WALVIS BAY – Nine countries have launched a coalition and announced joint legal, economic and diplomatic actions against Israel’s actions in Gaza and the occupied Palestinian territories. The Hague Group, consisting of Belize, Bolivia, Cuba, Colombia, Honduras, Malaysia, Namibia, Senegal and South Africa, has pledged bold measures against Israel’s occupation of Palestine, including blocking arms...
Rudolf Gaiseb The body of 87-year-old Theodor Volker was retrieved on Tuesday night from a riverbed in Dorado Park. It is alleged that on the same day at approximately 15h37, a small hatchback vehicle with driver Volker and two women, aged 47 and 49, was swept away by strong flash floods. “The driver was on...
Zebaldt Ngaruka EPUKIRO – In response to the increase of lumpy skin disease cases in the Omaheke region’s Otjinene constituency, livestock movements have been restricted, effective 4 February 2025. In a statement released by the Otjinene State Veterinarian Dr Pakaa Kapimbua the restrictions are in line with the Animal Health Act 1 of 2011 and...
SWAKOPMUND – Healthcare services at the Mondesa clinic in Swakopmund have been temporarily halted following a fire that gutted the facility early Monday morning. The fire caused extensive damage to the clinic’s pharmacy, and destroyed much-needed medicine as well as valuable paperwork and records. Erongo police’s Chief Inspector Ileni Shapumba said, the fire was first...
ONGWEDIVA – Oshana regional council on Friday rolled out a programme to support farmers with goats. The council is giving 480 goats to 88 farmers in all 11 constituencies in the region. A first-of-its-kind initiative in the region, the council aims to support farmers in the region to become food-secure and grow the local economy....
President Nangolo Mbumba has acknowledged the immense challenges and profound loss Namibia faced in 2024, yet also a year that laid the groundwork for prosperity. He expressed gratitude for the international support received during difficult times. Speaking at the New Year’s greetings’ ceremony for the diplomatic corps on Friday, the Head of State highlighted key...
Namibia’s ambassador to China Elia Kaiyamo has called on African countries to invest in information access, and thus close the digital divide. He said this during an online workshop on innovation, science, technology and the contemporary world on Friday. The workshop took place under the theme ‘Innovation, Science and Technology in a Contemporary World’. It...
Concerns over elevated radionuclide levels in the Stampriet Water Basin have reignited debates about the environmental risks posed by uranium exploration in the Leonardville area. Uranium One, through its Namibian subsidiary Headspring Investments, confirmed that water samples from the aquifer revealed high concentrations of radionuclides, which could pose serious health risks. “We found elevated levels...
OMUTHIYA – The Ministry of Environment, Forestry and Tourism has reported two separate lion sightings in the Oshikoto region on Saturday morning. A press statement issued by the ministry’s spokesperson Romeo Muyunda on Saturday said a female lion was spotted between Tsumeb and Oshivelo. Another lion was spotted at Oromowa on the western periphery of...
UUKWANGULA – Tarah Iithete, the long-serving headman of Uukwangula village in the Oshana region, was laid to rest on Saturday at Oniimwandi. He was well-known for his passion for soccer and community development. Ithete, who went affectionately by the moniker ‘Choice’, died at the age of 59 after a short illness. Remembering the late headman,...