Molly Weyulu The Namibia Investment Promotion and Development Board (NIPDB) on Tuesday announced the resignation of its executive for investment, François Van Schalkwyk, with effect from 31 July 2025. NIPDB in a media statement said that after more than four years of service, Van Schalkwyk decided to pursue other interests and will be relocating to...
KATIMA MULILO – After a six-year absence, patrons are expected to flock to the royal establishment headquarters of the Masubia, Bukalo, to celebrate the Masubia Cultural Festival. They will also meet their new Masubia Chief, Gilbert Muhongo Mutwa Moraliswani III. Should all systems go, the event is earmarked for Saturday, 26 July 2025. The festival...
Iuze Mukube A complainant in a High Court case involving the alleged unlawful sale of his house told the court yesterday that he never authorised the sale. During a cross-examination by the defence, Angolan national Samuel Visconde Dias informed Judge Herman January that he was unaware that his house had been sold. He only discovered that...
Mulisa Simiyasa OKAHANDJA – The bail application for two suspects linked to the alleged massive drug discovery on a commercial farm in the Hochfeld area was on Tuesday postponed to Thursday after two court interpreters were booked off sick on Tuesday. The two suspects are 27-year-old Armand Carel Schultz, a South African national and farm...
Molly Weyulu The Namibian Police have reported a concerning increase in fire incidents over the past few months, leading to fatalities and significant property damage. Namibian Police Force spokesperson Kauna Shikwambi in a statement said several arson cases, some involving minors, are currently under investigation. In a recent incident in Tsumeb, a fire that reportedly...
WASHINGTON – United States president Donald Trump welcomed five African leaders to a White House lunch yesterday, with commerce and trade expected to feature prominently amongst a mixed bag of potential agenda items. The presidents of Senegal, Liberia, Guinea-Bissau, Mauritania and Gabon – five nations located along Africa’s Atlantic Coast – will convene at Trump’s...
NEW YORK – US social media giants have rolled back content moderation in recent months, leading to an “explosion of hate” online, according to the head of a leading New York-based antisemitism watchdog. Jonathan Greenblatt, CEO of the Anti-Defamation League, says antisemitism has surged since the start of the Gaza war, after Palestinian militant group...
BEIJING – Five people are missing after a house was buried in a landslide triggered by heavy rainfall in southwest China yesterday, authorities and state media said. The landslide in Xuyong county in Sichuan province occurred after more than 150 millimetres (six inches) of rain fell in just three hours overnight, the local government said...
LONDON – Five seafarers have been rescued after a cargo ship was attacked and sunk off Yemen, maritime monitors said yesterday, as a search continues for the remaining crew. The MV Eternity C, a Liberian-flagged bulk carrier, was badly damaged in an attack in the Red Sea that started on Monday and continued into Tuesday....
Hilma Nalupe Originally from Keetmanshoop Pamoritha, Keister is a born student athlete. She grew up playing soccer, rugby, tennis and netball but stuck to hockey as she fell in love with the sport and never looked back. Keister started playing the sport back in 2015 when the captain of her school’s hockey team asked her...