KEETMANSHOOP – //Kharas governor Aletha Frederick has urged stakeholders in her region to stand together to protect vulnerable children. She made the call during the inaugural stakeholder meeting for the establishment of the regional childcare and protection forum at Keetmanshoop on Friday. The forum is spearheaded by the Gender Equality and Social Welfare Division in...
Rudolf Gaiseb The recently-launched Eco Dialogue Collective aims to ensure that Namibia’s green economy and extractive industries are developed in an inclusive, transparent and sustainable manner. The initiative will support Namibia’s transition to a greener future by strengthening transparency and accountability in managing natural resources, namely green hydrogen as well as oil and gas. The...
Rudolf Gaiseb In strides to fight crime and promote public safety, the Namibian Police launched a Criminal Intelligence Analytical Unit in Windhoek recently. The unit will foster proactive crime prevention, ensure strategic resource deployment and enhance capacity for informed decision-making. Deputy Inspector General for Administration, Anne-Marie Nainda, highlighted that the policing landscape is volatile, and...
Rudolf Gaiseb Deputy prime minister Natangwe Ithete, who chairs the Economics and Public Administration Parliamentary Standing Committee, recommends enhanced regulatory frameworks for State-owned enterprises. This is to ensure effective and efficient service delivery within the public sector. He stated that improving the sector requires greater alignment of national policies with strategic development priorities. “The committee...
BANGKOK – A powerful earthquake has killed more than 1 600 people in war-torn Myanmar and neighbouring Thailand, and caused widespread damage. Here is what we know about relief efforts. China sent an 82-person team of rescuers to Myanmar on Saturday, Beijing said. A separate rescue team arrived in Myanmar’s commercial hub Yangon on Saturday,...
Auleria Wakudumo Elelo lodoolopa yaNgwediva ola kunghilila ovakalimo vomikunda di li popepi nodoolopa opo va idilile oimuna yavo vo ve i kaleke kokule nodoolopa. Omupopiliko wodoolopa yaNgwediva, Ottilie Shingenge okwa holola kutya oimuna inai pitikwa okukala ile okulifwa modoolopa koveta yomalelodoolopa. “Eshi oshi li koshi yokatendo kokukeelela oimuna meedoolopa haka ifanwa Animal Pound Regulations, oka...
Auleria Wakudumo Omhangu yopombada oya kupulashi eindilo lokukufa po omufinda utilyana pokati koitukulwa yokoushimba naayo yokonooli yoshilongo, shaashi vati omutulimo weindilo Job Amupanda ina yandja ouyelele wa wana tau popile ekufepo lomufinda ou. Omupanguli Shafimana Ueitele okwa ti omukondjifi womufinda utilyana ina yandja omatomheno a nghonopala kombinga yomufinda, ponhele okwa fekela omupanguli kutya okuna mo...
Jazema Hangero Umwe wovaimbure ozohongora motjitamba tjoviritje Mutjangatjike Bishop Muundjua (MBM) ma tja ehupo re ra zikamena kokuimbura otjiritje, “mbi pendukira kotjiritje e rarere kutjo”. Mutjanga wa kwaterwa mOtjinene, ekurire mo, nu omanyandera wina. Osikore wa kondjisa oimba na mbena wa utira mOtjinene na kahita kEpukiro. “Otjiritje mba kwatwa natjo, mo 1998 no 1999 e...
TOKYO – Japan’s government warned yesterday of a “significant impact” on its economic ties with the United States (US) and on global trade after president Donald Trump announced import tariffs on cars.Tokyo is one of Washington’s closest economic and strategic allies, with its firms the biggest investors in the United States and one in 10...
My departed old man and I always had time to exchange pleasantries over the fire when all other younger siblings would go to bed. While I would take time to tell him about my life in the city and my exchanges (and experiences) with other ethnic groups in Namibia, he would masterfully, like a skilled...