Auleria Wakudumo OUTAPI – The 2025 Olufuko Annual Cultural Festival has officially begun, bringing renewed cultural pride and strong community involvement to the Omusati region. The event continues to grow as one of Namibia’s most important celebrations of tradition and identity. This year, a total of 134 girls have been registered to take part in...
The Students’ Union of Namibia (SUN) has called on the Namibian government to allocate money for free menstrual items in all public schools and universities. Many learners and students across Namibia continue to face education disruptions due to a lack of access to menstrual hygiene products.A few years ago, Popular Democratic Movement president McHenry Venaani...
Lahja Nashuuta The Affirmative Repositioning (AR) movement has strongly objected to the City of Windhoek’s proposed 4% increase in electricity tariffs, calling the move premature, unjustified and potentially burdensome to residents. In a formal submission to the municipal council, AR Khomas Regional Chairperson Sem David argued that the City failed to provide sufficient data or...
Iuze Mukube Brenton Hendricks, a 24-year-old convicted on a lesser charge of culpable homicide for the killing of his elder brother Joslin Sagaria Hendriks in 2022, last Thursday told Judge Claudia Claasen that he wished his brother could come back. Hendricks, who was convicted on 6 June 2025, took the stand during his pre-sentencing hearing....
Zebaldt Ngaruka EPUKIRO – The recent rain that poured in the Epukiro constituency, caused heavy damage to many gravel roads used by residents. One of the sand roads badly damaged by the pouring rain is the Ouetu Atuhe – Otjombundiro road. The six kilometres (km) path is the linkage to many upper land villages in...
Rudolf Gaiseb The Office of the Prime Minister revealed that the government, through the ministry of agriculture, is implementing a flood and rainwater harvesting and irrigation development project. Speaking in Parliament recently, Prime Minister Elijah Ngurare said this is to ensure that during the rainy season, water is harvested and stored in these earth dams....
Lahja Nashuuta Namibia is intensifying efforts to combat illegal fishing activities along its northern maritime border with Angola, Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries, Water and Land Reform, Inge Zaamwani, has confirmed. Responding to questions in Parliament by Popular Democratic Movement (PDM) Diederik Vries, Zaamwani acknowledged the seriousness of illegal, unreported, and unregulated (IUU) fishing, which poses...
JERUSALEM – Sirens sounded in several areas of northern Israel yesterday after the army reported a fresh barrage of Iranian missiles, at least the third salvo in less than two hours. “A short while ago, sirens sounded in several areas in northern Israel following the identification of missiles launched from Iran toward the State of...
NAIROBI – Save the Children yesterday said it had witnessed a “horrifying” spike in the number of children being sexually assaulted in DR Congo, recording more than triple the number compared to a year ago. “Armed men entered our house and raped me, my sister and my mother,” a 16-year-old Congolese girl told the charity....
Auleria Wakudumo Oproyeka yolwishi yaUnam Ogongo oya mona eteyo li li nawa – naashi otashi pandulilwa omuloka woneudo wali muwa. Omupeduwiliki waUnam Kenneth Matengu okwa holola kutya ova wedela onhele yokukuna olwishi okudja peehecta 4.1 odula ya dja ko fiyo okeehecta 6.7 neudo. “Molwaashi onhele yolwishi oya wedelwa neudo, oproyeka oya teelelwa i te ye...