USAKOS – The United Democratic Front wants to lobby for free education, a basic income grant for the unemployed, and improved decentralisation of services. The party over the weekend at a mini campaign held in Usakos stated that they want to be part of change in the country, mainly focussing on social democracy and land...
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Slain student’s girlfriend arrested
WALVIS BAY – Hopes of finding missing engineering student Matheus Sheehama (24) alive were shattered when his remains were discovered, washed ashore at Independence Beach on Tuesday afternoon. Sheehama went missing on 27 July after attending a braai with his girlfriend, who was arrested on Monday in connection with the ongoing case. Five suspects –...
Search for missing student intensifies
WALVIS BAY – Family and friends of missing University of Namibia student Matheus Sheehama conducted a search over the weekend in a desperate attempt to locate him. Fears are mounting for the safety of the engineering student, who has been missing for a week now, dimming hopes that he could be located alive. Sheehama...
Banana ba 28 balekisizwe mwalilimo zetalu
SWAKOPMUND – Namibia ibatisize ni kuzekisa likezo zakulekisa banana zelikana mashumi amabeli kazelobapeli mwanaha, hamoho cwalo ni linaha zeli bukaufi kukala silimo sa 2021 kutisa silimo sa 2023. Kuzwa Lungu 2023 kutisa cwale, litaba zelobapeli libihilwe, mi liketalizoho za kuzona lifa mukoloko walitaba zeli mwa khuta. Mutu alimuñwi ufumanwi mulatu hala mulao obona zakulwanisa tekiso...
Telecom activates Equiano subsea cable …links Namibia to Europe and the rest of Africa
Telecom reached a historic milestone yesterday when it activated the Equiano subsea cable in Swakopmund. The Equiano cable system is the third private international cable owned by Google, and the 14th subsea cable invested in by Google. The cable links Namibia to Europe via Portugal, and to the rest of Africa via Cape Town and...
Usakos kuna lituramo mokugusapo udigu wokupira yirugana kovadinkantu Kwatuma 66 vakavadeure
Usakos- doropagona zaUsakos zakara nazo moNamibia vatjangurura asi epiro yirugana kwazeruka unene, yina kara asi kapisi kuretesapo ruhepo nye, kuretesapo hena nomukaro dona edi dokulihepeka momambo. Konyara 80% vatungimo wovadinkantu modoropa kwayitanta asi kapi vana kara noyirugana, eyi yina kutwaredera vanekoro vaparuke momudona. Mokugusapo nye udigu wangesi, ntani kuvatera nkarapamwe, ndango zodoropa zaUsakos kavatulisirepo elikwamo...
PrEP use taking off
Spearheaded by the health ministry and supported by global partners, such as the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), Namibia’s implementation of pre-exposure prophylaxis, known as PrEP, demonstrates the country’s strong commitment to comprehensively combat HIV. PrEP is a preventive pill that decreases the potential of contracting HIV through sex by up to 99%...
28 minors trafficked in three years
SWAKOPMUND – Namibia has investigated and prosecuted child trafficking cases involving 28 children within the country, as well as from neighbouring countries between 2021 and 2023. Since April 2023 to date, eight cases have been reported, five of which are currently on the court roll. At least one person has been convicted under the Combating...
Pharmacy ordered to remove Bismarck sign
SWAKOPMUND- A Swakopmund pharmacy has been ordered to remove a sign featuring Otto von Bismarck that was erected on their building. This follows a complaint by the Namibian Genocide Association against the pharmacy – Bismarck Medical Centre – for displaying an image of the first German Chancellor Von Bismarck at the corner of Bismarck Street...
Usakos tackles youth unemployment …sends 66 for training
USAKOS – The small town of Usakos is one of many in Namibia grappling a high unemployment rate, which not only exacerbates poverty, but also fuels cases of domestic violence. About 80% of the town’s young people are reportedly unemployed, leaving many families destitute. To alleviate the situation and uplift the community, the Usakos Town...