Zebaldt Ngaruka The Epukiro Annual Festive Tournament will be marking four decades with a jaw dropping line up of from football to netball. The rural tournament kicked off last weekend with 58 football teams and 39 netball teams and is scheduled to continue this coming Saturday. Eastern Swallows FC head coach Moses Muure Katjiteo said...
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Meyer calls for structural reform, greater depth … shares plans for 2026
LILONGWE – Speaking after the DebMarine Desert Jewels secured a seventh-place finish at the Africa Netball Cup in Lilongwe, Malawi, head coach of the DebMarine Desert Jewels, Julene Meyer, said that national coaches need more training time with players and more frequently, and that local clubs need to buy into the concept of more structured...
South Africa ends Namibia’s winning streak
Hilma Nalupe South Africa’s indoor women’s hockey team brought an end to Namibia’s winning run at the Nkosi Cup after edging them 4-3 in a tightly contested group stage match played yesterday in Cape Town. Prior to the encounter, Namibia had performed well in the tournament, having won two matches. The defeat to South Africa...
Donkeys provide lifeline to flooded areas
Onakamuandi – Heavy rains in Onakamuandi village in the Oshana region have once again disrupted everyday life, as floodwaters have submerged the main routes linking different parts of the community. Movement within the village has become difficult, leaving residents dependent on donkey carts to navigate the flooded passages. Known for recurring floods, Onakamuandi has seen...
Namibia, Botswana push for Trans Kalahari Railway
Namibia and Botswana have pushed back the completion date of the Trans-Kalahari Railway feasibility study by two months, and both countries say the project remains firmly on track and central to regional trade ambitions. Speaking at Okahandja on Friday during the Joint Ministerial Committee (JMC) meeting, Minister of Works and Transport Veikko Nekundi said the...
‘Subsidised education funding models won’t be compromised’
Rudolf Gaiseb Minister of Education, Innovation, Youth, Sport, Arts and Culture Sanet Steenkamp has warned private tertiary institutions against raising their current fee structures. She said that intitutions doing so risk being disqualified from the subsidised tertiary education model. “We will not pay an increased new fee. We will pay what is in existence,” she...
Seal disposals irk coastal residents
SWAKOPMUND – Residents of Henties Bay are demanding answers after trucks carrying decomposed seal carcasses were seen dumping and burying the seals at the town over the weekend. Fears are that the dead seals will not only contaminate underground water at the town, but that it could also result in a health risk. Public outrage...
Desert Jewels settle for seventh in Malawi
Lilongwe – The DebMarine Desert Jewels of Namibia wrapped up their Africa Netball Cup campaign with a seventh-place finish on Saturday after a convincing 51–27 victory over Tanzania at the Griffin Saenda Sports Complex in Lilongwe, Malawi. Namibia signed off the tournament on a positive note, producing one of their most composed performances to comfortably...
Haitope strikes gold in Botswana
Namibian long-distance runner Lavinia Haitope continued her impressive run of form with yet another major victory after claiming gold at the World Athletics Cross Country Tour (Bronze Label) event held in Botswana on Saturday. Haitope dominated the women’s 10-kilometre race, crossing the finish line in a winning time of 36:03, underlining her growing stature on...
Govt issues flood risk warning
Secretary to Cabinet, Emilia Mkusa, says the 2024/25 rainfall season was Namibia’s 13th wettest in 44 years, officially ending a cycle of consecutive droughts across the country. Mkusa said this in a statement released on Friday through the Office of the Prime Minister. The Secretary to Cabinet, however, said the improvement in rainfall came with...









