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Smart farming can address Namibia’s food security
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Smart farming can address Namibia’s food security

Tisha Steyn Smart agriculture can address the four main challenges in Namibia’s food production: affordability, market access, climate resilience, and long-term food stability.  This will culminate in sustainable food security, which is presently vulnerable to risk. Building a resilient future requires rethinking how Namibia produces food more efficiently and sustainably, and with stronger links from...

West African presidents meet after string of coups
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West African presidents meet after string of coups

ABUJA – Presidents and their deputies from across West Africa met on Sunday in Nigeria for a regional meeting whose agenda was dominated by two recent coup attempts.  A successful coup in Guinea Bissau in November and a foiled military attempt in Benin a week ago have shaken the regional bloc ECOWAS. The bloc was...

Farmers’ Kraal with Erastus Ngaruka – Benefits of reintroducing valuable perennial grasses
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Farmers’ Kraal with Erastus Ngaruka – Benefits of reintroducing valuable perennial grasses

Namibian rangelands offer a diverse range of forage resources for both livestock and wildlife. These plant groups include grass, trees, bushes and forbs utilised by both grazing and browsing animals. Grass, however, is the primary feed base for grazing livestock in Namibia. The abundance of the most valuable grass species in many parts of the...

‘Subsidised education funding models won’t be compromised’
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‘Subsidised education funding models won’t be compromised’

Rudolf Gaiseb  Minister of Education, Innovation, Youth, Sport, Arts and Culture Sanet Steenkamp has warned private tertiary institutions against raising their current fee structures. She said that intitutions doing so risk being disqualified from the subsidised tertiary education model.  “We will not pay an increased new fee. We will pay what is in existence,” she...

Life Fighters escape relegation zone 
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Life Fighters escape relegation zone 

Hilma Nalupe  Life Fighters Football Club has finally climbed out of the relegation zone following a strong showing during last weekend’s Namibia Premier Football League (NPFL) round 15 fixtures.  The club now ranks 13th in the league standings after securing two victories, edging Young African FC 1-0 and defeating Tigers FC 3-2.  The wins mark...

Namibia a ninga etungu lavo  …tava kwatakanifa omufyuululwakalo waAmerica naNamibia
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Namibia a ninga etungu lavo  …tava kwatakanifa omufyuululwakalo waAmerica naNamibia

Auleria Wakudumo  Namibia okwa ninga eumbo lovaliyambi Ovaamerica ovo tave liyambe ongovakalekipo vombili hano oPeace Corps”. Zach Scott oo ha ifanwa paife Tuhafeni naCorrine Scott ‘Nelao’ ohava kwafele okuyambidida eeprograma dovanyasha, enghonopaleko leliko loshilongo osho yo oikwamhungu youhaku. Ova ti ove udite etumba nowuumbo okukala moNamibia.  “Okukala monooli yaNamibia okwe tu longa okukwatafana novanhu nokulihonga...

ǂNuwiǁkhāsiba ǀgaiǀgais ai a ǂgaekhâisa dīǀgauba kō!gâs
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ǂNuwiǁkhāsiba ǀgaiǀgais ai a ǂgaekhâisa dīǀgauba kō!gâs

Matheus David Ministeris ǁGau!nâs, ǀKharaǀkharasin, ǂKhamkhoesib, ǂGamǂgamsenǀhurun, ǂNuwi­khāsib tsî !Hao!nāsi ǁNaetin dis ge ǂoa ge wekheb !nâ ǂhanusi ǂanǂans, !Hūb a ǂhabase nî ūhâhe ǁGamǁaredi hîa ǂGaekhâisa a xawe noxopa dītoahe tsî !khō!gâsa tama xoaǁguib, Namibiab !Hao!nāsi ǁNaetin tsî ǂNuwiǁkhāsiba ra ǁgauǂui Dīǀgaub (2025-2030) kōse nî sîsenxab ǂnamipe. Nē haos tawa ge ǂgaeǀhao hâ in...

South Africa ends Namibia’s winning streak 
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South Africa ends Namibia’s winning streak 

Hilma Nalupe  South Africa’s indoor women’s hockey team brought an end to Namibia’s winning run at the Nkosi Cup after edging them 4-3 in a tightly contested group stage match played yesterday in Cape Town.  Prior to the encounter, Namibia had performed well in the tournament, having won two matches. The defeat to South Africa...

Fine Young Stars clinch Otjinene Christmas Cup
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Fine Young Stars clinch Otjinene Christmas Cup

Zebaldt Ngaruka  Fine Young Stars from Erindi- Roukambe won the Otjinene Christmas Cup held at Otjinene Sports Field on Sunday in the Omaheke region.  The competition, comprising football and netball, began on 06 December 2025, with 30 football and eight netball teams.  In the football competition, Fine Young Stars overcame Oslek FC in the first...

Namibiab ge ra ǁgūba ǂnaumâiǁanǁguiga ǀoroǀorosa
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Namibiab ge ra ǁgūba ǂnaumâiǁanǁguiga ǀoroǀorosa

Uakutura Kambaekua Namibiab ǂhanub ge mîǁguiba ge ū, ǂnaumâiǁanǁguigu !nâ ra hâ omaridi di !gôaba nēsib mâ-ai 28.7 persentga xu 14.35 persentgu kōse ǁgôaxa-ūsa. Hāǀaro raseb ǂhanuba ra ǁgūbas ge !gao!gao !oabadi ǀkha aiǂhomisatoa !hū!âdi !gôaba 25 111 xu 50 000 kōse ūkhâi tsî ǂnuwisa omdi !gôaba 12 598 xu 55 126 kōse ǂharo kaisa...