By Katrina Gowases The chef de Mission of team Namibia at the Rio Olympics, Jesse Schikerling, has called on Namibians who wish to assist the NNOC financially towards Junius Jonas’ case to contact its offices in Windhoek. Junius Jonas was arrested last Sunday for alleged attempt of sexual assault of an Olympic village housekeeper. There […]
Namibia’s last boxer at the 2016 Rio Olympics Jonas Junias Jonas said his performance during his fight was to all those who believed in him and his innocence and thanked all for their support. Jonas lost his first Olympic fight in the 64kg category against Hassan Amzile by a close margin 28-29, 28-29, 28-29 ,after […]
By Breschneff T Katjaimo Namibian Cyclist Dan Craven has completed the Individual Time Trial at the Rio Olympics, despite not being prepared for it. Craven was in Rio to compete in the road race event, which took place on Saturday. That race was supposed to be the end of the Olympics for the bearded Namibian. […]
Talks of repatriating 940 Namibians from the Dukwi Refugee Camp in Botswana are underway at Katima Mulilo in the Zambezi region. Officials from the Namibian and Botswana governments, and representatives of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, UNHCR, are gathered at the town this week, for the 18th Tripartite Commission on the voluntary repatriation. […]
Namibia needs to introduce a law compelling parliamentarians and other senior government office-bearers to declare their assets. That was revealed by a study conduct by the Institute for Public Policy Research – IPPR – on the declaration of assets by top government officials. Releasing the findings in Windhoek on Thursday, IPPR’s Research Associate Max Weylandt […]
Zambia’s electoral body and the International Observers have expressed satisfaction with a peaceful voting process amid high voter turnout. The Electoral Commission of Zambia says reports received from various parts of the country indicate that there was a good voter turnout. Early this week, the ECZ had expressed concern that the violence that had characterized […]
Information and Communication Technology Minister Tjekero Tweya urges players in the ICT to embrace opportunities in the sector that can contribute to the nation’s industrialisation objectives. These remarks form part of the minister’s observations at the official launch of the 3rd ICT National Summit which is scheduled to take place in Windhoek in two months’ […]
Namibia could consider implementing several methods on soil restoration which were shared at the just ended Third Africa Dry-lands meeting. The week-long engagement ended with a number of useful recommendations which many countries affected by the adverse effects of land degradation could implement.
The Ministry of Land Reform says it is meaningless to resettle people on resettlement if the beneficiaries are not ready to work hard. Sixteen more resettled emerging commercial farmers received their allotment letters at Farm Sumas in the Otjozondjupa region, south of Tsumeb on the Otavi-Tsumeb main road.
The Mayeyi Traditional Authority in the Zambezi Region has repeated its call on the Government to extend the Mudumu National Park borders towards the eastern side. It says this will create living space for rural communities who were removed from the park during the colonial era, who are now destitute. Chief Boniface Shufu made the […]
