Rudolf Gaiseb The Commonwealth Youth Ecosystem Stakeholders are pushing for the inclusion of mental health and well-being curricula in schools to foster resilience from an early age. The stakeholders stipulate in the Windhoek Declaration, scribed during the first Consultative Dialogue, the importance of integrated school-based and university-based mental health programmes. They want these programmes to...
Mulisa Simiyasa KATIMA MULILO – War veterans in the Zambezi region recalled the heroic death ofthe first commander of the People’s Liberation Army of Namibia (PLAN) Tobias Hainyeko, who was shot and killed at Katima Mulilo on 18 May 1967. He was killed on 18 May 1967 in an exchange of gunfire, with the enemy...
Charmaine Boois MARIENTAL – The Mariental Municipality has, since last month, been relocating informal settlers to properly designated erven to formalise years of illegal land occupation. The municipality’s Community Liaison Officer, Domingo Matesu, in a recent interview, informed Nampa that the residents being relocated had settled on municipal land illegally since 2012, with some erven...
MACKAY – Cameron Green slapped a 47-ball century with Travis Head and Mitchell Marsh also blasting tons as Australia crushed South Africa by 276 runs in a record-breaking third and final one-day international yesterday in Mackay. The hosts were playing for pride, down 2-0 in the series, and responded magnificently, posting an ominous 431-2 after...
LONDON – New recruit Eberechi Eze will create “magic moments” and take Arsenal toa different level, according to Gunners manager Mikel Arteta. Eze was presented to the Emirates crowd shortly before Arsenal’s 5-0 thrashing of Leeds that took the north London club to the top of the Premier League table early in the season. The...
MIAMI – The Organisation of American States (OAS) has called for more money and international support to alleviate the grinding poverty, chronic instability and rampant gang violence plaguing Haiti. OAS Secretary General Albert Ramdin spoke to AFP in a video interview about a roadmap released this week by the organisation urging assistance the poorest country...
PORT SUDAN – Sudan’s paramilitary Rapid Support Forces shelled a hospital in North Darfur’s besieged city of El-Fasher and abducted six women and two children from a displacement camp, rescuers and a medic said yesterday. El-Fasher, under RSF siege for over a year, is the last major city in western Darfur still held by the...
GOBABIS – Namibia Premier League outfit Young African will play their upcoming Confederation of African Football (CAF) Cup home match against Eswatini’s Royal Leopards in Francistown, Botswana, next month. The match is scheduled for Saturday, 20 September, at 15h00 at the Obed Itani Chilume Stadium. Young African’s manager Maleagi Ngarizemo told Nampa that the unavailability...
WALVIS BAY – The Namibian Ports Authority (Namport) officially launched its first-ever 7-A-Side Corporate Soccer Tournament on Wednesday, themed ‘Score Goals for a Greater Cause’. The event aims to promote wellness, community involvement and local economic participation. The tournament is currently targeted at Walvis Bay corporate companies, with plans to expand to include more sport...
Hilma Nalupe The 2025 Capricorn Schools Netball League Finals were a true celebration of team spirit, determination and school pride as students, parents and supporters gathered in large numbers to cheer for their teams at the Windhoek Gymnasium netball courts over the weekend. Now in its ninth year, the league has established itself as one...