JOHANNESBURG – South African troops seriously wounded in the conflict in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) have returned home for treatment, the military said yesterday. Rwanda-backed M23 fighters have captured swathes of eastern DRC despite military support provided by several countries, including South Africa, to the Congolese army. The wounded troops were part of...
Mauritanian prosecutors asked an appeals court Monday to sentence ex-president Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz to 20 years in prison for abuse of office and embezzlement, seeking to increase the original five-year sentence he is appealing. Aziz, who led Mauritania from 2008 to 2019, was convicted in 2023 of using his power to amass a fortune....
LONDON – Grammy-winning US singer Roberta Flack has died aged 88, her publicist has confirmed. She was known for songs including ‘The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face’, originally by Ewan MacColl, and ‘Killing Me Softly With His Song’, written by Lori Lieberman and Norman Gimbel. Publicist Elaine Schock told the PA news agency:...
PARIS – A French court on Friday fined a preschool teacher for having beaten a three-year-old child in class, a case that sparked nationwide anger and a shocked response from the then-education minister. Video footage of the incident, filmed by a parent at the school in central Paris, went viral after it was posted online....
Rudolf Gaiseb Namibia will participate in the SpoGomi World Cup this year for the first time. The country is set to hold its World Cup qualifier competition on 5 March, set to kick off at Zoo Park in Windhoek from 8h00 to 13h00. Team registration closes on Friday, and teams are urged to visit spogomi.nam-na.com...
Paulus Kiiyala Shiku Hoa ǂhanub di !omn ǀkha sîsens ǁkhāǁkhākhâidi ge ǀgūǁae texnise tsî !omkurus ǁgau!nâs tsî ǁkhāǁkhākhâis collegedi ase nî dawa!khunihe. Nē ǀkharaǀkharas ge nēsi di VTCde ǁkhāǁkhākhâis ǀguisa ra mā ǀgauba xu collegedi ase nî dawahe, ǁnāpab ǁkhāǁkhā!khōǂgāba nî unu!nâhe tsî ǀgapi ǁkhāǁkhāǂuisens ǂan!gâdi tsîna nî !khōǂgāse. Gaxuseb ǁkhāti nē ǁkhoreba !goaxas a...
Building a sustainable and reputable farming business is a journey that requires commitment, dedication and hard work from a farmer and all teams on the farm. On average, it takes about 10 to 20 years for one to build a highly- profitable farming enterprise. However, one of the critical concerns that most successful farmers face...
North Koreans have been forced to work on Chinese-flagged fishing vessels without touching land for as long as a decade, facing verbal and physical abuse as well as harsh conditions, a report said yesterday. Nuclear-armed North Korea has long made a fortune from an army of citizens it sends abroad to work, mostly in neighbouring...
As we approach the swearing-in of a new National Assembly on the 21st of March 2025, the urgency for labour reform for the working class in Namibia could not be emphasised enough, especially for those in the rapidly-expanding offshore oil and gas sector. In recent years, the International Labour Organisation (ILO) has highlighted that Namibia...
Lahja Nashuuta Media Ombudsman John Nakuta has blasted the local media for inadequate and poor coverage of the 2024 Presidential and National Assembly elections in November. The recent Media Elections Monitoring report shows that media outlets were largely reactive, responding to invitations rather than proactively informing the public about election-related issues. While the report highlights...