Lissony Njembo National Unity Democratic (NUDO) candidate for the Windhoek Local Authority election, Percy Kapukare is targeting land and housing provision for the youth, and the expansion of Windhoek borders for smart development. Kapukare is contesting the local authority in the upcoming regional councils and local authority elections, slated for next week Wednesday. In an...
Matheus David During a period when Gender-Based Violence continues to increase across Namibia and Africa, experts warn that men and boys are still the ‘silent victims whose pain is often ignored by the very systems meant to protect them.’ This message was emphasised by Horname Noagbesenu, acting director of Women, Youth, Peace and Security at...
Lahja Nashuuta Popular Democratic Movement ( PDM) candidate for Oshakati East, Theophelus Kamati, pledges to uphold PDM’s local governance manifesto if elected. The manifesto outlines several programs aimed at empowering young people and improving livelihoods. One of the plans is the Youth Enterprise Capital Fund, which would require local authorities to allocate part of their...
The Ministry of Health and Social Services on Tuesday acknowledged pressure on the availability of essential medicines and HIV test kits in health facilities. The ministry’s executive director, Penda Ithindi, said in a media statement that, to mitigate shortages, the ministry has implemented a stock redistribution strategy, through which existing stock within and between regions...
Hilma Nalupe Born and raised in Windhoek, 17-year-old U/21 national women’s hockey player Jasmine Cartwright has been playing hockey since she was seven. She lived in Namibia until two months ago, when she moved to a boarding school called Repton in the north of England, where she is doing her A-levels and competes against different...
Monika Amunyela Namibia is rising in solidarity with South African women ahead of the G20 Women’s Shutdown on 21 November, calling an end to Gender-Based Violence (GBV). As South African women prepare to bring the country’s labour force to a halt, Namibians across all 14 regions are demanding justice, urging the country’s officials to respond...
OUTJO – Swapo Party candidate for the Outjo constituency in the upcoming Regional Councils and Local Authorities’ elections, Kleofas Gaingob, said his development plan will focus on agricultural growth, youth empowerment, tourism improvement and stronger municipal services. Gaingob, who served as mayor of Outjo from 2010 to 2015, told Nampa in aninterview that his main...
Hilma Nalupe The Namibia U/21 national women’s and men’s hockey teams are heading to the Junior Hockey World Cups with the goal of being in the top 15. Both teams depart on Sunday, with the men competing from 28 November to 10 December, and the women from 1 to 13 December in Chile. Their send-off...
HANOI – A court in Vietnam sentenced a former beauty queen to two years in jail yesterday for falsely promoting gummies as rich in fibre on her social media channels, state media reported. The judges found Nguyen Thuc Thuy Tien guilty of deceiving customers, saying she was aware the fibre content of the candy was...
DUBAI – The UAE is coming under increasing fire on social media over claims it is embroiled in Sudan’s civil war, with calls to boycott its crown jewel: the financial and entertainment hub of Dubai. Abu Dhabi has repeatedly denied supporting the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF), despite accusations from the Sudanese government, UN experts,...