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Know Your Civil Servant – Mupya: Passion behind the chalkboard
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Know Your Civil Servant – Mupya: Passion behind the chalkboard

Lahja Nashuuta  For Tjarirehua Mupya, teaching is not just a profession, but a calling deeply-rooted in purpose and passion.  A proud son of the Opuwo Urban constituency in the Kunene region, Mupya is committed to educating Namibia’s previously disadvantaged and marginalised children. Now a seasoned educator, he is based at Coblenz Combined School in the...

Editorial – Using brute force on vendors not the way to go
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Editorial – Using brute force on vendors not the way to go

The heavy-handedness of the police in dealing with defenseless and vulnerable vendors raises eyebrows for all the wrong reasons.  While it is within the mandate of the City Police to maintain law and order and enforce compliance with municipal by-laws – it is disheartening to see the amount of brute force used against these defenseless...

Letter – Shattered Lives, Broken Policies…Confronting Femicide in Namibia
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Letter – Shattered Lives, Broken Policies…Confronting Femicide in Namibia

Like the oppressed fighting for liberation, death permeates our waking dreams. Death selectively chooses women and children.  Death walks the streets boldly, casually, intentionally, waving at neighbours as an active responsible member of society, masking his thirst for blood. The undisclosed nature of death. Our parasympathetic nervous systems are permanently switched on and we live...

DRC to debate Kabila’s immunity
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DRC to debate Kabila’s immunity

KINSHASA – The Democratic Republic of Congo’s Senate was yesterday scheduled to debate lifting the immunity of ex-president Joseph Kabila, who the government accuses of supporting a Rwanda-backed militia in the mineral-rich east.  A vote in favour could expose the 53-year-old to prosecution on charges of supporting the M23 armed group, which has seized swathes...

Netanyahu orders enhanced security at Israel missions
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Netanyahu orders enhanced security at Israel missions

JERUSALEM – Prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu yesterday said he had ordered stepped-up security measures at Israeli diplomatic missions worldwide after a gunman who shouted “free Palestine” shot dead two embassy staff outside a Jewish museum in Washington.  Foreign minister Gideon Saar attributed the killings to a wave of anti-Semitic and anti-Israel “incitement”, saying European governments...

Local horses to grace Opuwo Trade Fair
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Local horses to grace Opuwo Trade Fair

OPUWO – The Opuwo Annual Trade Fair Society will host the third horse racing event at the Newman Katuta Sports Field on Saturday. This is in a bid to provide a platform for local riders to compete for top honours. The event will feature over 35 local horses from Opuwo and eight horses from the...

Northern volleyball for all set for Saturday
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Northern volleyball for all set for Saturday

OSHAKATI– The fourth edition of the Northern Volley Games is set to take place at the Embadu Sports Stadium in Oshakati tomorrow. Founder of the tournament Asheel Ramjit told Nampa on Thursday that the event has already attracted numerous corporate companies and teams from across the northern areas of Oshana, Ohangwena, Omusati and Oshikoto. He...

a xupa eshi ka nwefwa oudiyo kuina  …naye mwene okwa nwa, mupya munene ina xupa 
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a xupa eshi ka nwefwa oudiyo kuina  …naye mwene okwa nwa, mupya munene ina xupa 

Auleria Wakudumo  Omukulukadi weedula 33 okwa xulifa eshi vati a nwa oudiyo uhe shiivike apa wa dja nokwa kendabala okukufa omwenyo omonamati weedula 10 eshi emu nwifa oudiyo oo tuu oo.  Oshiningwanima eshi osha ningilwa molukanda Okandjengedi mOshakati, sha mOlomakaya lwopo 19h00.  Nakufya okwa tongololwa oye Opelinawa Tupombili Mwahi. Omukulunhu koshikondo shokukonaakona oimbuluma moshitukulwa shaShana,...

Konyara vakadet wokusika ko 1800 tavagwana nonzapo
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Konyara vakadet wokusika ko 1800 tavagwana nonzapo

Oshakati- vaporsi vaNamibia kuna manamo asi tavatulisapo elikwamo lyokudiura vaporosi mo 1/2024-2025 vakare nosilika sononzapo mosira somoOshakati moutano tuna yuka. Silika esi sina kara asi tavakara novantu vana kugwana nonzapo wokusika ko 1800 cadet constable omu navakalipakerera kovaporosi ava vana kara nawo ngesi, e;ikwamo eli takalitura nye paveta Presidente gosirongo Netumboi Nandi-Ndaitwah, muhuyungilipo vaporosi komisaregona...

Volkswagen adds a new derivative to Amarok line-up
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Volkswagen adds a new derivative to Amarok line-up

Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles has added a new derivative in the Amarok model line-up.  The Amarok Life 2.0 TDI with 125kW is now available with 4×2 drivetrain mated to 6-speed automatic transmission.  The new Amarok Life 2.0 TDI 125kW 4×2 comes well-equipped with a range of practical and premium features, which includes 17-inch Combra alloy wheels. ...