Hilma Nalupe The stage is set for one of the most exciting weekends on Namibia’s youth sporting calendar, as the Capricorn Schools Netball League finals take place this weekend at the Windhoek Gymnasium and United Netball Courts. Now in its ninth year, the league has grown into a nationwide platform for school netball, drawing more...
Monika Amunyela From Zambezi region in Katima to numerous netball courts across Namibia, 48-year-old Vilho Uutoni, a teacher and netball umpire, has been making his mark in more ways than one. Born in Okathitu B in the Omusati region, he does not only spend his time in the classroom but also helps shape the future...
OPUWO – Despite the government’s efforts to combat poverty through nationwide eradication programmes, these initiatives continue to face obstacles, a situation attributed to the political dynamics, amongst other challenges in the Kunene region. The ongoing poverty eradication programmes in the region have the potential to overcome project stagnation if there is a unified commitment to...
Auleria Wakudumo Nampili ngomu yina kara asi epangwe nowo avaliruganesa kuna hara asi valiture paveta moNamibia, nompitisili dopampo vanayizeresa nawa nawa asi awo kapi vana kukwatesako eninkiliromo. Rudi rwegendeso lyovaKwambi ntani munasipundi gomarero koutokero Ndilimani Iipumbu, katente asi kupulisira epangwe paveta talidipaga muhoko ntani kureta ezaru movantu vetu. ‘’ Nsene asi vantu kapi vana kara...
Iuze Mukube To address the critical shortage of judges in the High Court, the Office of the Judiciary yesterday launched the Aspirant Judges Training Programme in the capital. The programme will run for two weeks – from 20 August to 2 September 2025. In a speech read on his behalf by Deputy Chief Justice Petrus...
Iuze Mukube A High Court order has dealt a decisive blow to Erongo Petroleum CC, placing it under final order for liquidation, following months of financial struggles and court squabble. The ruling comes after Namcor Petroleum Trading and Distribution (Proprietory) Limited pressed for urgent relief, pointing out the entity’s ballooning debts since November 2023 to...
RUNDU – The Vhungu Vhungu Green Scheme in the Kavango East region requires an annual budget of N$22 million to operate at full production capacity, farm manager Floris Smith has said. He made the remarks on Monday in response to a question from Paulus Mbangu, chairperson of the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Agriculture, Environment and...
KANO – Gunmen killed at least 30 people in an attack on a mosque in northwestern Nigeria earlier this week, according to a resident and a lawmaker, raising an earlier toll of 13. “Bandits”, as members of criminal gangs are locally known, struck a mosque in the town of Unguwar Mantau, in Katsina state’s Malumfashi...
JERUSALEM – Israel approved a major settlement project yesterday in an area of the occupied West Bank that the international community has warned threatens the viability of a future Palestinian state. Israel has long had ambitions to build on the roughly 12 square kilometres known as E1 that lie just east of Jerusalem, but the...
MOSCOW – Jordan’s foreign minister yesterday said that Israel’s assault on Gaza had caused “massacres and starvation” and that its wider actions were “killing all prospects” for peace in the Middle East. His comments came after Israeli Defence Minister Israel Katz approved a plan to conquer Gaza City, an urban area home to hundreds of...