Joseph Kaula OKONGO – President Netumbo Nandi- Ndaitwah convened leaders from Zambezi, Kavango East and West, Ohangwena, Oshana, Omusati, Oshikoto, and Kunene regions to deliberate on the 2026 work agenda recently while on her festive season retreat. The meeting took place on Sunday at the President’s residence in Onheleiwa, Okongo constituency, Ohangwena region. The President...
Kaiveterue Virere OPUWO – The Kunene governor’s office has called on interested youth across the region to apply for a beekeeping training programme aimed at promoting entrepreneurship, income generation and local economic development. Senior private secretary in the Office of the Governor Alpha Uzera told Nampa on Tuesday that the training, initially planned to take...
Paulina Ndalikokule NKURENKURU – Kavango West Region has once again emerged as the top-performing region in the country in the 2025 Advanced Subsidiary (AS) level results, a success regional education director Pontianus Musore attributed to consistency, teacher commitment and a strong focus on teaching and learning despite persistent challenges. Speaking during an interview with MICT...
Adolf Kaure The CEO of the Hospitality Association of Namibia (HAN), Gitta Paetzold, notes that the latest tourism numbers show that the overall room occupancy for the fourth quarter of 2025 decreased by 2.5%. This is based on the 2025 Annual Tourism Accommodation occupancy report representing a variety of accommodation categories like hotels, bed and...
Iuze Mukube After nearly six years, the fishing quota corruption trial, in which the country’s fisheries resources were allegedly stolen at an unprecedented scale, will start on 9 March 2026. Acting Judge Marilize du Plessis, while rejecting yet another postponement application lodged by former minister Sacky Shanghala, gave trial dates for the matter. The accused...
Mulisa Simiyasa GROOTFONTEIN – Senior Medical Officer Dr Martinus Shaninga has expressed optimism regarding the eradication of cholera in the Otjozondjupa region following the establishment of a dedicated treatment centre at the Grootfontein State Hospital. The new facility is designed to ensure all cholera-related cases are isolated and handled in a controlled environment, a move...
Iuze Mukube During the cross-examination of Namibian Police Chief Inspector Simeon Nghilalulwa in the bail hearing of Joel Angula on Tuesday, it was contended that the accused would likely interfere with witnesses and investigations if granted bail. The inspector was responding to the question by the accused’s legal representative, Veiko Alexander, on the likelihood of...
Matheus David The Editors’ Forum of Namibia (EFN) has come out swinging, condemning any act that seeks to intimidate, harass or obstruct journalists and media professionals in the lawful performance of their duties. This followed the verbal abuse of a Namibia Broadcasting Corporation (NBC) news crew at the Swapo Party headquarters in Windhoek in a...
LAGOS – Nigerian police on Tuesday made an about-turn, admitting that gunmen had abducted dozens of worshippers during Sunday mass in northern Kaduna state after dismissing the initial reports. A senior Christian clergy and a village head had on Monday told AFP that more than 160 people were snatched from several churches on Sunday. A...
NARA – The gunman charged with killing Japan’s former prime minister Shinzo Abe was found guilty yesterday and jailed for life, as the judge declared the broad-daylight assassination “despicable and extremely malicious.” The shooting more than three years ago forced a reckoning in a country with little experience of gun violence, and ignited scrutiny of...