The Namibia Sports Commission (NSC) held a press conference on the fourth edition of the National Youth Games last Thursday in Windhoek. The National Youth Games serve as a platform to identify and select the Namibian team across 11 sport codes that will compete at the African Union Sport Council Region 5 Youth Games (AUSC...
Seventeen-year-old Ansuné Smith broke and reset her own national hammer throw record last month at the Unam/NUST Welwitschia Athletics Championships in Windhoek. Smith has been aiming to qualify for the African Championships, which required her to reach 50.50 metres. She explained that she had always believed a new record would be set if she achieved...
Rudolf Gaiseb The Legal Aid income threshold is outdated, leaving those in need of legal representation out in the cold. This was highlighted by Swapo parliamentarian Hilma Iita, who tabled a motion last week proposing 75% partial legal aid assistance for middle income earners to enable them to access justice. Iita highlighted the “justice gap”...
President Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah has described the late James Unomasa Uerikua not just as a politician but as a leader who was a voice for the voiceless and who strongly believed in unity, in bridging divides, and in the genuine empowerment of the most downtrodden. Uerikua, a Swapo member of Parliament and former governor of Otjozondjupa...
Rudolf Gaiseb Prime Minister Elijah Ngurare confirmed that the government is currently discussing the possible acquisition of a 10% stake in Rössing Uranium. The Namibian government currently holds less than 4% of the shares. The PM said the stake was originally held by South Africans during the apartheid era and, under the law of succession,...
The northern regions of Namibia, especially Ohangwena and parts of Omusati, have once again suffered severe flooding as water from Angola’s canals and rivers flows into the country. The floodwater, commonly known as efundja, have flooded low-lying regions, blocking access routes and disturbing daily activities. Oshikango, in the Ohangwena region, is among the most affected,...
The Deutsche Höhere Privatschule Windhoek (DHPS), alongside the Basketball Artists School (BAS) Foundation and OTB, is having an OTB Basketball Camp from 3 to 5 April in Windhoek. The camp aims to empower, educate, and inspire, and to create a positive, structured environment where young players can develop their basketball skills while building confidence, discipline,...
Dalene Kooper Richard Gariseb arrived at a farm in the Omaheke region five years ago in search of employment to care for his family. He was offered a job chopping and cutting wood for a farm owner. Something he said he has been doing all his life. Gariseb settled into his duties of chopping wood...
Heather Erdmann REHOBOTH – Petrol and diesel fuel ran dry across most service stations in Rehoboth on Tuesday as residents rushed to fill up ahead of a fuel price hike that took effect yesterday. By yesterday afternoon, only two of the five Rehoboth fuel stations still had fuel available for consumers. So desperate is the...
Given its perennial underfunding levels, inadequate human capital and limited access to modern tools and advanced technologies for combating corruption, it is unfair and unreasonable to expect the country’s Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) to fully live up to its mandate. These were the sentiments of most Parliamentarians during Tuesday’s national budget contributions to the vote of...