Vision plays a vital role in reading, and the overall learning process of a child. Children who lack basic visual skills, are often found to under perform. The Havana Primary School recently had the privilege of benefiting from the “Eye See the World” initiative, by the Craton Foundation, which screens and provides reading glasses to […]
The mayor of Henties Bay appeared in the Swakopmund magistrate court on a charge of transporting meat without a permit. Herman Honeb was arrested on Saturday, and detained for the remainder of the weekend in the Henties Bay holding cells, in connection with a case of stock theft.
A businessman from Swakopmund and his partners have opened a N$70 million matangara processing factory at Walvis Bay.
A horrific accident happened along the Windhoek western bypass Monday afternoon. The incident involved four cars and claimed the life of a taxi driver. The taxi driver died instantly, while four passengers, who were three school boys and one girl, sustained serious injuries. The second vehicle involved in the accident, a Toyota bakkie, flew some […]
Namibia is still awaiting an expression of commitment from Germany regarding reparation from the 1904-08 war and genocide. Namibia’ Special Envoy for Dialogue on Reparations, Dr Zed Ngavirue, says Namibia has submitted all the necessary documents, providing records and information to the German authorities. Dr Ngavirue says Germany has expressed a willingness to “heal the […]
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.
