Zebaldt Ngaruka Racehorses Pee Jay and Katiti Komambo won the top honours at the Spring Cup competition held at Okahandja on Saturday. The Spring Cup competition was organised by the Okahandja Racing to sustain horse owners in maintaining their horses. Pee Jay, from the Burger Racing (BR) won the 2 400m, which was the main...
Lahja Nashuuta The Namibia Agronomic Board (NAB) has unveiled a N$250 million Crop Value Chain Development Strategy for 2025-2030, with potato production singled out as a strategic priority. Of this, N$27.5 million will be invested in the Potato Value Chain Development Scheme over the next five years. The NAB will provide a 50% subsidy, while...
Iuze Mukube A sledgehammer effect slammed the accused in the Namcor corruption case in their bail request on Friday. This followed the firm refusal by Magistrate Linus Samunzala to release the six applicants in the Namcor fraud case, on bail leaving them to continue their fight in the case from behind bars. The applicants were...
Hilma Nalupe The Trans Africa Tourism and Unity campaign, an ambitious road journey championing visa-free travel across the continent, made its way to Windhoek last Thursday. The initiative, endorsed by the Government of Ghana and led by former Ghanaian Member of Parliament Ras Mubarak, is on a mission to highlight the economic and social potential...
MUMBAI – A stampede that killed dozens at a south India political rally happened after a crowd of thousands waited hours in baking heat without sufficient safeguards, officials and witnesses said yesterday.Some 27 000 people thronged a public road in Tamil Nadu state in hopes of seeing popular actor-turned-politician Vijay on Saturday, but panic broke...
COLOMBO – A Buddhist monk injured in a cable car crash in Sri Lanka died yesterday, raising the death toll to eight in the worst accident of its kind, police said.Seven monks, including three foreigners, were killed instantly when their cabin plunged down the mountainside near a forest monastery in the northwestern Kurunegala district on...
Auleria Wakudumo Fifty-two families in Okakarara have become proud homeowners following the official handover of newly constructed houses by the National Housing Enterprise (NHE) on Thursday. Minister of Urban and Rural Development James Sankwasa emphasised the significance of the project in addressing Namibia’s housing backlog. “We cannot afford to miss any single opportunity to provide...
Auleria Wakudumo Oshali ehafo lafa lambishi meumbo mwa tomwa eshi ovanhu o52 va pewa eeshapi domaumbo avo mape mOkakarara Etinhe. Oshinima eshi osha talika ko onga efindano mekandulepo lomhumbwe yomaumbo modoolopa omo. Omaumbo okwa tungwa kehangano lokutunga omaumbo moshilongo hano oNational Hpusing Enterprise (NHE), koshimaliwa shi fike peemiliona N$12.2 nokwa tungwa ashike oule weemwedi hetatu....
Zebaldt Ngaruka Opuwo Youth Choir from Kunene region will represent Namibia at the Africa Asia Pacific Choir Games which kicked off on Saturday and will end on 5 October in the Mauritius capital, Port Luis. The Games incorporate the Grand Prix of Nations Mauritius 2025, and offers the Open Competition, the Champions Competition, and the...
Iuze Mukube A State witness in the trial of a couple who are accused of murdering a NamPower engineer four years ago was on Friday accused of contradicting himself during cross-examination. Legal Aid-instructed lawyer Mbanga Siyomunji accused warrant officer Joseph Sakaria of contradicting himself after he gave evidence in court that differed from what he...