RUNDU – The body of one of two Angolan men reported missing last week following a hippo attack was found floating in the Kavango river on Wednesday this week near Kashira village, Kavango East police deputy commissioner Bonifatius Kanyetu has shared. The incident occurred last week Tuesday when two Angolan men were attacked by a...
EPUKIRO – Erstwhile information executive director Mbeuta Ua-Ndjarakana has shared his memories of Founding President Sam Nujoma, whom he remembers as a leader who demanded efficient service delivery. Ua-Ndjarakana, a descendant of Namibians who fled to Botswana after the 1904 genocide, first heard the name Sam Nujoma from his uncle, Daniel Munamava. Munamava frequently travelled...
Paulus Kiiyala Shiku All public vocational training centres (VTCs) in Namibia will soon be upgraded to technical and vocational education and training colleges. This will transform the institutions from being just training centres to colleges where the curriculum will be upgraded and allow trainees to have higher qualifications. Having come a long way, the first...
Isabel Bento SWAKOPMUND – A statue of late Founding President Sam Nujoma will be inaugurated in the Erongo region in due course. This is in recognition and honour of his contributions to the Namibian nation. At a media briefing at Swakopmund on Wednesday, Erongo governor Neville Andre announced that the launch of the project, fully-funded...
KATIMA MULILO – Late Founding President Sam Nujoma was more than a political figure – he was a visionary leader who believed in the power of agriculture to transform the lives of Namibians. His dedication to ensuring food security and self-sufficiency for his people was evident in the policies he championed, and the projects he...
Iuze Mukube The legal fraternity has expressed heartfelt tributes following the death of Founding President Sam Nujoma. Leading from the front, Chief Justice Peter Shivute was waxing lyrically in a statement issued this week. “The cold and callous hand of death has knocked at the door of Namibia with cruel abandon. It has robbed Namibia,...
KEETMANSHOOP – Members of the Namibian Police Force in the //Kharas region on Wednesday held a memorial service in honour of the Founding President Sam Nujoma at Keetmanshoop. In a speech read on behalf of the law enforcement agency’s management, regional commander Marius Katamila said Nujoma was at the pinnacle for pioneering the fight for...
Paulina Ndalikokule NKURENKURU – Kavango West governor Sirkka Ausiku this week said the late Founding President Sam Nujoma ensures that all green schemes in Kavango were fully functional. Nujoma saw the then-Kavango as the food basket of Namibia. Ausiku made these remarks when she officiated the signing of the book of condolences in honour of...
The late Sam Nujoma, Namibia’s Founding Father, is being honoured with a nationwide procession and series of regional memorial services. The journey of his body began yesterday at State House in Windhoek, where a crowd of officials gathered to pay their respects. From there, Nujoma’s body was transported to his home in Etunda. Today, the...
Namibians from all walks of life are mourning the passing of the country’s first president, Sam Shafiishuna Nujoma. He died on 8 February aged of 95 in Windhoek. Revered as the father of the Namibian nation, Nujoma was an anti-apartheid icon and, foremost, a figure of the Namibian liberation struggle. New Era journalist Lahja Nashuuta...