MARIENTAL – Chairperson of the Hardap Farmers Association and Crop Producers’ Association board member Dawie de Klerk expressed excitement about the positive impact the 100% water supply to the Hardap Irrigation Scheme will have on the farmers and surrounding communities. “We can plant fully but unfortunately, it’s too late to plant maize this season, so...
Sawi Hausiku RUNDU – Swapo’s regional coordinator for Kavango East Ottilie Shinduvi says former Ovaherero paramount chief Hosea Kutako was the first person to identify leadership qualities in a young Sam Nujoma.Shinduvi was among the speakers at the third regional memorial service held in honour of Founding President Sam Nujoma at the Rundu Sports Stadium...
EEHNANA – Former minister of safety and security Charles Namholo said late Founding President Sam Nujoma instilled in him the discipline that made him strong and brave as a Swapo Party member and as a Namibian. Namholo made these remarks during the Ohangwena regional memorial service to honour Nujoma, held at the Eenhana Sports Stadium...
NAIROBI – Sudan’s paramilitary Rapid Support Forces and its allies have agreed to set up a parallel government, sources said yesterday, despite warnings such a move could further fragment the war-ravaged country. “It’s done,” a source close to the organisers of the signing ceremony in Nairobi told AFP. The signatories said the charter paves the...
JOHANNESBURG – Power was cut to large parts of South Africa yesterday as the national energy provider announced days of rolling power blackouts in Africa’s most industrialised nation. The early morning announcement was a surprise after positive statements from Eskom suggesting years of crippling power cuts of sometimes up to 12 hours a day may...
WASHINGTON – Elon Musk, the billionaire advisor to Donald Trump, said Saturday that all US federal employees must justify their work or lose their jobs, hours after the president pushed him to be “more aggressive” in slashing government spending. Musk — the world’s richest person and Trump’s biggest donor — has led the effort to...
Uakutura Kambaekua In many areas of Namibia, women’s football often receives little attention for various reasons, despite its rapid growth and popularity among young girls, particularly those in schools across the country. Okahandja Football Club, based in the Garden Town, is committed to breaking the barriers that hinder the development of women and girls in...
Auleria Wakudumo Omukainhu weedula 40, omuhongifikola kofikola Elia Neromba Combined School moshitukulwa shaKavango East okwa xulifa efyo likumwifa eshi vati a pya kolusheno. Oshiningwanima osha ningwa momukunda Katara monhele yokunangala hai ifanwa Siruwo, sha ningwa Etitatu lwopo 06h00 no 08h00. Nakufya okwa tongololwa oye Maria Nepemba Katega. Omupopiliko wopolifi moshitukulwa shaKavango East, Chief Inspector Raimbert...
Ndafetwa Ndinelao Haimbodi 12 May 1929 welcomed a Namibian revolutionary Etunda village of Ongandjera welcomed an anti-apartheid activist Kuku Kondombolo and tate Nujoma welcomed a Namibian father of the nation A Lion roared A leader was born From a peasant family, a vision brightened A Namibian’s lead to light was born A beacon shone so...
Lahja Nashuuta Ueshitile Banana Shekupe, a former liberation fighter and founder of the Ndilimani Cultural Troupe, said he will always cherish late Founding President Sam Nujoma for his instrumental role in creating the group. Shekupe revealed that it was Nujoma who purchased the first set of musical instruments that helped establish the musical group. The...