Reflecting on his close-knit friendship traversing four decades with the late Hage Geingob, defence minister Frans Kapofi says rekindling relations between Geingob and the late Hidipo Hamutenya and Theo-Ben Gurirab remains one of his proudest moments.
The Otjozondjupa directorate of education last week held its 2024 school opening conference here to take stock of the region’s performance last year and devise ways on how to improve this year.
The UNAM/Africa Millimetre Telescope (AMT) programme began late last month with school excursions in Windhoek to provide hands-on astronomical education and inspire young minds in the field of astrophysics and STEM (science, technology, engineering and mathematics).
Debmarine Namibia demonstrated its commitment to Green Leaves Primary School and welfare by donating food parcels aimed at spreading love and addressing food insecurity.
Maria van der Berg, a Control Administrative Officer in the Office of the Auditor General, is one of the nation’s unsung heroines who has so far devoted 35 years to serving in the public sector.
Everything will come to a standstill next week when the nation and the African continent bid farewell to one of its own. Since 4 February 2024, and with shattered hearts, Namibians from all walks of life have been struggling to come to terms with the passing on of our third democratically elected president.
“In Africa, art is not just a reflection of life; it’s a catalyst for change, a catalyst for progress, and a catalyst for hope.” - Wangari Maathai
As I write this, it is not as an impartial observer, but rather from the unsettling perspective of someone who has experienced workplace sexual harassment.
Countrymen, countrywomen, the youth, friends - as the darkest cloud is hovering over our nation, and we are trying to find terms about the sudden death of our beloved President His Excellency Dr Hage Geingob on 4 February 2024 - and we try to find solace in the Almighty and in each other as a bereaved, united family of the Namibian House - I feel it is my duty as a long-time columnist of New Era