Namibia’s head coach, Collin Benjamin, and Zimbabwe’s head coach, Michael Nees, shared insights ahead of the 2025 AFCON Qualifier, scheduled to take place at Orlando Stadium in South Africa. Both coaches emphasized the importance of the match for their teams and discussed strategies to secure a crucial victory in this highly anticipated qualifier.
Omukwambi Trading cc, in collaboration with WhatsApp Bar, will host the Warm-Up Cup Tournament this weekend, inviting various teams to participate in talent-scouting matches. Sport Producer Erickson Tapiso with more. Teams from the Oshana region and surrounding areas are invited to attend the open warm-up tournament this weekend to scout their top eleven players and […]
Ongos Valley recently hosted its first-ever Rugby Sevens tournament, which took place in three different towns, starting in Keetmanshoop and Swakopmund, with the grand finale held in the capital this past Saturday. The tournament, organised in collaboration with the Namibia Rugby Union (NRU), aimed to expand the reach of Sevens rugby, a sport still relatively […]
Launched last month in the capital, the Dr. Hage Geingob Cup will take centre stage in its final edition on Saturday, October 19. The teams competing for top honours in the 10th edition unveiled their official kits today. The football tournament was established in 2014 to honour the contributions of the late President Dr. Hage […]
The Landless People’s Movement (LPM) missed its target of having 71% youth representation in the parliamentary list and has instead reached only 45%. LPM announced its list of 92 candidates for the National Assembly at the electoral convention held over the weekend in Windhoek. Its leader, Bernardus Swartbooi, explained that although the party initially […]
Namibia and South Africa have unanimously adopted the report, which guides negotiations surrounding the Orange River Boundary. The report was adopted at the just concluded meeting of the Political, Diplomatic, and Legal Committee of the Namibia-South Africa Bi-National Commission. During open and cordial discussions, committee members reviewed the comprehensive report presented by the Joint Committee […]
The persistent drought in the Zambezi Region is increasing the human-wildlife conflict. The past weekend saw wildebeests damaging farmers’ crops who are practising wetland cultivation at Malindi Village in Kabbe North Constituency. The hopes for wetland farmers to put food on the table before the next ploughing season have been dashed following the grazing of […]
Magistrate Vicky Nikolaidis has postponed the case of seven individuals accused of murdering NUST student Matheus Sheehama at Walvis Bay, to next week. The seven suspects made a second court appearance, and their case was postponed to the 22nd and 23rd of October for a formal bail application. The state prosecutor revealed that there are […]
Police say their calls to seek clarity from prosecutors regarding the provisional withdrawal of the murder case of 31-year-old Keetmanshoop resident Elleste Plaatjie have been met with silence. Plaatjie’s murder case was provisionally withdrawn at the Keetmanshoop Magistrate’s Court on September 2nd. The prosecution gave ‘incomplete police investigations’ as a reason for the provisional withdrawal […]
The Speaker of the National Assembly, Professor Peter Katjavivi, has called on parliaments worldwide to legislate ethical standards for science, technology, and innovation (STI) to advance sustainable development. Speaking at the 149th Inter-Parliamentary Union Assembly in Geneva, Professor Katjavivi highlighted the need for robust ethical frameworks that ensure STI benefits society as a whole. He […]
