The Swapo Secretary General Sofia Shaningwa said the nation is mourning the passing of one of its heroes, Petrus Iilonga. She described Iilonga is one of the rare crop of leaders the country had.
Kavango East Governor has called on traditional authorities to end child marriages in the region. Dr Samuel Mbambo made the call at the commemoration of the International Human Rights and National Women’s Day at Rundu on Monday. Hundreds of Sauyemwa residents gathered to mark the day.
Two Chinese nationals, each serving a prison sentence of 24 months for bribing a police officer to stop investigations into a criminal case during September 2018, want to be released on bail. Fifty-five year-old, Xu Siyong and 54-year-old Yang Huaifen, were each sentenced by Windhoek Magistrate Vanessa Stanley to an effective two years imprisonment in […]
The Home Affairs and Immigration Ministry has asked parents or guardians travelling outside Namibia with minors during the festive season to have the necessary travelling documents. The ministry’s spokesperson, Salome Kambala said parents or guardians are required to carry the necessary documents that will identify them as the parents or guardians of the minors. She […]
Environment and Tourism Deputy Minister Bernadette Jagger urged conservancy managers to stop mishandling funds. She reminded them that such funds are meant to uplift the living standard of community members and must be used as such.
As a means to keep the memories for the OvaHerero and Nama genocide alive, the two affected communities launched a joint centre for Genocide and Memory Studies in Windhoek. The centre is also created in preparation for the planned Hosea Kutako University.
An international non-profit organisation, Steps-2-Walk, has taken its first humanitarian programme to Namibia where it will conduct surgeries on foot and ankle pathology in underprivileged communities. Operations are being conducted at the Lady Pohamba Private Hospital started today’s and will end on Thursday.
Former Deputy Minister of Defence Petrus Iilonga has died. He was 71. Iilonga, who was imprisoned on Robben Island from 1978 to 1985, was born in Etilyasa-Ongandjera, Omusati Region. He received military training in Tanzania and the Soviet Union from 1974 to 1976. The former trade unionist served as Deputy Minister of Environment and Tourism […]
The Former Commander of the People’s Liberation Army of Namibia (PLAN) Matias Ndakolo, well known as Mbulunganga, has been accorded a State funeral. Some quarters of society hold different views on the status conferred to the liberation icon with a feeling that the declaration should have been a Heroes burial for a hero as oppose […]
It is of great significance and importance that Namibia’s history is truthfully and objectively expressed, says President of the South West Africa National Union (Swanu). Tangeni Iyambo made these remarks on Monday in an interview with Nampa on the sidelines of the commemoration of the International Human Rights Day and National Women’s Day.
