The MTC HopSol Youth Soccer League continued its exciting restart with several high-scoring matches over the weekend at the Deutscher Turn und Sportverein (DTS), Sport Klub Windhoek (SKW) and Ramblers Sports Club in the capital. In the under-17 league, Ramblers A beat DTS by a 2-0 scoreline, while Ramblers B accounted for Windhoek Gymnasium by...
TAIPEI – Few geopolitical contests are as mismatched as China and Taiwan. One is an authoritarian regional superpower of 1.4 billion people that boasts the world’s largest standing army and spends more on its military than any other country except the United States. The other is a self-ruled democracy of 23 million, a comparative economic...
PARIS – World leaders on Sunday pledged more than 250 million euros for disaster-struck Lebanon, conference host France said, with the emergency aid to be delivered “directly” to a population reeling from the deadly port blast in Beirut. Fifteen government leaders including US President Donald Trump took part in the virtual conference hosted by French...
PORT LOUIS – Salvage crews raced against time Monday to prevent a second disastrous oil spill off the picture-perfect coastline of Mauritius, with a damaged tanker carrying thousands of tonnes of fuel at risk of splitting apart. The bulk carrier MV Wakashio ran aground on July 25 with 4,000 tonnes of fuel aboard and began...
Minister of Works and Transport John Mutorwa said corruption, favouritism and nepotism, applied by some officials in different institutions who put personal interests ahead of national interest when awarding tenders and filling vacancies, are taking the country down. Mutorwa made these remarks last week at the ministry’s head office in Windhoek when he met with...
GOBABIS – The United States food assistance programme has enabled more than 4 000 Namibian HIV patients who had stopped taking their antiretroviral medication to resume treatment by providing them with food to aid their treatment. The programme, intended to meet the nutritional gap of food insecure families affected by Namibia’s recent drought, is funded...
KEETMANSHOOP – Popular Democratic Movement (PDM), Member of Parliament, Ricky Vries has urged party members in //Kharas region to elect credible, responsible and committed leaders that will compete in the upcoming elections in November. Namibians will return to the polls on 25 November this year to elect new regional and local authority councillors.Vries made the...
KEETMANSHOOP – Swapo Party chairperson of leaders assigned to //Kharas region, Lucia Witbooi, has urged party members in the region to serve their communities with dedication, total commitment, with only one aim, one voice echoing unity. She made the call at the party’s regional executive committee meeting on Saturday.“In unity is strength and we all...
OTJIWARONGO – Newly-built Ombili Primary School (PS) at Otjiwarongo was officially inaugurated on Friday by governor of Otjozondjupa region James Uerikua. Ombili PS is situated in the middle of the Ombili informal settlement at the town, and its construction was funded by the Otjikoto B2Gold Mine at a cost of over N$3 million. Uerikua, in...
Dr Shihomeka suggested the concrete steps that Namibia has to take to move forward for better e-learning in his op-ed titled Online teaching and learning strategy formulation framework. The message was timely and well argued. However, the proposal remained at the level of strategy that does not always translate to concrete action on the ground. Therefore,...