MARIENTAL – At the age of 19 in 1992, Andoline Luipert started working as Sam Nujoma’s personal waitress at State House and accompanied him on trips to various countries. With his support a few years later, she was able to receive a Commonwealth bursary to study Tourism and Hospitality in Cyprus, a small island located...
Chelva Wells Cabinet has approved the Universal Health Coverage Policy for Namibia, information minister Emma Theofelus announced on Thursday. The policy aims to ensure access to healthcare without financial burden. Cabinet directed the ministries of Works and Transport, Health and Social Services, Finance and Public Enterprises as well as the National Planning Commission to develop...
Kavambo Nujoma Allow me on the onset, as we gather here on this solemn occasion, on behalf of the Nujoma, Kondombolo, and Mushimba families, and indeed on my own behalf, to express our profound gratitude to the Government of the Republic of Namibia for conferring the highest honour of a State Funeral of a National...
The Office of the President has come under scrutiny after the National Assembly Parliamentary Standing Committee on Public Accounts flagged irregularities in its financial management for the 2019/20 financial year. The committee’s report, tabled in the National Assembly recently, pointed to a range of financial discrepancies, including unaccounted-for expenditure and unauthorised budget overruns. The report...
The death of Namibia’s Founding President, Sam Nujoma, is a significant loss not only for Namibia, but also for the entire SADC region, the continent of Africa, and beyond, according to Zimbabwean president Emmerson Mnangagwa. The Zimbabwean leader, while speaking at Nujoma’s memorial service in Windhoek on Friday, said Nujoma was just more than a...
Inspector General of the Namibian Police, Lieutenant General Joseph Shikongo has thanked Namibians for the manner in which they conducted themselves during the mourning period of the late Founding President, Sam Nujoma. Shikongo particularly thanked Namibians for ensuring a smooth and dignified send-off for Nujoma, who passed away on 8 February 2025. According to Shikongo,...
Utoni Nujoma, the eldest son of Founding President Sam Nujoma, has described him as a protective, loving husband and father. He was speaking at the final State memorial service for the late Namibian icon at the Independence Stadium in Windhoek on Friday. “Our father was a loving husband to his dear wife, our mother, madam...
The Kuisebmond Secondary School last week received a donation of eight stoves for their home economics kitchen and a power upgrade. The donation, worth N$50 000, was made possible by two companies, King Charcoal Namibia (Pty) and One Trust Investment (Pty), as part of their corporate social investments. Speaking during the donation handover last week,...
Michael Mutonga Liswaniso KATIMA MULILO – Kabbe South constituency councillor John Likando says he has always been ready to leave the political stage earlier, but it is difficult to do so when the people and country still need him to serve. Hence, he is currently busy preparing what he called a ‘decade legacy report’ –...
NKURENKURU – The environment ministry has recorded five human fatalities and six injuries due to crocodile attacks in the Kavango West and East regions between January 2024 and February 2025. The ministry’s spokesperson, Romeo Muyunda, in an interview with Nampa on Sunday, revealed that the ministry has paid N$680 000 to the victims of human-crocodile...