Zebaldt Ngaruka Racehorses, Pee Jay from Burger Racing (BR) and Tsumis Racing’s (TR) Soldier Boy won the main races at the popular MTC Summer Cup race competition held in Okahandja on Saturday. The distance of 2000 metres (m) was set as the main plate for both Nambred and thoroughbred horses in the event, worth N$200...
Minister of Health and Social Services, Dr Esperance Luvindao has urged the public to remain calm, saying the health ministry, supported by partners, is implementing full-scale surveillance and response measures across all 14 regions. She made the remarks on Friday as she provided updates on Namibia’s current public health situation, covering measles, Mpox, Crimean-Congo Haemorrhagic...
Iuze Mukube Former justice minister Sacky Shanghala filed another request with acting judge Marilize du Plessis, asking for a delay in the start of the Fishrot trial until all pre-trial issues are resolved. During yesterday’s proceedings, where the trial was expected to begin, Shanghala argued that the trial cannot move forward while a review application...
JOHANNESBURG – South Africa, Eswatini and Zambia were yesterday supposed to begin administering a groundbreaking new HIV-prevention injection in the drug’s first public rollouts in Africa, which has the world’s highest HIV burden. Lenacapavir, taken twice a year, has been shown to reduce the risk of HIV transmission by more than 99.9%, making it functionally...
PADANG – The toll in deadly flooding and landslides across parts of Asia climbed past 1 100 yesterday as hardest-hit Sri Lanka and Indonesia deployed military personnel to help survivors. Separate weather systems brought torrential, extended rainfall to the entire island of Sri Lanka and large parts of Indonesia’s Sumatra, southern Thailand and northern Malaysia...
Auleria Wakudumo Ovanamibia keembinga neembinga ova dimbuluka efiku lo-HIV/AIDS olo hali dimbulukiwa mounyuni mefiku lotete laDesemba odula keshe. Minista wouhaku nonghalonawa Esperance Luvindao okwa holola kutya efiku eli otali lalakanene okudimbuluka ovo va kanifa eemwenyo davo molwombuto yoAIDS osho yo okutwa omukumo ovo tava lwifa omukifi wo-HIV. “Efiku eli otali tu dimbulukifa omafiku mai omukifi...
Hilma Nalupe The Namibia U/21 men’s team will face Spain today in a crucial pool match at the Junior Hockey World Cup in India, a fixture that could determine their progression to the round of 16. The team stands a fair chance of advancing, provided they beat Spain, secure a draw, or avoid a heavy...
Iuze Mukube A resident of Lüderitz yesterday in the Windhoek High Court tendered a guilty plea to a charge of murder for stabbing his four-month pregnant wife, Dorethea Ricket, multiple times with a knife in 2014. Johannes Swartbooi, is facing a charge of murder, read with the provisions of the Combating of Domestic Violence Act....
OTJIWARONGO – More than 1 500 people gathered at the Mokati Sports Stadium in Otjiwarongo on Monday to commemorate the 2025 World Aids Day. Street processions, speeches, testimonies, and cultural performances marked the event.The Minister of Health and Social Services, Dr Esperance Luvindao, officiated the event and said that Namibia remains committed to eradicating HIV...
Adolf Kaure Aiǂnû-aos, Namibiab ǁHûidi !Nans (ECN) dis, Elsie Nghikembuas ge ge mî, nē !Nans ge N$26 miljunsa ǁanǂgāsaben ǁgau!nâs !aroma 2025/2026 marikurib !nâ ge māǂui. !Kharu ge kurigu !nâs ge ECNsa ǁanǂgāsabena ǁhûidi ǂnamipe ǁgau!nâs !aroma ǀhûhâsigu ǂnûiǂgādi, aiǁgause Namibiab ǂNûiǂgās Demokrasis dis (NID) khami ge ūhâ i, hîa ǁHûidi !Nansa ǀhûhâsigu ǁgau!nâdi ǀkha...