WALVIS BAY – Education authorities late yesterday announced that grade 11 and 12 learners at Walvis Bay, Swakopmund and Arandis will no longer resume face-to-face classes today as earlier scheduled. Covid-19 cases have particularly skyrocketed at Walvis Bay over the last few weeks, with more than 1 000 positive cases recorded at the harbour town....
One of the accused in the Fishrot scandal has brought forth a bail application but has demanded his matter to be heard by a magistrate who has not watched the Al Jazeera documentary ‘Anatomy of a Bribe’ or perused files on Wikileaks. The 31-year-old Pius ‘Taxa’ Mwatelulo, an administrator at Hanganeni, brought forth his application...
WALVIS BAY – A Walvis Bay family, who recently lost a loved one to Covid-19, says there is absolutely no dignity – even in death – for those who lost their lives due to the virulent pandemic. According to the family, they are deeply saddened by events that played out at the coastal town this past...
Three men died in a motor vehicle accident on Saturday morning at around 03h00 in Windhoek when the driver allegedly lost control over the vehicle. An incident report, issued by the Namibian police, said the incident occurred on the B1 road Western Bypass under the bridge between the Katutura State Hospital and the Windhoek Central...
Former Brave Warriors enterprising winger Eslin ‘Lovers’ Kamuhanga continues to make waves in German football and for this coming 2020/21 season, he will be rejoining TSB Flensburg in that country’s fourth division. Kamuhanga, who formerly played for Black Africa, Civics and Ramblers in the Namibia Premier League (NPL), was recently unveiled as one of the...
Otniel HembapuHesron Kapanga The 16th extra-ordinary congress of the Namibia Football Association (NFA) held in Windhoek on Saturday, overwhelmingly voted in favour of expelling the Namibia Premier League (NPL) as its member, but the banished league’s chairperson Patrick Kauta yesterday said he will review their expulsion and issue apposite countermeasures. Along with the expulsion of...
Former president of the Namibia Football Association (NFA) and highly-respected sports administrator Doc Naobeb says he does not support and nor is he convinced that expelling the Namibia Premier League (NPL) will bring lasting solutions to the current impasse in local football. Speaking to New Era Sport yesterday, the now retired veteran football administrator who...
Unlike many footballers from his generation who started chasing leather in the dusty streets of their respective towns and cities – Selle’s interest in the spherical object took off around bushes on a remote farm at a very young age. From the time that he kicked around a football for his village team Forest Garden...
Education ministry executive director Sanet Steenkamp said every teacher must have an academic recovery plan in order to accommodate pupils who could not resume face-to-face classes to catch up with others. Since the resumption of face-to-face for pre-primary to grade 3 learners last week, many schools countrywide failed to meet the Covid-19 health protocol requirements,...
President Hage Geingob has strongly implored Swapo parliamentarians to stick to addressing issues in the National Assembly instead of resorting to personality clashes. “It is your ultimate task to re-define the rules of engagement within the Namibian socio-economic and political context, to ensure that we effectively address the burning issue of economic freedom for the...