RIYADH – This year’s hajj, which has been scaled back dramatically to include only around 1 000 Muslim pilgrims due to the coronavirus pandemic, will begin on 29 July Saudi authorities said Monday. Some 2.5 million people usually participate in the ritual of several days, centred on the holy city of Mecca. “The stand of...
Following a series of unwelcomed events in our Namibian sports fraternity such as expulsions and termination of sponsorship contracts. Today’s weekly take away concentrates on effective leadership in sports. On the other hand, I must emphasise that these events are an essential learning curve for all stakeholders in Namibian sports and serves as a wake...
The Ministry of Works and Transport is hoping to reform government garages by the end of the year. It plans amongst others implementing changes in procurement and information and communication technology policies. This was said by Deputy Minister of Works and Transport Veikko Nekundi, when he toured two government garages in Windhoek’s southern industrial area...
Former Windhoek-based magistrate Jaco Kennedy on trial in the High Court for allegedly raping two women in 2015, has suffered a heavy blow when the court refused to release him on bail yesterday.Kennedy’s formal bail application was dismissed in a ruling (judgement) handed down by High Court Judge Marlene Tommasi yesterday morning. “The applicant- Jaco...
OKAHANDJA – Residents of Oshetu One informal settlement in Okahandja said the land they are demanding is not a foreign land but land where they and their ancestors were born, which makes them entitled to it. They said they are tired of being without land in their own mother country, especially in a town where...
Nearly three months after an unfruitful frantic search for 22-year-old Shannon Wasserfal, the Namibian Police Force on Sunday announced a reward of N$50 000 for persons with information that might lead to her discovery. Wasserfal was reported missing on 10 April 2020 after she allegedly dropped off her two-year-old child at a friend’s house at...
CAPE TOWN – South African Finance minister Tito Mboweni, and public enterprises minister Pravin Gordhan have committed the government to making available funding to South African Airways (SAA) for its immediate and longer-term needs as it implements a business rescue plan. “A letter of support that commits the government to ‘mobilise funding for the short-,...
Have you ever wondered why many of our organisations do not function at the level that they should? The answer lies partly in our present understanding of organisations, as it determines what happens in them. Many of us do not understand the relationship between workers, work and organisations. So many of our organisations deteriorate into...
The emergency of digital platforms, tools and highly specialised gadgets made the process of acquiring knowledge, skills and experiences in schools to be presumably less affected by natural catastrophic elements such as floods, outbreaks and pandemics. This is because it does not necessarily require both teachers and learners to meet in a traditional face-to-face...
Emillie Shimbali Namibian music producer Ponti Dikuua is the creative that can piece together vocals, feelings and elements of culture simply by using voices, rhythms and sound. Having worked on his latest soundtrack for the soon to be released movie Kapana, Ponti says he would not choose to have it any other way in life....