Author: Staff Reporter (Staff Reporter )

Dreams are real and yours is not different – and they can be achieved even by you. History is not changed by wishes, discussions or self-pity but by people who dare to believe. 

Imagine a father living with his wife and five children. One afternoon, two of his children, aged 8 and 10, were playing in the street.  Suddenly, the children came home running and shouting: “daddy, daddy, the Pitbull is coming”. 

So, the City of Windhoek has resorted to lump residents with tariff increases as the council’s expenses, including a N$1.5 billion wage bill, continue to put pressure on its limited resources. 

Growing up in a village in northern Namibia, Edmund Taaru has always wanted to serve in the police force or military. From a tender age, he has the conviction that to serve society in a meaningful and impactful way, one needs to be a law enforcer. 

President Hage Geingob yesterday honoured front line workers as “modern day heroes” and urged them to continue to work for the wellbeing of Namibians, the protection of the country’s communities and the advancement of the nation despite the challenges they face.

Many ask what the perfect ingredients are for heroism. Well, heroism is in the eye of the beholder and there is no specific recipe for it. However, sport has over the years taught us that heroes come in all shapes, sizes and can be found everywhere and anywhere. 

Born 75 years ago in Fransfontein by Toini Ihuhua and Christian Bamm, the young Thomas moved to Windhoek when his mother got married to Christian Iyambo, and enrolled at the Rhenish Herero Primary School.

The Windhoek High Court has postponed the trial of a 50-year-old man accused of sexually violating 10 underage boys over a period of three years at a school in the Otjiwarongo district. 

Supporters of the Popular Democratic Movement (PDM) in the //Kharas region elected their first-ever regional youth leadership in Keetmanshoop last weekend.

More than 50% of the railway lines that state-owned railway company TransNamib currently operate on do not meet the minimum Southern African Development Community (SADC) stipulated standard of 18.5 tonnes/axle load.