The working class performs essential jobs across sectors like manufacturing, logistics and retail, but they often face financial instability and low wages. As the world marked May Day, or Worker’s Day yesterday, the uncertainty on the faces of many workers who flocked to various gatherings to observe the day could not go unnoticed. Many are...
NAIROBI – A US$500-million fund aimed at improving maternal and neonatal health in sub-Saharan Africa was launched in Abu Dhabi, the United Emirates(UAE) on Tuesday, at a time Western countries were sharply cutting aid to Africa. The Beginnings Fund brings together philanthropists including the Gates Foundation and the Mohamed bin Zayed Foundation for Humanity, run...
Israeli firefighting teams battled bushfires that threatened Jerusalem for a second day yesterday, with police reporting the reopening of several major roads that had been closed. The fires broke out on Wednesday along the main Jerusalem-Tel Aviv highway, prompting police to shut roads and evacuate thousands of residents from nearby communities. Israel’s firefighting service said...
Sudan’s presidential palace in central Khartoum was shelled by the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) yesterday, a military source said, the second such attack on the capital in a week. The RSF, at war with the army for two years, used “long-range artillery” launched from their holdout position in al-Salha, located south of Khartoum’s twin...
Three Chinese astronauts returned to Earth on Wednesday after six months on the country’s space station, State media footage showed, as Beijing advances towards its aim to become a major celestial power. China has ploughed billions of dollars into its space programme in recent years in an effort to achieve what president Xi Jinping describes...
India’s human rights body said yesterday it was investigating reports more than 100 children fell sick after eating a school lunch served after a dead snake was found in the food. “Reportedly, the cook served the food to the children after removing a dead snake from it,” the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) said in...
Zebaldt Ngaruka The assistant coach of the Okamatapati Combined School (CS), Tjiunatjo Veseevete says the team’s impressive form in the Clemence Rukatero Vihajo Okamatapati Soccer League emanates from the players’ commitment. Okamatapati CS collected maximum points last weekend after crushing Chief Hei United 9-0 on Friday and Amakhosi Boys 4-2 on Sunday. The fourth division...
Zebaldt Ngaruka GOBABIS – The third edition of the Gobabis Mayoral Cup will kick off tomorrow at the Legare Sports Stadium in Gobabis. The tournament comprises football, netball and volleyball, and is aimed at generating funds for vulnerable communities in the town as well as assisting the municipality during emergencies. One of the organising committee...
Auleria Wakudumo Omupopiliko wopolifi yaNamibia, Deputy Commissioner Kauna Shikwambi okwa holola kutya omulumenhu omukwashiwana waNamibia okwa dengwa komuyandji waye woilonga oo e li omukwashiwana waChina molwaashi e mu denga noku mu kufila ombele. Shikwambi okwa yelifa kutya ouyelele wotete oo wa adjanekwa komalungula tau holola kutya omulumenhu ou, okwa dengwa kongudu yOvachina molwaashi ta pula...
Auleria Wakudumo Omulumenhu weedula 23 okwa xulifa eshi vati a nwa omuti woxylocaine, hau longifwa moipangelo okufifa poipute ile poitukulwa yolutu opo pe na ouyehame wa pitilila ile tapa pula okuhondja ile etando. Oshiningwanima eshi osha ningilwa moshipangelo shepangelo moGobabis, mOlomakaya lwopo 21hoo. Nakufya okwa tongololwa oye Terrence Moyo. Omupopiliko wopolifi, Deputy Commissioner Kauna Shikwambi...