Namibia’s Under-17 women’s national football team, the Baby Gladiators, has been drawn against Kenya in the qualifiers for this year’s FIFA Women’s World Cup. The draw was held on Saturday in Rabat, Morocco. Namibia is set to begin its qualifying campaign at home between 10 and 12 April, before traveling to Kenya for the return...
Chief administrator of the Namibia Sports Commission (NSC), Freddy Mwiya, says 2026 is expected to be a far better year for sport in the country, with early planning and structured preparation identified as the main pillars for success. Mwiya said that the Commission has learned valuable lessons from 2025, particularly the importance of advance preparation,...
Iuze Mukube A case in the Windhoek Magistrate’s Court pertaining to a 31-year-old man accused of beating and sexually assaulting his domestic partner was withdrawn yesterday. This follows a statement made at the Namibian Police’s Gender-Based Violence (GBV) Unit by the complainant requesting to drop the charges against the accused. The accused, Elias Lyambayi Kambinda, who...
Molly Weyulu Ani Negumbo Male candidates emerged as the top performers in the 2025 Grade 11 NSCCO and Grade 12 NSSCAS examinations, according to results released by the education ministry. During the official announcement of the results on Tuesday, education minister Sanet Steenkamp said male candidates performed strongly overall, particularly in science and in commercial...
One of the Namibian darlings of track and field, Beatrice Masilingi, stopped taking testosterone-reducing drugs imposed by World Athletics (WA) around October last year. The testosterone-reducing drugs were imposed by WA on both Beatrice Masilingi and Christine Mboma in 2021, following the introduction of regulations governing athletes with differences of sexual development (DSD), which affected...
Matheus David Thirty-year-old Petrus Stephanus Petrus, a dynamic striker born and raised in Omaputu in the Ohangwena region, is making waves in Namibia’s football scene as he plies his trade with Ongos FC. He most recently played for Mighty Gunners FC, where he was the team’s leading goal scorer for two seasons in a row....
KEETMANSHOOP – //Kharas Regional Council chairperson, Gerrit Witbooi, emphasised that the council must preoccupy itself with present and future deliverables rather than clinging to past challenges or failure of the previous regime. Until last year, the //Kharas Regional Council was dominated by the Landless Peoples Movement, who fell off their high horses during the 2025...
Despite the approval of Malakia Shoombe as Chief of the Uukolonkadhi Traditional Authority, some community members, including members of the royal family, have expressed frustration over the decision, saying it is unfair. Shoombe’s designation was approved by urban and rural development minister James Sankwasa, under whose purview traditional authorities resort. In a letter dated 9...
RUNDU – The police in Kavango West have confirmed that a father and his two children, a 12-year-old boy and an 18-year-old girl, died after allegedly eating mutete at Nzinze village in Musese constituency. The Kavango West regional police commander Commissioner Julia Sakuwa-Neo, in a police report, confirmed the recent reports of the said event....
Adolf Kaure Rudolf Gaiseb Education minister Sanet Steenkamp announced that 40.3% of the Namibia Senior Secondary Certificate Ordinary Level (NSSCO) candidates achieved at least 25 points from five subjects during the 2025 examinations to advance to the Namibia Senior Secondary Certificate Advanced Subsidiary level (NSSCAS). This represents a 5.7% increase compared to 34.6% in 2024....