The first annual Oviritje Music Awards were launched in Windhoek on Friday in an effort to return the genre to the top of the Namibian music charts and onto the lips of everyone.
Author: Paheja Siririka (Paheja Siririka)
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Congregants rally to donate blood
More than 600 members of Shincheonji Church of Jesus (SCJ) in Namibia, Zimbabwe and neighbouring South Africa answered the call to donate blood from Saturday 28 May 2022 onwards to help ease the blood shortage in the region.
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Vital Signs | Childhood respiratory illnesses a concern
Childhood respiratory illnesses contribute significantly to under five-year mortality and morbidity in lower-middle-income countries more than the above five years across the world.
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Your culture is your currency – Maponga
Renowned motivational speaker, philosopher, musician and social entrepreneur bishop Joshua Maponga says people are socialised to think culture is evil, but there is potential in it.
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Believe in your brand
The lockdown in Namibia forced many to adapt and come up with new and innovative ways to sustain themselves. Among those is Ndapewa Hileni Kondo who always had the aspiration of owning a business. She loves sweets, and aptly started a candy trade, dubbing it ‘Leni’s Sweets and Treats’.
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Media must smart up on bodily autonomy
Social justice and gender equality advocate Wilson Chivhanga said there is a gap in the levels of knowledge and understanding by journalists on the continent on bodily autonomy and integrity, something that is the cause of Sub-Saharan African media poorly reporting on it.
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…‘devastating increase no surprise’
Political leaders have expressed their shock at the latest fuel price increase announced by the ministry of energy yesterday.
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Students infuriated with NSFAF’s ‘sluggishness’
Students Union of Namibia’s president Bernard Kavau questioned why institutions only solve or address issues when radical interventions are taken against their incompetence. He was mulling this at a planned demonstration of students who assembled at Zoo Park yesterday morning.
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Geingob renews vaccination call
President Hage Geingob yesterday reiterated the need to increase Covid-19 vaccination coverage to achieve herd immunity as that will instil confidence in the economy,