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...
Iuze Mukube The legal battle over the removal of the Veterinary Cordon Fence (VCF), commonly known as the redline, remains in limbo as Windhoek High Court Judge Shafimana Ueitele reserved judgement on the absolution application on Friday. The ruling is set to be delivered on 27 March. The government respondents and the Livestock and Livestock...
Zebaldt Ngaruka OZOMBOUVAPA – Swapo’s Okorukambe constituency councillor Rocco Nguvauva has urged the government to speed up the implementation of resolutions taken at the second national land conference seven years ago. Without some of the resolutions in force, farmworkers have been exposed to exploitation, and left at the mercy of farm owners. Late in 2023,...
Suzith Tjitaura KEETMANSHOOP – //Kharas education director Jesmine Magerman said while the region performed poorly in the 2024 national examination results, it is time for introspection. She said it is imperative that principals investigate what went wrong from lower grades, which makes them struggle to master higher grade syllabuses. Speaking during the annual principals’ meeting...