Maria David ONELAGO – When Onelago village resident Andreas Nduutapo left his home to watch a soccer match at a nearby bar, he did not know how his night would turn out. The 29-year-old was on his way home around 23h00 when he decided to take a shortcut through a cemetery, and heard the piercing...
Zebaldt Ngaruka OTJOMBUNDIRO – The marginalised San people in various parts of the Omaheke region’s Epukiro constituency are not happy with their quarterly food distribution programme. The quarterly food parcel is composed of 20kg of flour, four tins of fish, two 750ml bottles of cooking, a small bag of salt, beans and soup. However, they...
Rudolf Gaiseb The annual government budget provision for land servicing and housing will increase from N$750 million last year to N$6.5 billion over the next five years. This is according to Big-Don Kondunda, the director of habitat and housing development. He was speaking at the launch of the 2023 Revised National Housing Policy and Implementation...
Charles Ndeumane OSHAANDJA – He is Namibian-born, married to a Namibian, and even though all his children are registered in his surname and are Namibian, an 83-year-old man has allegedly been denied national documents for nearly two decades. Oshaandja villager Fillemon Johannes’ efforts to obtain Namibian citizenship and other national documents for more than 20...
Rudolf Gaiseb Anti-Corruption Commission of Namibia director general Paulus Noa has slammed the recently-released corruption survey findings, saying they are not premised on facts. “The researchers consulted people on the street. They did not collect factual data to justify their findings. It is merely a perception. Corruption in Namibia has not increased,” Noa said....
Charles Ndeumane ONGWEDIVA – Ngoloneya gwoshitopolwa shaShana Elia Irimari okwa indile uuministeli wuunamapya nuuniimuna, omeya netululo lyomavi wu ninge onkambadhala yomeendelelo opo wu patulule okatomeno kOshakati Eloolo oshowo AMTA Meat Processing. Irimari okwa popi ndhoka pepatululo lyoshigongiilonga shuule woshiwike shaanambelewa aakuluntu muuministeli wuunamapya nuuniimuna, omeya netulululo lyomavi mombelewa yelelo lyondoolopa yaShakati. Uuministeli ota wu ningi...
Limba Mupetami When he is not representing the City of Windhoek, Harold Bolla Akwenye is running the city. However, many do not know much about the sheer determination it takes to wake up, lace up and hit the streets to keep fit and healthy. Akwenye, who is the spokesperson of the City of Windhoek, has...
Limba Mupetami “I am stronger than most of these boys here. They are small boys. I show them how to lift weights properly so that they don’t injure themselves. But some think they are stronger than me,” said a chuckling Ben Ben, a regular at Ondumbo Niise Gym in Ombili. The gym, located on Omuvapu...
NEW DELHI – Raped by her husband on her wedding night aged 17, Divya described her repeated suffering, an all-too-common account in India, permitted by a terrifying colonial-era legal loophole. “I told him I have never had sex and asked him if we can take it slowly and try to understand it. He said: ‘No,...
BEIJING – Beijing said yesterday it is kicking off a formal probe into EU practices after the bloc launched an anti-subsidy investigation of a range of Chinese transport and green energy firms. Trade tensions between Beijing and Brussels have spiralled in recent months, with the European Union taking aim at China’s support for its renewables...