Telecom Namibia Sports Club will host the 2026 Southern African Telecommunications Games (SATeG) in Swakopmund from 3 to 6 April. According to a media statement issued by Telecom Namibia, the regional sporting event will bring together telecommunications operators from Namibia, Botswana, South Africa, Eswatini, Lesotho and Mozambique and aims to promote sportsmanship, collaboration and unity...
Swapo Member of Parliament Justina Jonas-Emvula has expressed strong support for the 2026/2027 national budget, stating that it directly aligns with the Swapo Party manifesto. During the parliamentary debate on the budget on Thursday, Jonas referred to the budget as a social contract between Swapo and the Namibian people, asserting that it turns the party’s...
BRAZZAVILLE – Voters were scarce as polling stations opened in Congo-Brazzaville yesterday in a vote expected to extend 82-year-old President Denis Sassou Nguesso’s more than four decades in power in the oil-rich central African country. Six candidates are standing against Sassou Nguesso but the main opposition is divided and largely absent, leaving him set to...
Omaheke Governor Pijoo Nganate said the construction of the Otjombinde Sports Field in Tallismanus is part of the government decentralisation policy. Speaking at the ground-breaking ceremony on Thursday, Nganate said the launch formed part of the national effort to bring development closer to the communities. “Our government’s commitment to build sports facilities is aimed at...
PARIS – For anyone in the import business, the economic risks from the war in the Middle East arrive by sea — and that goes for everyone who buys their products, too. As the war rages into its third week, the near-total closure of the strategic Strait of Hormuz has upended not just the oil...
Dalene Kooper Basketball enthusiasts were in for a treat last weekend as the Khomas Basketball League started off intensely on Saturday at the University of Namibia’s Gym Hall. The league is anticipated to last until November of this year, with 10 teams in the premier and first divisions. Fans gradually filled the basketball court to...
Iuze Mukube Two residents of Outjo who are currently serving lengthy prison sentences for unrelated offences want the court to allow sentencing in a murder and rape case before the court to run concurrently with their existing sentences. The accused, Lourense Aib (32) and Hendrick Nowoseb (34), made an appearance before Judge Nate Ndauendapo in...
Rudolf Gaiseb Landless People’s Movement (LPM) leader Bernardus Swartbooi says the government must consider exporting labour to reduce the all-time high unemployment rate in Namibia. Unemployment hit a soaring 36.9% in the last cycle of the national census.While the government is investing fiscal resources into education and training, Swartbooi, during his contribution to the 2026/2027...
The Islamic Republic of Iran has firmly asserted that the Palestinian cause, the political and humanitarian struggle for Palestinian self-determination, total liberation from Israeli settler occupation, and the establishment of a sovereign state, often focused on rights lost during the 1948 Nakba (‘catastrophe’) and the 1967 Six-Day War, are core elements of its anti-imperialist, anti-Israel,...
Auleria Wakudumo Omupresidente Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah pamwe novaleli vongudu yoAffirmative Repositioning (AR) ova kala omutumba onhomenawina opo va kundafane omaupyakadi a taalela oshilongo. Eshi oshi li shimwe shomoinakuwanifwa yomupresidente okukundafana neengudu dopapolitika da yooloka okukundafana oinima ya fimana moshilongo. Omupedupresidente Lucia Witbooi, Omuprima woshilongo Elijah Ngurare osho yo oilyo yokabinete imwe oya li ya waimina omupresidente...