Successful Namibian businessman Lazarus Jacobs says it’s about time that sports administrators are trained to run sports offices as entrepreneurs. He made the remarks last week on an NBC Special Programme about sport funding. The owner of Paragon Investment Holdings, a leading private equity and business management company, Lazarus Jacobs, says that there are many […]

The US government is impressed with Namibia’s wildlife conservation efforts. US Fish and Wildlife Service Director Daniel Ashe, who just concluded his visit to Namibia, says Namibia is proving to be a leading example in wildlife conservation.

Vocational Education is gaining momentum amongst the youth in Namibia, and is no longer seen as a path for failures. About 600 trainees graduated recently from the Zambezi Vocational Training Center and are ready for the job market now.

The Namibian Government has congratulated Antonio Manuel de Oliveira Guterres, the new appointed Secretary-General of the United Nations. In a statement issued by the Ministry of International Relations and Cooperation, Namibia has appealed to the Secretary General to ensure democratic practices within the UN.

Minister of Home Affairs and Immigration tried to shut the door on discussing a motion in the National Council on the need to provide free sanitary towels to needy school girls in Namibia. The motion, tabled by DTA President McHenry Venaani last week seeks to find ways to make sanitary towels more accessible to girls […]

The President has clearly said ‘no-one should feel left out’ but it appears an informal settlement in Keetmanshoop feels otherwise Ileni is a settlement of close to five hundred people.

An Ohorongo Cement sponsored kindergarten opened its doors at Gam settlement in the Otjozondjupa Region this week. The kindergarten is the first formal structure to provide pre-primary education to learners there.

NaTIS says learner drivers wishing to obtain a driving license can apply for an Automatic Driving License. However such a license will limit them to only driving vehicles with automatic transmission.

At least 14 people are dead, and another 26 injured after an attack at a Shia shrine in the west of Kabul on Tuesday. The Afghan Ministry of Interior spokesman Sediq Sediqqi confirmed that the attack was carried out by one person using an automatic rifle and grenade, not the previously suspected three.

BRESCHNEFF KATJAIMO The 4th Edition of the Omaruru Street Mile (1.6Km) Challenge Run was launched in Windhoek yesterday. Bertholdt Karumendu, the regional Sports officer in Omaruru, said the challenge run will take place at Omaruru this coming weekend. According to Karumendu, this year’s event will have ten categories. “We are going to have different races, […]