Report on the third Commonwealth Trade Ministers’ Meeting and Commonwealth Business Summit held in Windhoek from 16-20 June 2025. Cabinet took note of this meeting report and its key discussions and strategic priorities, including strengthening Commonwealth trade amid global uncertainty, advancing paperless trade and legal reform, including gender equity and empowering MSMEs by bridging divides and unlocking investment and driving regional integration. Report on...
After deadly protests, Ruto seeks football distraction
NAIROBI – Whether in a sports jersey or a suit, Kenyan president William Ruto is casting himself as a model supporter of the national football team as an international tournament provides respite from recent bloody protests against his regime. In June and July, the East African country, usually known as a beacon of calm in the turbulent Horn of Africa...
Israeli protestors call for end to Gaza war
TEL AVIV – Demonstrators took to the streets across Israel Sunday, calling for an end to the war in Gaza and a deal to release hostages still held by militants, as the military prepares a new offensive. The protests come more than a week after Israel’s security cabinet approved plans to capture Gaza City, following 22 months of war that...
Kazombiaze: Rugby needs to be decentralised
Zebaldt Ngaruka GOBABIS – Former Namibia’s national rugby player Uakazuvaka Wacca Kazombiaze said it is high time for the rugby sport to be decentralised to all corners of the country. Kazombiaze (46) said this in a recent interview with New Era Sport, where he suggested the Namibia Rugby Union reach out to all regions to develop the sport at the...
Beauties depart for Cosafa championship
FNB Women Super League champions, Beauties, yesterday left the country for South Africa, where they are set to compete in the upcoming 2025 CAF Women’s Champions League Cosafa Qualifiers from 22 to 31 August in Johannesburg. Beauties will make their debut at the tournament after winning the local women’s championship. They are drawn against two-time Cosafa champions, Mamelodi Sundowns, Ntopwa...
Russia, Ukraine launch drones before summit
KYIV – Kyiv and Moscow yesterday launched attack drones at each other, a day before Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky is due in the United States for talks with president Donald Trump on ending three years of war with Russia. Fighting has continued to rage during a flurry of diplomatic moves to end Moscow’s invasion. Kyiv’s air force said Russia attacked...
Record turnout marks Oranjemund corporate golf day
Hilma Nalupe The Oranjemund Golf Club was a hive of activity this past Saturday. It hosted its third consecutive corporate golf day, an event that has fast become a highlight on the town’s social and sporting calendar. A record-breaking 92 golfers, grouped into 22 teams, including two all-women squads, took to the greens in the American scramble format. Competitors hailed...
Mariental Kickboxing Club: A beacon of hope for the town’s youth
“Before joining the club, I was shy, felt I did not have a place to go to where I would feel at home, also a lot of kids at school were bullying me before, but when I told them I had joined the club, they stopped bullying.” These were sentiments from Karrah Freyer, a 14-year-old Dojo student at Rehoboth Kickboxing...
Mixed fortune for Namibia’s foreign legions …as Fredericks, Kambato score
Namibia veteran midfield and former Brave Warriors captain Dynamo Fredericks was on target on Saturday as he helped steer his Botswana club, Jwaneng Galaxy to a convincing 3-0 win over Marupele Wanderers during the Botswana Premier League at Galaxy Stadium. The win saw the defending champions shot to the top of the premier league with three points, level with Township...
Hawala ota pewa efumbiko lyopapangelo
Victoria Immanuel Omupresidente Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah okwa ti ngoka a li kakukutu komatanga gegameno Solomon ‘Jesus’ Hawala, ota pewa efumbiko lyopapangelo ongesimaneko lyuupendafule woshilongo shika. Hawala, ngoka a li a valwa mesiku lyonena, omasiku 17 Aguste 1935 okwa hulitha momasiku 11 Aguste 2025 mepupipi lyomimvo 89, onota ka fumbikwa momasiku gahamano gaSepetemba nuumvo kOngwediva moshitopolwa shaShana. Momushangwa gwapresidente Nandi-Ndaitwah okwa ti...