Brave Warriors head coach Collin Benjamin yesterday named 40 players to join the training squad in preparation for the upcoming 2023 Afcon qualifiers.
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Personality of the week – Armin has world hockey at her feet
I started playing field hockey when I was nine years of age and then indoor hockey at the age of 10. It always seemed like a fun, competitive sport and that’s how I actually fell in love with it. During that time, I wanted to partake in as much extra-curricular activities as possible and hockey became one of them.
Opinion – Interest rates are surging, who should celebrate?
Inflation is high, and interest rates have soared. How much further the Bank of Namibia (BoN) needs to raise interest rates, and whether the economy can prosper as it raises it, are crucial questions without clear answers.
NHE workers to down tools… no-work no-pay principle will apply
The National Housing Enterprise (NHE) workers will embark on a nationwide strike tomorrow to force the board and management meet their demands after collective bargaining reached a deadlock.
Breaking stigma attached to mental health
Mental health problems have been on a steady increase in Namibia, with suicide cases on the rise and more and more people, especially the youth, find themselves in need of help with nowhere to turn to.
Opinion – Save yourself from a depressing relationship
Leaving a relationship is not as easy as it may sound because there are a lot of emotions, investments and memories associated with the relationship but staying on is denying oneself peace.
Opinion – Boundaries needed between Zambezi traditional authorities
The report of the commission of inquiry into claims of ancestral land rights and restitution was submitted to President Hage Geingob on 24 July 2020 to solve the land disputes between traditional communities in the Republic of Namibia.
Army recruitment marches on
The Namibian Defence Force is expected to recruit a batch of trainees for the second year in a row later this year as it moves to beef up its personnel, New Era has established.
Shiimi tables ‘caring’ budget
Finance and Public Enterprises Minister Iipumbu Shiimi yesterday shocked friend and foe when he tabled a whopping N$84.6 billion budget, with an increase in
social grants and a tax break for workers.
Opposition tears into Shiimi’s pensioner ‘insult’
There is general consensus across opposition parties that the increment of the elderly pension grants by N$100 is insignificant in the face of hardships confronting them, some branding it “an insult”.








