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...
Iuze Mukube A 45-year-old man accused of fatally stabbing his then 39-year-old girlfriend Patricia Hochobes to death with a pair of scissors, has been convicted of murder. The ruling was delivered last Friday by Judge Claudia Claasen, with the sentencing reserved for 20 March 2025. Rodney Afrikaner was found guilty of murder, read with the...
KEETMANSHOOP – Two women who were arrested after they were allegedly found in possession of drugs worth over N$100 000, were denied bail in the Keetmanshoop Magistrate’s Court on Monday. Christina Witbooi, 42, and 21-year-old Claire-Mart Rooi made their first court appearance before Magistrate Unchen Konjore, who postponed their case to 28 April for further...
JOHANNESBURG – Former Democratic Republic of Congo leader Joseph Kabila said on Sunday the bad governance of his successor, president Felix Tshisekedi, had a leading role in intensifying the conflict in the east of the country. The unrest could not solely be blamed on the advances of the Rwanda-backed M23 armed movement or tensions between...