Zurretta Zia Maveoro Residents of Aussenkehr continue to endure severe challenges, including a lack of decent housing, poor sanitation and a lack of clean drinking water. It is a situation which has forced many residents to fetch water from the Orange River for their daily consumption. Although Aussenkehr – a settlement known for its thriving grape industry valued at nearly...
Ombaye rescues Ohangwena school
Hilma Nakanduungile OSHIKUNDE – The Ombaye Fishing company has donated 100 mattresses to pupils at Dr Abraham Iyambo Secondary School in Oshikunde constituency of Ohangwena region. The donation worth N$76 000 came after the school’s enrolment for the 2025 academic year exceeded the normal hostel accommodation figure, leaving some boarders without mattresses. Speaking at the handover this week, Ombaye Fishing’s...
Sinimbo: Community must take water ownership
Lylies Joel NKURENKURU – Kavango West governor Verna Sinimbo has emphasised regional ownership and encouraged the community to take an active role in the stewardship of water resources in the region. She was speaking on Tuesday during a visit to borehole sites at the Kakuro, Kamupupu, and Wiwi areas in Kavango West by delegates from Navachab Gold Mine. Sinimbo explained...
Bannerman’s hand that giveth
Zebaldt Ngaruka GOBABIS – Bannerman Mining Company’s recent donations to various schools in the Omaheke region have been commended by education authorities. The mining company recently donated beds and mattresses worth more than N$90 500 to the Good Hope Primary School in the Epukiro constituency as well as school uniforms and bags to 400 pupils in the Omaheke region. The...
Know Your Civil Servant – ‘We are all teachers’ Mutighoma’s dedication to service
Lahja Nashuuta “We are all teachers, whether in classrooms, homes, or communities. And through education, we all have the power to shape a better Namibia.” This is the core belief of Reinhold Mutighoma, principal of Ekondjo Primary School. Mutighoma, a dedicated public servant and educationist, has spent the last 15 years shaping young minds and uplifting communities through education. He...
Editorial – Indigenous languages could save unemployed teachers
The noble teaching profession is under attack. Those who have daggers drawn against the profession are of the opinion that it is not catering enough for the hundreds of unemployed Namibians who have studied education. At the centre of the fire is government’s apparent inability to employ these would-be teachers; most of them fresh graduates. The current scenario has cast...
Letter – Namibia youth and social media: A double-edged sword
On a typical morning in Windhoek, a 16-year-old girl scrolls through Instagram before getting out of bed. She’s not looking for news or inspiration, but she’s already comparing her life to influencers she’s never met. In Namibia, where much of the population is young, social media is not just a tool, it’s a mirror, a mask, and at times, a...
Burundi votes but with opposition neutered
NAIROBI – Elections for a new parliament in Burundi got under way yesterday but with little risk of an upset after the main opposition was effectively barred from running. The impoverished landlocked country in east Africa has seen decades of ethnic violence, civil war and authoritarian rule.A former rebel group, the National Council for the Defence of Democracy – Forces...
Villagers step up to halt Sierra Leone deforestation
FREETOWN – Deep inside a Sierra Leone national park, a mother of seven was about to set dozens of tree trunks ablaze to make charcoal. Producing the cheap fuel in this way is illegal in the protected rainforest near the capital of a country highly vulnerable to the ravages of climate change. But Aminata Sankoh, a widow who said she...
Trump slaps new travel ban on 12 countries
WASHINGTON – United States (US) President Donald Trump signed a new travel ban that comes into effect on Monday targeting 12 countries, including Afghanistan, Iran and Yemen, reviving one of the most controversial measures from his first term. Trump said on Wednesday the measure was spurred by a makeshift flamethrower attack on a Jewish protest in Colorado that US authorities...