Southern Stream First Division (SSFD) outfit Mariental Sport Club (SC) was beaten for the first time this season when Try Again FC thrashed them 2-1 at Keetmanshoop’s J Stephanus Stadium last weekend. The log leaders suffered another setback on Sunday, losing 1-0 to Dates Eleven. Speaking to Nampa on Monday, Mariental SC head coach Marvin...
GENEVA – Nearly 700 civilians have reportedly been killed in drone strikes in Sudan since January, the United Nations aid chief said yesterday, decrying that three years of civil war had created the “world’s largest humanitarian crisis”. Now entering a fourth year, the war between Sudan’s army and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) has...
Zebaldt Ngaruka GOBABIS – The future of the Namibia Rural Sport Development Federation (NRSDF) is looking bright after one of its executive members, Mervin Tjivikara Kamenje, obtained a qualification in Sports Education and Practice at the Africa Institutional Management Services’ (AIMS) School of Sports in Windhoek. The 30-year-old, who specialised in athletics, also received the...
Auleria Wakudumo The Traditional Authorities Act is under the microscope, with key stakeholders determining amendments or refinements to the law that has united critics and proponents in almost equal measure. Government will soon require all existing traditional authorities to clearly demonstrate how they were established and justify their status as part of efforts to reform...
Auleria Wakudumo Education minister Sanet Steenkamp has taken a firm stance against unfair or corrupt recruitment practices within her ministry that appear to have taken firm roots. Speaking at the official opening of the Annual Review (2025/26) and the planning session for the 2026/27 financial year in Otjiwarongo yesterday, Steenkamp raised concern over persistent complaints...
Auleria Wakudumo The following Cabinet decisions were issued at the first and second meetings held on 8 and 9 March 2026. Cattle feedlot and livestock value chain hub at Farm Kehoro Cabinet took note that the government acquired Farm Kehoro Sud No. 160 under the Land Reform Programme as a strategic agricultural asset, and approved...
Namibia remains the only African country with concurrent access to export beef to the United States of America (USA), China, Norway and the European Union (EU), generating over N$2.1 billion in foreign exchange in 2025. This was said by the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries, Water and Land Reform Inge Zaamwani, who, during her budget speech...
Lylie Joel KAPAKO – Operations at Kapako Combined School have for the past three weeks been affected by a water crisis, which has seen learners being released from school around 10h00 every day. The water crisis, caused by a faulty borehole, has affected the wider community, amongst others the local clinic, which now sources water...
Dalene Kooper LÜDERITZ – Lüderitz mayor Brigitte Fredericks says although capital budget cuts from the central government have slowed down key development projects, the coastal town remains committed to delivering essential services and infrastructure. Fredericks described Lüderitz as a town in a “blooming stage”, expressing optimism about its future growth trajectory. “We are very positive...
Eba Kandovazu The Namibian Police Force (NamPol) in the //Kharas region has opened a case of dealing in prohibited dependence-producing drugs after it uncovered and seized drugs worth N$5.4 million at the Noordoewer border post on Friday.A weekend crime report issued by NamPol on Sunday indicated that a white Mahindra vehicle with a Windhoek registration...