Namibian model Twiggy Simonee Ndaudonya has made the nation proud with her performance at the Miss Tourism World Global Finals 2024 in Shenzhen, Guangdong, China. Representing Visions Models Agency owned by Renata Hranova, Ndaudonya impressed the judges and pageant lovers, ultimately securing an 8th-place finish and a coveted spot in the Top 15 last Saturday...
Model Mmoloki Samoka (28) says representing Namibia in the Mister Supranational 2025 comes at an opportune time when he would use the platform to advocate adult literacy. The chemical engineering intern strongly believes that the runway can equally be used to educate, inform, entertain and highlight key issues in society – a venture he says...
Edgar Brandt Edward Mumbuu A brazen diamond robbery at Namibia Desert Diamonds (Namdia) early on Saturday evening and involving what is suspected to be the company’s largest-ever consignment of precious stones received, has resulted in two fatalities and two arrests. Although the figure could not be independently verified, a person with intricate knowledge of the...
Iuze Mukube Vice President and President-elect Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah says she has no knowledge of international agreements the Namibian government signed pertaining to the red line. Last week, Affirmative Repositioning (AR) leader Job Amupanda has in his continuing fight in court for the removal of the Veterinary Cordon Fence (VCF) running across northern Namibia, notoriously known...
Rudolf Gaiseb The government has allocated N$120 million to roll out network and transmissiontowers nationwide over a three-year period. For the 2024/25 to 2026/27 financial years, N$35 million has been allocated in the first year, and N$40 million in the subsequent year. In the recent mid-term budget review, an additional N$45 million was allocated to...
Festus Hamalwa Linea Dishena GUINAS – Swapo’s Moses Khumub won the Guinas constituency by-election with 1 407 votes, defeating his cousin Fransiskus Khumub from the Landless People’s Movement, who garnered 612 votes. The by-election took place on Friday and saw 2 019 votes cast, with 22 ballots rejected. It was necessitated by the death of...
MARIENTAL – NamWater last week announced the resumption of irrigation water supply from the Hardap Dam. The flow resumes today. NamWater, in a media statement on Wednesday, said the decision was approved by water minister Calle Schlettwein, in support of national priorities to promote agricultural productivity and economic stability in the region. The Hardap Irrigation...
The ministry of labour has approved the phased implementation of a national minimum wage for security guards. The decision, hailed as a win for thousands of underpaid workers, was announced last Thursday by the Namibia Security Labour Forum (NSLF) at a press briefing in Windhoek. Effective 1 January 2025, security personnel will receive N$13.50 per...
OSHAKATI – The police in the Omusati region are investigating a case of fraud after an unknown individual allegedly stole N$1.1 million from a 60-year-old woman’s bank account last week. The Namibian Police Force’s regional commander for Omusati, commissioner Ismael Basson, said the incident occurred at an unknown time between Wednesday and Friday. The money...
KATIMA MULILO – Historian and teacher Francis Mabuku Sinvula, who died last Thursday at the age of 67, has been laid to rest at his home village of Ikumwe in the Katima Mulilo Rural constituency. Sinvula, who was also known as ‘Ba Mars’, was a well-known public figure. At the funeral, speaker after speaker praised...