LÜDERITZ – Yesterday marked a historic occasion with the country’s first-ever maritime museum launched by President Nangolo Mbumba in the quaint southern coastal town of Lüderitz. The Namibia Maritime Museum celebrates the country’s rich maritime heritage. Built for N$75 million, the museum is housed in the town’s historic Old Power Station complex, which includes a...
Landless People’s Movement leader Bernadus Swartbooi has vowed that his party will never deviate from addressing the plight of landless Namibians. At the centre of LPM’s land fight, Swartbooi said, are those affected by the issue of ancestral land. Swartbooi was speaking in Omaheke region at the weekend, where he held public meetings – one...
A four-day extensive training workshop on election reporting for journalists in Namibia is underway at the Namibia Press Agency headquarters in Windhoek. The deputy information minister, Modestus Amutse, officially opened the workshop on Tuesday. He urged journalists to participate fully, take the training seriously and practice the skills and knowledge to impact and accurately inform...
KEETMANSHOOP – A teaching coordinator at the University of Namibia’s southern campus said physical hard files are no longer relevant for student teachers as the recently introduced e-Teaching Practicum files will be the new way of doing their internship. Simon Albin informed regional education stakeholders about the new development during a recent stakeholder engagement seminar....
Rudolf Gaiseb National Democratic Party (NDP) leader Martin Lukato wants the2018 Namibia-Botswana Boundary Treaty nullified. In 2018, the late president Hage Geingob and the former president of Botswana, Ian Khama, signed the historic boundary treaty, which reaffirmed colonial delimitation and clearly outlined the border between the two countries. However, Namibians living along the Chobe and Kwando...
THE capital city’s failed attempt at establishing functional bicycle lanes – conspicuous by the remnants of broken cones along the road – is being reviewed as the City of Windhoek intends to replace the botched system with a more robust but still cost-effective alternative. Meanwhile, Horst Heimstädt of the Namibia Road Safety Forum stated the...
Swapo presidential candidate and Vice President Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah has fiercely rejected media reports that the country’s democracy is on the auction block. This comes after party members, supporters and businesspeople donated more than N$16 million for the party’s election campaign. “We cannot sell this country. Not Swapo [and] not under my leadership,” she boldly stated...
While expressing confidence in veteran Kenyan politician Raila Odinga’s candidature for the African Union’s top post, Namibia has elected not to endorse anyone. Odinga, a former Kenyan prime minister, is gunning for chairpersonship of the African Union Commission (AUC). Namibia’s stance was elaborated by the country’s foremost diplomat, international relations minister Peya Mushelenga, following high-level...
ONGALI – A 27-year-old man was left gutted, in shock and disbelief that his childhood playmate would one day take away his precious gift, his mother. Antonio Fernando’s mother, Jacobina Shivule (47), was allegedly killed by her 29-year-old boyfriend on Sunday, after he allegedly demanded money from her. “My mom would make N$4 000 a...
Namibia’s power utility, NamPower, on Monday signed an engineering, procurement and construction contract with a Chinese joint venture for the 100MW Rosh Pinah Solar PV power plant.The contract, signed between China Jiangxi International Economic and Technical Cooperation Co Ltd and China New Energy Development (Zhejiang) Co Ltd, is valued at over N$1.4 billion (about US$78...