Mulisa Simiyasa OKAHANDJA – The bail application for two suspects linked to the alleged massive drug discovery on a commercial farm in the Hochfeld area was on Tuesday postponed to Thursday after two court interpreters were booked off sick on Tuesday. The two suspects are 27-year-old Armand Carel Schultz, a South African national and farm manager as well as the...
Owner disowns ‘dubious’ house deal
Iuze Mukube A complainant in a High Court case involving the alleged unlawful sale of his house told the court yesterday that he never authorised the sale. During a cross-examination by the defence, Angolan national Samuel Visconde Dias informed Judge Herman January that he was unaware that his house had been sold. He only discovered that something was amiss when his...
Five African presidents meet Trump at White House
WASHINGTON – United States president Donald Trump welcomed five African leaders to a White House lunch yesterday, with commerce and trade expected to feature prominently amongst a mixed bag of potential agenda items. The presidents of Senegal, Liberia, Guinea-Bissau, Mauritania and Gabon – five nations located along Africa’s Atlantic Coast – will convene at Trump’s behest. Officials from the countries...
Social media rollbacks caused ‘explosion of hate’
NEW YORK – US social media giants have rolled back content moderation in recent months, leading to an “explosion of hate” online, according to the head of a leading New York-based antisemitism watchdog. Jonathan Greenblatt, CEO of the Anti-Defamation League, says antisemitism has surged since the start of the Gaza war, after Palestinian militant group Hamas attacked Israel on 7...
Five missing in landslide as rain lashes China’s south and east
BEIJING – Five people are missing after a house was buried in a landslide triggered by heavy rainfall in southwest China yesterday, authorities and state media said. The landslide in Xuyong county in Sichuan province occurred after more than 150 millimetres (six inches) of rain fell in just three hours overnight, the local government said in a statement. A rescue...
Five crew rescued from ship attacked in Red Sea
LONDON – Five seafarers have been rescued after a cargo ship was attacked and sunk off Yemen, maritime monitors said yesterday, as a search continues for the remaining crew. The MV Eternity C, a Liberian-flagged bulk carrier, was badly damaged in an attack in the Red Sea that started on Monday and continued into Tuesday. Yemen’s Huthi rebels have not...
Nedbank for Good Series goes north …Grootfontein set to make its debut
The Nedbank for Good Series commenced its 2025 northern region tour with an exciting round 6 competition in Oshakati this past weekend. As part of its ongoing growth and development mission of golf in Namibia, the seventh round will be in Tsumeb on 19 July. Round 8 will take place in Grootfontein, which will make its official debut on 26...
Unstoppable Yasmeen: 145* (134) in 50 Over
On a crisp morning at the High Performance (HP) Oval on Tuesday, Yasmeen Khan delivered one of the finest batting performances ever seen in Namibian women’s cricket. In the Capricorn Eagles’ first 50-over match against the CSA Women’s Emerging Academy, Khan lit up the field with a brilliant 145* off 134 balls, a fearless, commanding knock that rewrote the record...
Personality of the week – Keister: Her love for hockey
Hilma Nalupe Originally from Keetmanshoop Pamoritha, Keister is a born student athlete. She grew up playing soccer, rugby, tennis and netball but stuck to hockey as she fell in love with the sport and never looked back. Keister started playing the sport back in 2015 when the captain of her school’s hockey team asked her to join, due to a...
Otjihavera 2025 Race Experience launched
Hilma Nalupe FNB Namibia officially launched the 25th edition of the Otjihavera race experience yesterday in Windhoek, marking the 20th anniversary of one of the country’s most iconic mountain biking events. The race, first conceptualised by cycling enthusiasts Tony and Sigi Bassingthwaighte along with two other founding members, has grown from a simple idea into a much-loved fixture on Namibia’s...