BY: Katrina Gowases The trial proceedings for Namibian boxer Jonas Junius Jonas have not yet started as Brazilian courts are still on recess until Monday. Junius Jonas remains in Brazil with his coach Jacob “Mistake” Gariseb and team manager Mathias Nguluka, who were also his roommates. The two boxing officials are witnesses in Jonas’case and […]
The death in the fighting between the government and the opposition forces in South Sudan has risen. And the opposition leader Riek Machar is reported to have arrived in Khartoum for medical treatment, days after fleeing to the Democratic Republic of Congo following the clashes. Hundreds died in July – and tens of thousands were […]
The First Lady is confident that having a zero HIV infection of babies at birth by 2020 and a zero rate by 2030 in Namibia is possible. For a zero infection rate to be achieved, every Namibian must go for HIV testing, to know his or her status.
The Katima District Swapo Youth League has distanced itself from the Zambezi SPYL Regional Secretary’s letter to the mayor of the town demanding a CEO’s resignation to be revoked. The SPYL Regional Secretary Sarriet Sikobiso, wrote the letter to Mayor Georgina Mwiya-Simataa, and the Chairperson of the Management Committee, Lister Shamalaza. The letter in possession […]
A former Brave Warriors star, says there is need to set up youth sport support systems if Namibia is to participate and be competitive in international sport. Sandro de Gouveia is one of the best known international and local football players in Namibia, whose sport career began in the late 80s.
Communities in the Linyanti Constituency of the Zambezi Region have called on the Government to rehabilitate boreholes that were dug in the area some years ago. This follows the drying up of the Linyanti River and its tributaries, causing serious water shortages in the constituency for both humans and livestock. The community held a consultative […]
Old residents of Walvis Bay welcomes the hosting of the Heroes Day at the coastal town. However, 93-year-old Ruben Shoonga expressed dismay at what appears to be a lack of interest in commemorating historical events.
The Land Reform Ministry has set the ball rolling for the hosting of Namibia’s second Land Conference later in 2016. The first land conference was held after independence in 1991 to deal with the challenges of accessibility to commercial land and protect farm workers from exploitation.
Namibia needs to adopt more sustainable approaches to the use and management of water resources and needs to move from crisis management to risk management in water-related disasters. That was said by the Country Representative of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation, UNESCO, on Monday. Jean-Pierre Ilboudo made the suggestion during the Namibia-UNESCO […]
The distribution of fodder to drought affected farmers in the Erongo Region has started in the Karibib Constituency. The cries of farmers in the Daures, Karibib and Walvis Bay rural constituencies for government to assist them with fodder did not fall on deaf ears, as Green Grazing Solutions came to their rescue.
