Limba Mupetami Kavetja Ngaizuvare In the informal settlements of Windhoek, where clean water and food access are limited, the Kambashu Institute is making a difference by helping residents grow their own food using grey water. The institute is funded by a private German foundation through the World Future Council, and is located at the Katutura...
Lahja Nashuuta A typical day for a school principal is more than sitting in an office, answering phone calls or doling out discipline for problematic students. Martin Shikalepo is committed to providing quality inclusive education to a Namibian child. He is the principal of Shoopala Combined School (CS) in the Ruacana Circuit, Omusati region. Shoopala...
Namibian sports is at a crossroads, where ambition and talent are stifled by systemic neglect. Namibians must decide whether to maintain the status quo, which benefits no one in the greater scheme of things, or carve a new path for us, wherein the majority, particularly athletes who labour through blood, sweat and tears, can finally...
President Donald Trump’s executive orders serve as a wake-up call for African leaders, demanding that they put public service and economic development ahead of foreign aid and begging. The time has come for them to learn from these directives. To make sure that everyone feels appreciated and respected, every sovereign country should put in place...
President Nangolo Mbumba reflected on Cabinet decisions made in 2024, urging politicians that these must lead to economic growth, employment-creation and poverty eradication for all citizens, including the youth. Yesterday, he presided over the first Cabinet meeting for 2025, and highlighted the importance of ethical leadership, transparency and effective governance. Heaping praise on his executive...
Paulina Ndalikokule Stefanus Nambara NKURENKURU – The health ministry is mobilising resources for the construction of the long-awaited Nkurenkuru District Hospital during the 2025/2026 to 2028/2029 financial years. The hospital is included in the ministry’s broader health system plan, which will be executed in phases over a five-year period. This was revealed by the ministry’s...
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...