Namibia’s T20 Cricket Team will continue with their training programme following the postponement of the 2020 International Cricket Council (ICC) Men’s World Cup on Monday, which was scheduled for Australia. The event was set to start on 18 October and end on 15 November, with Namibia having qualified for the tournament in October 2019, before...
COLOMBIA – Yerlis Ballesteros has been here before, fleeing for her life. The first time she held her mother’s hand, but this time she is fleeing with her two children, leaving the mountainous region where she once fought as a guerrilla before opting for a life of peace. The violence that accompanies drug trafficking in...
Bamako – Mali’s political opposition said it would halt protests in a “truce” ahead of the upcoming Eid festival, as four West African presidents prepare to travel to the country this week for mediation talks to try and resolve a deepening crisis. President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita has been locked in a standoff for weeks with...
PARIS – With monikers as divergent as the “Professor” and the “Destroyer”, the Islamic State group’s new head has a reputation for brutality, but otherwise remains largely an enigma. Amir Mohammed Said Abd al-Rahman al-Mawla replaced Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi after his death in a raid by US Special Forces last October. Mawla was initially presented...
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...