Helalia Johannes wins gold in the marathon

Namibia’s Helalia Johannes has won the women’s marathon at the Commonwealth Games in Australia. She finished in 2:32:40. The 37-year-old is the first woman from Namibia to win a Commonwealth gold medal in athletics. Namibia’s Lavinia Haitope ended seventh in 2:40:54 and Leena Ekandjo twelfth in 2:50:59. Johannes won Namibia’s second gold medal at the […]

Jonas wins Commonwealth Games Gold

Gold Coast- Namibian boxer Jonas Junias Jonas made history when he defeated Thomas Blumenfeld of Canada 5-0 on points to win the gold medal in the men’s 64kg boxing final at the 2018 Commonwealth Games in Gold Coast, Australia in the early hours of Saturday. Jonas Junias Jonas, who has been on song in the […]

Keetmanshoop hospital receives cleaning materials

ELSO Holdings, a fully Namibian-owned soap manufacturing company, donated cleaning material worth N$20 000 to the Keetmanshoop State hospital. Most recently, the Ministry of Health and Social Services hailed the Keetmanshoop Hospital for being one of the cleanest state hospitals in the country. The cleanliness is largely due to efforts of the hospital management and […]