Moses Magadza As the 69th session of the Commission on the Status of Women convened in New York last week to assess the current conditions of women and girls globally, Botswana’s Minister of Youth, Gender, Sport and Culture, Lesogo Chombo, called for bold action to advance gender equality. The minister made the call at a...
SANAA – The first US strikes against Yemen’s Huthis since Donald Trump took office killed 31 people, the rebels said yesterday, with the US president warning “hell will rain down upon” the Iran-backed group if it did not stop attacking shipping. The Huthis, who have attacked Israel and Red Sea shipping throughout the Gaza war,...
GOBABIS – After a lengthy break from sporting activities across the country, the Namport Omaheke Second-Division Football League will resume with round 11 fixtures this Sunday. Matches will take place at the Billo Nowaseb Sports Complex in Leonardville and the Legare Sports Complex in Gobabis. The action kicks off at 10h00 in Leonardville with a...
Auleria Wakudumo Omukulukadi weedula 59 oku li monghalo ii, sha landulu eshi vati a li ta kendabala okulikufa omwenyo pamukalo wokulitomeka omundilo. Vati eshi osha holoka konima eshi omukainhu oo a lombwelwa kutya omusamane waye oku li mekwatafano lopaihole novakainhu vamwe. Omukulunhu koshikondo shokukonakona oimbuluma moshitukulwa shaShana Deputy Commissioner Frederick Ndjadila okwa koleka oshiningwanima eshi...
CAPE TOWN – South Africa’s finance minister on Wednesday unveiled a budget with a smaller increase in value-added tax than previously proposed, but it was immediately rejected by a key party in the unity government. Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana presented the revised budget to parliament three weeks after his first version was withheld at the...
WASHINGTON – Major US trading partners announced countermeasures on Wednesday after Donald Trump’s blanket tariffs on steel and aluminium imports took effect, prompting the president to vow a further response. The steep 25% levies contained no exemptions despite countries’ efforts to avert them, marking an expansion from Trump’s recent duties on Canada, Mexico and China...
DUBAI – United Arab Emirates-based fund MGX has invested US$2 billion to take a minority stake in cryptocurrency exchange Binance, the two sides said, calling it the biggest investment into a crypto company. MGX, headed by Sheikh Tahnoon bin Zayed Al Nahyan, brother of the UAE’s president, also becomes Binance’s first institutional investor. The transaction,...
As Namibia transitions into a new era under the Nandi-Ndaitwah administration, the country faces immense opportunities and challenges in embracing artificial intelligence (AI). The strategic strengthening of AI governance is not just a necessity for security and regulatory oversight. It is also crucial for boosting the oil and gas sector and empowering the youth. Drawing...
You wake up one morning, check your email, and see a notification that your bank account has been accessed from a foreign country. You scramble to check your transactions, only to realise that money has already been transferred out. How did this happen? The truth is, your data may have been stolen long before you...
The contemporary challenges facing Africa and developing countries are huge. Unemployment, hunger, poverty and wars are all serious challenges. These are challenges making African countries inevitably perform at the negative end, and where events become too dramatic, relief actions from wealthier nations often have to respond to “African chaos.” However, even relief action has become...