Rudolf Gaiseb Last week, the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI) appealed to Namibians to join them, promising great benefits would accrue as a result. So far, 55 countries have implemented the EITI. Speaking at a consultative meeting in the capital last week, EITI’s executive director Mark Robinson, emphasised that their goal is to ensure that...
THE HAGUE – Shares in Dutch brewer Heineken fizzed at the market open yesterday, as traders cheered better-than-expected beer sales, despite a slight dip in overall turnover. The stock rose by more than 11% at the opening bell, the biggest gainer on the Amsterdam market, which was up slightly overall. Earlier yesterday, the world’s second-biggest...
Lahja Nashuuta Creating a vibrant education system, prioritising decent school infrastructure, sheer passion for the Namibian child’s education and social progress through technology are hallmarks of the Nujoma presidency. This is the view of former prime minister Nahas Angula, the man late Founding President Sam Nujoma first assigned to lay an independent Namibia’s education bedrock,...
Isabel Bento SWAKOPMUND – The Erongo Regional Electricity Distributor (RED) has committed to electrifying 1 838 houses across the region within the next four months in efforts to ensure universal electricity access. The initiative, valued at N$66.8 million, will be undertaken in honour of Founding President Sam Nujoma and will cover Swakopmund, Walvis Bay, Usakos,...
Hesron Kapanga OKANGHUDI – Former president Hifikepunye Pohamba has urged Namibians against destroying what Founding President Sam Nujoma built. In an interview with Nampa at his homestead at Okanghudi in the Ohangwena region on Tuesday, Pohamba said now that Nujoma has died, people should not think of destroying what he built, but should rather work...
Mulisa Simiyasa Two learners from Tsumkwe Senior Secondary School died in an accident on the Tsumkwe-Grootfontein gravel road on Monday. The Namibian Police’s head of community affairs in Otjozondjupa, Senior Inspector Maureen Mbeha informed Nampa that the deceased persons are Elizabeth Kambara (18) and 19-year-old Frans Chameia. Their relatives have been informed. Mbeha said the...
RUNDU – Four people died at Shikenge village in Kavango East after two vehicles, one belonging to the Namibian Correctional Service (NCS) and the other a Toyota seven-seater, collided head-on on Sunday. Crime investigations coordinator in the region, Deputy Commissioner Bonifasius Kanyetu confirmed the accident on Tuesday, saying the NCS vehicle immediately caught fire after...
Uakutura Kambaekua OPUWO – Chief Tjimbuare Thom of the Vita Royal House will be laid to rest at the Katutura burial site in Opuwo on 22 February 2025. Chief Thom died at his homestead in Omuhoro village in the Okangwati settlement last Thursday after a prolonged illness. He was 92. His nephew, Masatu Thomo, confirmed...
KAMPALA- Ugandan former presidential candidate Kizza Besigye has gone on hunger strike, his lawyer told AFP yesterday, months into his detention by authorities after he was snatched from neighbouring Kenya. Besigye was once president Yoweri Museveni’s trusted personal doctor but has become a government target since joining the opposition 25 years ago and unsuccessfully running...
ABIDJAN – In a few days, France will hand over its only military base in Ivory Coast, its former star colony in west Africa, and both sides say the run-up is proceeding seamlessly without any rancour. The 230-hectare Port-Bouet military camp flanking Ivory Coast’s main city has been a fixture in the country’s life for...