Matheus David Heather Erdmann In the heart of Havana Four-Way Stop, life pulses like a drumbeat. Stalls stretch under colourful umbrellas, pavements of bare earth are baked by the midday sun and vendors wave makeshift flyswatters as flies circle overhead. At first glance, it is chaos – a tangle of cars, pedestrians and shouting voices....
Auleria Wakudumo ENGELA – What was once a dusty storeroom filled with broken hospital equipment has been transformed into a room of hope at Engela District Hospital. The space now serves as a neonatal intensive care unit (NICU), already changing lives in the Ohangwena region. Senior medical officer at Engela District Hospital Dr Lukas Nghaamwa...
Auleria Wakudumo ONAMEGA – Governor of the Ohangwena region, Kadiva Hamutumwa, has expressed concern that many rural youths are missing out on government opportunities such as the Youth Development Fund due to a lack of knowledge and guidance. Speaking during her visit to the Uukwambi Traditional Authority’s chief, Ndilimani Herman Iipumbu, at his homestead in...
The Ignite GH2 project, an EU-funded initiative, aimed at developing Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) in green technologies, was officially signed on Friday at the Namibian Institute of Mining and Technology (NIMT). The programme will begin in October 2025 and forms part of a 360-degree approach that includes facility visits. Implemented by the...
Kaviveterue Virere The Teaching Profession Bill and its regulations was introduced in the National Assembly recently by Sanet Steenkamp, Minister of Education, Innovation, Youth, Sports and Culture. The goal of the proposed law is to restore the integrity and respect of teaching in Namibia by professionalising the field. Steenkamp stated in her ministerial statement that...
Kaviveterue Virere Independent Patriots for Change (IPC) parliamentarian, Lucia Mbuti, is set to question the Minister of Gender, Equality and Child Welfare in the National Assembly on Thursday on the government’s child protection laws. This, she said, follows a recent double tragedy in the north where two children were allegedly killed by their father, who...
Taimi Haihambo OKAKU – Residents of Okaku village in the Oshana region have raised alarm over an increase in scamming cases targeting senior citizens. They accused the police and mobile operator MTC of failing to protect them from fraudsters. During a community engagement meeting held last week, several elderly residents shared painful experiences of losing...
NEW YORK – United Nations Secretary General António Guterres has urged world leaders to take concrete steps to end conflicts. This is as the world marks the International Day of Peace yesterday. Speaking ahead of the UN General Assembly’s high-level debate, which begins in New York this week, Guterres said peace is more urgent than...
WALVIS BAY – Restrained Walvis Bay Rural constituency councillor Florian Donatus has raised concern over confidential police matters that may have been improperly leaked to the media. This is after he has been directly linked to an unauthorised spending of over N$116 000 at Metro Swakopmund. The alleged discrepancy was detected after Metro Swakopmund requested...
Patrons at all Block House steak restaurants in Germany can dine on Namibian beef. The meat is globally renowned for exceptional quality, prized for being free-range, grass-fed and sustainably produced in the country’s vast natural farmlands. As of Saturday, Namibian rumpsteak is being featured as a monthly special at the Block House steak restaurants, which...