Rudolf Gaiseb The Abraham Iyambo Primary School in Windhoek received sound speakers and carpets valued at N$20 000 from Grandview Klein Diamond Namibia last week. School principal Flora Petrus expressed gratitude, saying the gesture will significantly impact the lives of learners and improve the school’s learning environment. “We are honoured to be blessed with a...
JOHANNESBURG – President Cyril Ramaphosa vowed yesterday to continue providing support to the Democratic Republic of Congo in the face of nationwide calls to withdraw troops following the death of 14 South African soldiers. Rwanda-backed M23 fighters have made substantial gains in eastern DRC, taking the major city of Goma last week, and vowing to...
GOMA – Once crowded with white makeshift huts, the huge Kanyaruchinya camp for displaced people on the outskirts of Goma, in war-torn Democratic Republic of Congo, looked eerily empty on Sunday. Since Goma was taken by Rwanda-backed M23 fighters earlier this week, some 100 000 internally-displaced people have left the jam-packed hillside where they had...
JOHANNESBURG – President Cyril Ramaphosa rejected yesterday assertions by Donald Trump that South Africa was “confiscating” land, and said he was ready to explain his government’s land reform policy to his US counterpart. Trump’s comments appeared to be referring to a Land Expropriation Act signed by Ramaphosa last month which stipulates the government may, in...
PESHAWAR – The Pakistani Taliban claimed the killing of a police officer as he travelled yesterday to guard polio vaccinators on the first day of a nationwide immunisation effort after a year of rising cases. The officer was travelling to guard polio vaccinators in the area of Jamrud town in northwestern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province when...
JERUSALEM – Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was set to begin talks yesterday on a second phase of the ceasefire with Hamas as he visits the new Trump administration in Washington. Before departing, Netanyahu told reporters he would discuss “victory over Hamas”, countering Iran, and freeing all hostages when he meets president Donald Trump today....
ISTANBUL – Syria’s interim president Ahmed al-Sharaa will visit Turkey today on his second international visit since the toppling of Bashar al-Assad in December, the Turkish presidency said. He went to Saudi Arabia on Sunday. War-ravaged Syria is looking to wealthy Gulf countries to finance reconstruction and revive its economy. Sharaa “will pay a visit...
Zebaldt Ngaruka The founding president of Black Africa (BA) Sports Club, Josef Mihe Goagoseb, was buried at the Old Location cemetery in Windhoek on Saturday. He died on 15 January 2025 at the age of 88. Various speakers described the late Goagoseb as a true leader, a man of principles who always wanted things to...
Auleria Wakudumo Ofikola Oshakati West Primary School oya mona obesa yofikola yotete Etitano. Ovahongifikola pamwe novadali oshoyo oohandimwe pomudingonoko ova tula okuni kumwe, va ninga wotina owotina, wokaxuxwa owokaxuxwa, fiyo va wanifa oshimaliwa shokulanda obesa yofikola. Omukulunhufikola Aila Kavungo okwa holola ta ti ofikola oya tameka okwoongela oshimaliwa mo2017 ashike ova ka kwatwa moshipala komukifi...
GOBABIS – The Omaheke Regional Council has called on the Ministry of Agriculture, Water and Land Reform to allocate three additional resettlement farms in the region to address landlessness. Omaheke Regional Council’s Chairperson Ignatius Kariseb made the appeal during the official opening ceremony of the council’s 2025 calendar year in Gobabis on Monday. He emphasised...