athletes to represent the school in Zonal games and other major sporting events in the Omaheke...
Telecommunication giants, MTC will host a new racing event, “The MTC Run Connect” early next month, with all proceeds from the event going toward a charitable cause. The announcement was made yesterday during the official launch at MTC headquarters in Olympia, Windhoek. The race, sanctioned by Athletics Namibia is set to take place in Windhoek...