Auleria Wakudumo Onandjokwe – As the school term begins, many pregnant pupils are faced with the heart-wrenching reality of having to put their education on hold for at least one or two years. Pregnant pupils at the maternity ward Onandjokwe Intermediate Hospital said due to the lack of reliable childcare options, they are forced to...
Rudolf Gaiseb The fight for legitimacy at the National Youth Council (NYC) continues as the interim board and the board before it, are now engaged in a tussle for dominance. The latest development has threatened to derail daily activities of the youth organisation, as an angry mob of NYC youth stakeholders stormed the council’s office...
Uganda’s Chief Justice Alfose Chigamoy Owiny-Dolo on Friday paid a courtesy visit to Namibia’s Chief Justice Peter Shivute in Windhoek. Owiny-Dolo’s visit to Namibia is organised by the Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations to explore Namibia’s biomass and charcoal industry. On Friday, Owiny-Dolo said he has since visited two biomass and charcoal...
OMUTHIYA – The Oshikoto police have opened a housebreaking case against a 28-year-old security guard after items, worth N$130 579.40, were reportedly stolen at the maternity ward of the Onandjokwe Intermediate Hospital on Wednesday. The Namibian Police Force (NamPol) regional commander Theopoline Kalompho-Nashikaku on Friday said the incident occurred around 07h00 after the suspected Namibian...
KATIMA MULILO – Well-known Zambezi region public figure, storyteller and historian, Francis Mabuku Sinvula, also known as ‘Ba Mars’, died on Thursday. He was 67. Sinvula’s death was confirmed by his nephew Neo Mutonga, who described his demise as a very big loss, not only to the Sinvula family, but also to the entire region,...
WINDHOEK – A Namibian delegation led by Deputy Minister of International Relations and Cooperation, Jennely Matundu, attended the inauguration of Venezuelan President-elect Nicolás Maduro in Caracas on Friday. President Nangolo Mbumba delegated Matundu to represent Namibia at the event, where Maduro officially assumed his third term in office for the period from 2025 to 2031,...
Thomas Gabriel OMUTHIYA – The Oshikoto Health and Social Services Directorate recorded five malaria deaths at the Onandjokwe district hospital in December 2024. Directorate head Joshua Nghipangelwa on Friday said 196 malaria cases were recorded in December last year alone. He added that the increase in cases was noticed in November. “The most affected gender...
OPUWO – A newborn baby girl is currently undergoing evaluation at the Opuwo State Hospital in the Kunene region after she was reportedly found abandoned by her mother at the town on Wednesday. In an interview with Nampa on Friday, Namibian Police Force (NamPol) regional police liaison officer Chief Inspector Vehangaiza Hindjou said authorities were...
The Southern African Development Community (SADC) has deployed its Panel of Elders to address the worsening political and security crisis in Mozambique following post-election unrest. Violence erupted following Mozambique’s October 2024 elections, with protests intensifying after the Constitutional Council confirmed the results of the election in December. A media statement on Wednesday said the decision...
FREETOWN – Sierra Leone has reported its first confirmed case of Mpox since the world’s highest alert level for the potentially deadly viral disease was raised last year. “The patient is a 27-year-old man from the rural district of the Western Zone,” near the capital Freetown, the National Public Health Agency stated in a social...