The Nelson Mandela Foundation will hold a memorial service in honour of the late Andimba Toivo ya Toivo on Tuesday afternoon. The SABC will broadcast the event live and it will be relayed to NBC. The Live broadcast will start at 15h30 Namibian time. Former South African President Kgalema Motlanthe and Namibia’s High Commissioner to […]
A truck collided head-on with a pick-up on the Swakopmund-Arandis road, about 20km from Swakopmund, around midday on Monday. The driver of the pick-up, a 43-year-old South African national died on the scene. His name cannot be published as his next of kin have not yet been informed. The truck driver was seriously injured and […]
Team Namibia has started with an intensive training camp ahead of the 2017 National Archery Schools Programme’s African All Stars Championship next month in Windhoek. NASP is a programme, which was first established to address the absence of archery in physical education classes in schools in the United States. The programme has expanded as far […]
The first-ever qualifying zone competition for level 1 to 3 gymnasts was hosted by the Swakopmund Gymnastics Club at the Dome Indoor Sport Complex over the weekend. The Artistic Gymnastics Competition saw over 100 gymnasts from level one to three competing in the two-day event, that started on Friday and ended on Saturday. Artistic gymnastics […]
Namibian truck drivers detained in Zambia for almost six months have not yet been released. The clearance and verification process, to ascertain whether the trucks are in possession of legal documents to transit through that country, are delaying their release.
Most areas in Rundu, in Kavango East, have been without water since the weekend. Residents are currently fetching water at the river, a move some say is dangerous but they don’t have a choice. The Chief Executive Officer of the Rundu Town Council, Romanus Haironga told NBC News he is busy and will not comment […]
Young people with academic training in agriculture are encouraged to apply for resettlement through government’s land reform programme. Prime Minister Saara Kuugongelwa-Amadhila made the remarks when responding to questions by the youth on how they too can benefit through farming.
Deputy Minister of Youth, Sport and National Service, Agnes Tjongarero says the late Andimba Toivo ya Toivo ought to have been given the honour he deserved while still alive. Following his release from Roben Island in 1984 the late Ya Toivo stayed with the Tjongarero family in Windhoek before he went into exile.
Onjuva and surrounding communities in the Kunene Region have a new clinic. The clinic was constructed at a cost of over N$4,7 million, of which N$3 million came from the US government.
Kavango East Region is seeking knowledge and skills to fight the war against hunger and poverty. The Governor of the Kavango East Region Dr Samuel Mbambo headed a delegation of 35 people on an one week familiarisation visit to the Mashonaland West province in Zimbabwe.
