Vice President Nangolo Mbumba has dispelled perceptions by some that cultures and traditions such as Olufuko are unchristian and morally wrong. Speaking during the official opening of Olufuko festival, Mbumba says many people are criticising Olufuko claiming that it is promoting child marriage and immoral behaviour.
The Namibian government says it appreciates the German government’s agreeing, for the first time, to a state-to-state handover of human remains belonging to Namibians. In 2011, German scientists also handed over 20 skulls of Namibians people who died in a colonial concentration camp more than 100 years ago.
The Namibian Police today confirmed that prominent Windhoek lawyer Christ Brandt had committed suicide.
MTC’s Chief of Human Capital and Corporate Affairs, Tim Ekandjo has lashed out at some Namibian employers who he said still practice slave-like working conditions. Ekandjo was speaking at the opening of the Ongwediva Trade Fair.
Thirteen-year-old Berhane Wheeler, a Grade 8 learner at Amazing Kids Private School in Windhoek, has developed a science study game.
San girls from remote areas have completed a programme aimed at keeping them in schools and preventing child marriage and early pregnancies.
Chairperson of the Namibia Chamber of Commerce and Industry at Helao Nafidi in the Ohangwena Region, Frieda Shikangala, has been appointed as Namibian representative of the Centre of Support to Entrepreneurs and Enterprises for Private Investment (CAEEIP).
Namibia Wildlife Resort’s Ai-Ais Hot Springs Spa in the //Karas Region is attracting many local and international visitors.
The body of a child who went missing on Sunday has been found. A nine-year old Otjiherero speaking girl, Cheryl Ujaha, well known as Suko went missing on Sunday around lunch time. The police confirmed that the dismembered body of little Cheryl was found in a river bed in Khomasdal along Shanghai Street. No suspect […]
The Namibian government appreciates the fact that the German government has for the first time agreed to a state-to-state handover of human remains from Namibia. Education and Culture Minister, Katrina Hanse-Himarwa, who is leading a 74 member delegation to Germany, expressed this appreciation at a media conference in Berlin on Monday. Hanse-Himarwa addressed a joint […]
