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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Hilma Nalupe The Namibia Motorsport Federation (NMSF) has secured the bid to host the Motocross of African Nations (MXoAN) 2026, marking a major milestone for the country’s motorsport fraternity. The announcement was made last weekend in Harare, Zimbabwe, following the conclusion of this year’s continental competition. Affiliated with the Fédération Internationale de Motocyclisme (FIM), 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...
Taimi Haihambo Omupopiliko wopolifi yaNamibia Deputy Commissioner Kauna Shikwambi okwa ti ova lopotelwa oibofa youlunga momukalo wokatoo ya li tai dana onghandangala mexuliloshivike. Mushimwe shomoibofa oyo, omo mo omukulupe weedula 64 omukainhu vati a tulwa mokatoo komukainhu oo e mu dengela ta ti vati oha longele ehangano loNAMRA. Omufekelwa vati okwa lombela omukulupe kutya ota...
Lylie Joel NKURENKURU – The Maurus Nekaro Conservancy in the Kavango West region is grappling with significant management challenges that threaten its wildlife conservation mission. Manager of the conservancy Muhepa Matheus said this during discussions between conservancy officials and parliamentary standing committee members specialising in natural resources here last week. Established in 2016 and gazetted...
JERUSALEM – Mediators were awaiting an Israeli response Tuesday to a fresh Gaza ceasefire plan, a day after Hamas accepted the proposal and signalled its readiness for a new round of talks aimed at ending nearly two years of war. Mediator Qatar expressed guarded optimism for the new proposal, noting it was “almost identical” to...