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Residents flee Lebanon’s Baalbek after Israeli warning
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Residents flee Lebanon’s Baalbek after Israeli warning

BAALBEK – Residents of Baalbek rushed out of their homes  yesterday after the Israeli army ordered Lebanon’s main eastern city and its outskirts evacuated for the first time in more than a month of war.The Israeli army urged residents of Baalbek and surrounding villages to leave immediately, warning it was preparing attacks on Hezbollah targets....

Flooding kills 51 in Spain
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Flooding kills 51 in Spain

VALENCIA – Floods triggered by torrential rain in Spain’s eastern Valencia region have left at least 51 people dead, rescuers said yesterday, as authorities scrambled to respond to the rare disaster. Heavy rain and fierce winds have lashed southern and eastern Spain since the beginning of the week, sparking floods in Valencia and the southern...

Okakarara awaits action on Dr Ndaitwah Cup
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Okakarara awaits action on Dr Ndaitwah Cup

The Okakarara constituency will host the renowned Dr Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah football and netball tournament this weekend. The event will be hosted at the Okakarara Vocational Training Centre sports field. The Cup debuted last year in Opuwo, with over 40 football and netball teams competing for a total of N$100 000.  The event has since spread...

Opinion – Kiev’s backers’ neo-Nazi problem
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Opinion – Kiev’s backers’ neo-Nazi problem

Ukraine under the Zelensky regime is a place that is difficult to comprehend. It has a “democracy”, but no functioning opposition. It features the usual “vibrant civil society” that every monoglot Western correspondent loves to hang out with in up-to-date coffee shops, but it has no independent media. Last but not least, its far-right is either simply not there...

Ovanhu 10 moshipangelo konima yokunwa oshikundu 
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Ovanhu 10 moshipangelo konima yokunwa oshikundu 

Auleria Wakudumo Ovanailonga 10 ve na eedula okudja po18 fiyo 65 pofitola yoMayo Mini Market, momukunda Mpora moshitukulwa shaKavango West ova tambulilwa moshipangelo shepangelo shaRundu Omaandaxa, taku fekelwa kutya ova nwa oudiyo. Otaku hokololwa ovanailonga ava va nwa oshikundu hashi ifanwa Sikundu/Mageu momalaka haa popiwa moKavango.  Chief Inspector Raimbert Muronga okwa holola ta ti oonakuninga...

Tava ka yambula po eepate mEtosha
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Tava ka yambula po eepate mEtosha

Auleria Wakudumo Ouministeli womidingonoko, eefuka, nomapashiono owa kwashilipaleka ovatalelipo osho yo Ovanamibia kutya onghalo yeepate mEtosha oya yuka kouwa. Ouministeli owa ti owa didilika omakemo ovatalelipo kombinga youkwatya weepate mEtosha.  Edi oda popiwa momukanda wa pitifwa komupopiliko wouministeli womidingonoko, eefuka, novapashiono Romeo Muyunda onghela. Muyunda okwa ti omanyenyeto mahapu okwa tofa mo opate yokudja kOkaukuejo...

POEM – The day grows old
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POEM – The day grows old

Rudolf Gaiseb As the day grows old, And the sun grows cold, His knees begin to fold  under the weight of this world. Oh, lo and behold, The one who could not be controlled, Is now caught in a chokehold.  He is confined as in a sheepfold. His heart is made of gold, But his story was never...

Tinned tuna contaminated with mercury
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Tinned tuna contaminated with mercury

PARIS – Tinned tuna in many European countries are contaminated with dangerous levels of mercury, two environmental pressure groups stated. They called on retail stores and governments to take “urgent” measures. The Foodwatch and Bloom groups said authorities had to cut the permitted levels of the heavy metal. Bloom said all of the 148 tins...

Labour ministry endorses labour commissioner’s autonomy
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Labour ministry endorses labour commissioner’s autonomy

Pinehas Pinehas The Office of the Labour Commissioner facilitated a consultative engagement in Windhoek on Monday to announce Cabinet’s approval, in principle, for the commission’s autonomy.  This autonomous operation is still subject to consultation with social partners and key stakeholders.  At the event, labour deputy minister Hafeni Ndemula justified advocacy for the autonomy of the...

Opinion – 267 days: Kudos Mr President
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Opinion – 267 days: Kudos Mr President

It is exactly 267 days since His Excellency Dr Nangolo Mbumba took over as Namibia’s fourth President, in the letter and spirit of Article 29(4) (a) and Article 34, of the globe-famed and envied Supreme Law of the Republic of Namibia.  The swearing-in rolled out against shivers of the backdrop of national and international tears...