Hesron Kapanga OKANGHUDI – Mueteleli wanaha sapili Hifikepunye Pohamba ukupile bayahi banaha Namibia kusa sinya zeo mueteleli wanaha wa pili Sam Nujoma nayahile. Mwangambolo ni Nampa kwa munzi wahae kwa Okanghudi mwasikiliti sa Ohangwena Labubeli, Pohamba naize kuli Nujoma ha se atimezi, batu basike bahupula kusinyasinya zana yahile, kono baswanela kubelekela kupahamela fa misumo ya...
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Trump tariffs fuel US auto anxiety
NEW YORK – A flood of presidential trade policy announcements has kept US automakers on edge since Donald Trump returned to the White House last month. While some signature threats – like 25% tariffs on Mexico and Canada – have been wielded and then paused, Trump’s multi-pronged assault on the international trade order is building...
Canada to compel diversity disclosures for banks, insurance firms
OTTAWA – Canada said on Friday it would compel banks, insurance companies and other financial firms to disclose the number of women and minorities on their boards and in senior management positions. The move, announced in the government newspaper Canada Gazette, contrasts with a retreat from diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) programmes – aimed at...
Argentine cryptocurrency crashes
BUENOS AIRES – Argentina’s president Javier Milei admitted making a mistake on Saturday after promoting a cryptocurrency whose value soared and then crashed, with his office announcing an “urgent investigation”. According to news outlets, Milei posted a message on social media platform X on Friday evening, praising a “private project” aimed at “stimulating the growth...
Opinion – Employing gunboat diplomacy in modern negotiations
Subtle acts of manipulation in negotiations generally don’t go unnoticed but they can sometimes be hard to address publicly without one being portrayed as hostile. Just as in diplomacy, coercive diplomacy makes for a strategic approach during behind-the-scenes negotiations and alliances. Coercive diplomacy is often seen in situations where manipulation is involved, especially in the...
Struggle Kids pay homage to Nujoma
Rudolf Gaiseb Children of the liberation struggle, better known as the “Struggle Kids” residing at the Ndilimani farm in Brakwater, paid homage to late founding president Sam Shafiishuna Nujoma on Friday. They thanked him for being a beacon of hope to their parents to fight in the liberation struggle, freeing the country from the colonial...
Maasdorp to remain in custody
Iuze Mukube The alleged murderer of 27-year-old Delia Weimers-Maasdorp, who was found dead in her flat in the Eros suburb of Windhoek on 25 April last year, will remain in custody, pending the finalisation of his trial. Magistrate Monica Andjaba delivered this ruling on 7 February 2025, dismissing Wentzel Maasdorp’s application in which he sought...
Former PLAN fighters recount Nujoma’s footprints
Uakutura Kambaekua OPUWO – The death of Sam Nujoma, Namibia’s first democratically elected president, signifies the end of an era, marking the loss of a key figure from the generation of African liberation struggle leaders. Nujoma was the last surviving revolutionary leader from SADC, a class that included Botswana’s Seretse Khama, South Africa’s Nelson Mandela,...
‘I lost a brother’ …89-year-old José Luis Bastos remembers long-time friend Nujoma
Isabel Bento SWAKOPMUND – “He once gave up his room for me while he went to spend the night at his mother’s house, then returned the next morning with a helicopter to fetch me. He was my chommie.” ‘Chommie’, an informal term for friend, was how 89-year-old José Luis Bastos described Founding President Sam Nujoma,...
Former geology students recount times spent with Nujoma
Andreas Thomas Namibia’s founding president Sam Nujoma may be gone, but his legacy endures in the hearts and minds of Namibians and people around the world. The nonagenarian statesman died at the age of 95 in a hospital in Windhoek on Saturday, 8 February 2025. Since his passing, people have continued to relate memories and...









