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...
Taimi Haihambo Opolifi oya kwata po ovafekelwa vane mekwatafano lokudipaa nosho yo oku vaka oilyo yoifitukuti pehe na omikandapitikilo. Oshiningwanima eshi osha ningwa komukunda Otjimbudu mexuliloshivike efimbo longula. Opolifi oya hokolola tai ti umwe ovafekelwa omulumenhu weedula 41, okwa tulwa moipandeko eshi vati odipaa oshinamwenyo shomhundja imwe. Ota ku hokololwa kutya omufekelwa vati oshifitukuti okwe...
Rudolf Gaiseb Veteran newspaper editor and media personality Asser Ntinda has been appointed special advisor to Prime Minister Elijah Ngurare. Ngurare confirmed the appointment last Thursday, effective from 1 July 2025. Ntinda is a former editor-in-chief of Namibia Today and has held various roles in the media industry, including acting editor of television news at...
Sawi Hausiku RUNDU – The Windhoek High Court has nullified the Rundu Town Council’s (RTC) decision to sell the erf currently occupied by the Namibia Mbangura Wood Carvers Cooperative. The judgment was delivered on 4 July 2025 in a case between the cooperative, as the applicant and the RTC. According to court documents, the cooperative...
Edward Tenete In response to Namibia’s ongoing suicide crisis, the Ministry of Health and Social Services is integrating and decentralising mental health services into primary healthcare through various means. This was confirmed by the health ministry’s spokesperson Walters Kamaya. He said primary healthcare and mental health integration deal with joining mental health services with primary...
Chelva Wells South African actress, producer and businesswoman, Connie Ferguson, spent time in Windhoek over the weekend, where she delivered a compelling keynote address at a business summit offering practical lessons drawn from her personal and professional journey in entertainment and entrepreneurship. Ferguson, who co-founded Ferguson Films with her late husband Shona Ferguson, shared with...
David Matheus Shitongeni Multitudes of housebreaking and theft incidents were reported across the country over the weekend, with police confirming several major cases involving armed perpetrators and expensive property losses. In the early hours of Friday, four suspects, two allegedly carrying rifles, rushed into a textile shop in Chinatown, Katutura. The incident occurred around 03h30...
DUBAI – A damaged cargo ship was under “continuous attack” in the Red Sea on Tuesday, a maritime monitor said, after Yemen’s Huthi rebels ended a lull in their campaign against shipping through the vital waterway. The Eternity, a Liberian-flagged bulk carrier, first came under attack on Monday, shortly after the Iran-backed Huthis claimed responsibility...
Hilma Nalupe Golf has seen creative variations over the years, from polo-inspired formats to hockey-style variations. But for the first time in Namibia, a new hybrid version has entered the scene, the footgolf. A golf played with a size 5 soccer ball and quite literally, with your feet. The launch of FootGolf Namibia on Monday...
GENEVA – The United Nations yesterday expressed serious concern over the deaths of at least 10 people in Kenya where police and protesters clashed during anti-government demonstrations the previous day. The violence erupted on Saba Saba Day (meaning Seven Seven) when demonstrators annually mark the events of 7 July 1990 when Kenyans rose up to...