Lahja Nashuuta The Parliamentary Standing Committee on Home Affairs, Security, Constitutional and Legal Affairs has painted a disturbing picture of life behind bars and inside police holding cells across Namibia. The committee’s report, recently tabled in Parliament, reveals that many prisons and police cells are in a dilapidated state. Some facilities date back to as...
The skirmishes that are reported to have taken place in the Zambezi region, allegedly between supporters of different political parties or candidates, are regrettable. There should be no room for political intimidation or intolerance for others’ political affiliation. Such actions are bad news everywhere. According to reports, supporters of a political party and those of...
In the southern part of Windhoek, just next to Game Shopping Complex, a small group of wood carvers works quietly at their stalls. Calm and far from the busy city markets, the steady tap of chisels fills the air as artisans shape their pieces with patient, practiced hands. Many of them have been carving for...
BEIJING – President Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah’s 2024 election as Namibia’s first female head of state is worthy of emulation. It has inspired so many across the world, including the African National Congress (ANC), Swapo’s sister liberation movement. These sentiments were recently postulated by Sisisi Tolashe, South Africa’s minister of social development, when reflecting on the...
The United Democratic Front (UDF) has set a new record by competing in 19 regional constituencies and 21 local authorities for the upcoming Regional Councils and Local Authorities elections on 26 November. The party contested the 2020 regional council and local authority elections in 15 constituencies. Its national spokesperson, Mabasen Narib, informed Nampa on Tuesday...
Adolf Kaure The South West Africa National Union’s (Swanu) candidates for the upcoming 2025 Regional Council and Local Authority elections have set their eyes on improving the state of affairs in Windhoek. The party’s local authority candidate Ripuree Mbakurupa said she is ready to address the alarming rate of school dropouts and unqualified youth as...
NCUNCUNI – Swapo Party Secretary General (SG), Sophia Shaningwa, has warned that party agents stationed at all polling stations must remain loyal and not betray the party by giving its votes to other parties. She emphasised the importance of placing trusted and loyal agents to safeguard the party’s interests. Shaningwa recently addressed Swapo members and...
JOHANNESBURG – Africa must value the work of investigative journalists, as it is not ordinary or easy. It is work driven by courage, persistence and moral clarity. This is according to Fatou Bensouda, the Gambian ambassador to South Africa, who addressed more than 400 investigative journalists and media experts at the opening of the 21st...
Kaviveterue Virere Namibia’s road infrastructure management achieved a major milestone on Tuesday when the Roads Authority (RA) launched its advanced Road Management System (RMS) Hub in Windhoek. This reinforced the country’s position as a leader in road quality and innovation on the continent. The RA’s executive for engineering, Mex Muatjetjeja, speaking on behalf of the...
NDIYONA – Learners at Ndiyona Combined School escaped unharmed after their hostel caught fire on Saturday, destroying infrastructure and their belongings. The school hostel block, which was burned to the ground, accommodated 110 learners from grades 0 to 11. “I was informed that learners were watching TV on Saturday, and the fire just started. They...