DURBAN – The World Health Organisation (WHO) and Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) on Wednesday launched what they described as “an expert advisory committee/panel” to deal with the science of traditional medicine therapies. The organisations said via a statement that the panel would advise and support African countries on the safety,...
DAR ES SALAAM – Former Tanzanian president Benjamin Mkapa, hailed as a peacemaker in East Africa, has died aged 81 in a Dar es Salaam hospital, the government announced Friday. He was the country’s third president after independence from Britain in 1962 and ruled for two terms from 1995 to 2005. “I am saddened by...
BANGUI – Controversial former Central African Republic head of state, Francois Bozize on Saturday announced he is running in the December presidential election, a high-risk vote in a country ravaged by civil war since his ouster in 2013. Militants of Bozize’s Kwa Na Kwa (KNK) party have been meeting in Bangui since Friday and the...
OSHIKANGO – Muinasipula wa katengo kandu ya milao kakabona za litaba za kwande, silelezo ni buiketo, Lebbius Tobias, naize tokwahalo ya maino, liofesi ni linzila ki lika ze zibahala zeo babeleki ba kwamiseto mwanaha kaufela batalimani ni zona. Nabulezi zeo mwangambolo ni Nampa kanako yeo katengo nekapotezi museto wa Namibia ni Angola wa Oshikango, mwasikiliti...
Mike Tyson, the former world heavyweight champion who retired in 2005, said on Thursday he will make a comeback at age 54, fighting Roy Jones Jr on 12 September in Los Angeles. On his Legends Only League website, Tyson announced the eight-round exhibition bout against Jones, a 51-year-old fighter who briefly held the heavyweight title...
Marythar Kambinda KATIMA MULILO – The management of Shoprite has been accused of tribalism after it served 26 employees in the Zambezi region with a notice to appear before a disciplinary hearing in Katima Mulilo. “You are hereby given formal written notice that you are requested to attend a formal disciplinary hearing into the allegations detailed in...
The Electoral Commission of Namibia has started its online recruitment process for mainly unemployed youth to perform certain functions during the supplementary registration of voters, slated for 7 to 15 September this year. In a statement, the ECN explained that the recruitment exercise is based on their strategy to mitigate the impact of Covid-19 during...
Despite Namibia having a population of less than three million people, the demand for farmland, residential and business land has increased exponentially. This year, being a year of regional and local authority elections, there will be promises by political parties to deliver affordable residential land. The provision of serviced residential land has eluded many local...
For reasons only known to a selected few, under some unknown and unsubstantiated reasoning, coupled with non-existent supporting arguments, a new regional capital for Oshikoto region was agreed. Yes, Omuthiya has baptised the new administrative capital of the region. The visible consequences, due to the reverse developmental agenda, have seen the once-prosperous Copper Town’s economy...
Given this week’s Covid-19 updates, it is more evident the rapid spread of the virus that causes Covid-19 has reached the Namibian air. Beyond reasonable doubt, the Namibian citizens now believe the declaration by the World Health Organisation (WHO) that coronavirus outbreak is truly a pandemic and the current world daily news broadcasts tell the...