Zebaldt Ngaruka EPUKIRO – The Otjiwarongo Sports Academy is organising a Youth Cup competition at Paresis Sports ground in Otjozondjupa region to nurture and showcase young football talent. The tournament coordinator, Raisameua Kasaona, said the event commences today, and will feature boys and girls aged between u/11 to 17. She clarified that the girls’ teams...
ONGWEDIVA – ALV Consulting Engineers, as part of its corporate social responsibility, handed over a sponsorship of N$50 000 to Ongwediva-based Lions Football Club (FC) on Wednesday. Handing over the donation, Civil Engineer at ALV Consulting Engineers Reginald Sheehama said “We want to empower the youth, and we will continue to do this so that...
MORONI – Comoros president Azali Assoumani yesterday chaired a government cabinet meeting in his first public appearance since being wounded in a knife attack last week, government footage showed. Assoumani is seen in the video with a thick bandage on the left side of his forehead, smiling as he got into a car and arriving...
BAMAKO – A jihadist attack in the Malian capital targeting a military police training camp and a military airport left more than 70 dead and 200 wounded, security sources said yesterday. A security source speaking on condition of anonymity told AFP that 77 people had been killed and 255 wounded in Tuesday’s attacks in Bamako....
LIBREVILLE – Gabon’s ex-president Ali Bongo Ondimba, who was overthrown in a coup last year, has said he is withdrawing from political life and asked for clemency for his imprisoned wife and son, who he said face “violence” and “torture”. Bongo ruled the oil-rich West African nation for 14 years until he was overthrown by...
Lahja Nashuuta It is not every day that one gets to encounter a jack of all trades with enough intellectual fortitude to have mastered them all. And even when you do, the corridors of a government ministry are the last place that you will expect to run into such multi-talented individuals. Not because the government...
Namibia, a nation of breathtaking landscapes and rich cultural tapestry, is on the cusp of a digital revolution. At the heart of this transformation is the creative industry, a sector brimming with potential to drive economic growth and social change. To harness this potential, Namibian creatives must embrace the twin pillars of artificial intelligence (AI)...
Joseph Diescho is a Namibian political scientist. He is an emeritus professor at the University of Bonn in Germany. Today, the name Joseph Diescho resonates with wisdom, knowledge or a commitment to intellectual pursuit. On the other hand, the name brings out controversies such as a self-imposed exiled Namibian, someone at loggerheads with the...
Sustainability is a concept we encounter frequently, defined by the United Nations Brundtland Commission as meeting the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs. Namibia has demonstrated a strong commitment to wildlife conservation and environmental protection, notably being one of the first African countries to incorporate...
To date, hundreds of thousands of Namibian citizens are standing at the far end of the tunnel, focussing anxiously on the awaited Vision 2030 to emerge. As years pass by, every small amount of light detected prompts an adjustment of the lens the society is using to view through the tunnel. It is so because...