Kavambo Nujoma Allow me on the onset, as we gather here on this solemn occasion, on behalf of the Nujoma, Kondombolo, and Mushimba families, and indeed on my own behalf, to express our profound gratitude to the Government of the Republic of Namibia for conferring the highest honour of a State Funeral of a National...
The Office of the President has come under scrutiny after the National Assembly Parliamentary Standing Committee on Public Accounts flagged irregularities in its financial management for the 2019/20 financial year. The committee’s report, tabled in the National Assembly recently, pointed to a range of financial discrepancies, including unaccounted-for expenditure and unauthorised budget overruns. The report...
The death of Namibia’s Founding President, Sam Nujoma, is a significant loss not only for Namibia, but also for the entire SADC region, the continent of Africa, and beyond, according to Zimbabwean president Emmerson Mnangagwa. The Zimbabwean leader, while speaking at Nujoma’s memorial service in Windhoek on Friday, said Nujoma was just more than a...
OTJIWARONGO – Three people died in an accident when the driver lost control over the vehicle they were travelling in while overtaking another vehicle on the B1 road some 20 kilometres north of Otjiwarongo on Sunday. The Namibian Police’s Detective Chief Inspector Timotheus Gabriel informed Nampa yesterday that two men aged 31 and 36 died...
The Capricorn Eagles are excited for an international tour as they head to Uganda for the Uganda Cricket Association (UCA) Women’s Day Cup, scheduled to take place from 8 to 16 March. The Namibian squad will depart for Uganda tomorrow, ready to compete in a high-stakes quadrangular tournament. The tournament will feature four teams: Namibia,...
The Namibia Football Association (NFA) is in mourning following the sudden passing of its secretary general Charles Siyauya, yesterday after being hospitalised due to a suspected heart complication. The news has sent shockwaves through the football community in Namibia, leaving many in disbelief and sorrow. Siyauya, who was appointed to the position of secretary general...
Pricilla Mukokobi Otniel Hembapu Lahja Nashuuta For the past three weeks, thousands of Namibians from all corners of the country turned out in the pouring rain and blistering sun to pay final respects to Founding President Sam Nujoma, a man revered at home and on the continent as a liberator, anti-apartheid icon and nation-builder. And...
Foreign dignitaries who graced the burial of late founding president Sam Nujoma at the Heroes Acre in Windhoek on Saturday hailed his unwavering dedication to the cause for the independence of his motherland. Angola’s President João Lourenço, who was among those in attendance, said Nujoma will be remembered for his tenacity and drive to not...
Iuze Mukube The Supreme Court has determined that the extension of the 2024 November elections was lawful and in the best interest of the public. Chief Justice Shivute rendered this decision on Friday, saying that Proclamation 34 of 2024, which established the extension period, guaranteed that all eligible voters had the opportunity to exercise their...
Part of the reasons why Namibia was able to become a peaceful, stable and developing democracy quite early on was largely due to late Founding President Sam Nujoma’s fierceness, decisiveness and daring leadership. This is the view of Popular Democratic Movement (PDM) president McHenry Venaani in his tribute to the late statesman. Nujoma, who died...