Sexual and Reproductive Health Rights (SRHR) are not just about sexual rights, but also about implementing basic human rights and scrutinizing good governance. This was the view of the Secretary-General of SADC’s Parliamentary Forum Boemo Sekgoma at a multi-stakeholder consultative workshop on the performance of sexual and reproductive health rights projects in the region, between […]
The MTC Salute Boxing Academy’s Salute in Action Boxing Bonanza that took place Saturday night at the Roman Catholic Hall was filled with blood Sweat and tears with the main bout ended in a 4th round. The Salute In Action boxing bonanza’s night was filled with action that put those in attendance on the edges of […]
A 12-year-old girl was attacked and killed by a crocodile in the Kavango River. Acting Kavango East Regional Police Commander Commissioner Aino Nambahu says the little girl went to fetch water with others at the river. The deceased was identified as Eleotheria Mashe Ngoma, a resident of Shikoro Village in the Ndiyona Constituency. He […]
At least 50 patients with disability in the Kavango East Region received wheelchairs at Andara Hospital courtesy of RANI Group of Companies. The are 101 people both children and adults who are in need of wheelchairs. The latest beneficiaries are 12 patients at Andara, 12 at Nyangana, 12 at Sambyu, and 14 at Rundu Intermediate Hospital. […]
13-year-old Mathew Tangeni Haipare has become Africa’s youngest Black Belt Karateka, while his instructor Shihan Simba Kizito Mangaba passed a coaching course with flying colours. Haipare and Mangaba who are from the Namibia Kyokushin Karate Dojo just returned from Tunisia where they attended an international training seminar, which included an instructors course, referees course and […]
The Minister of Home Affairs, Immigration, Safety and Security, Dr. Albert Kawana is confident the 24-hour operations of the Trans-Kalahari and Mamuno Border Post will help revive the economies of Namibia and Botswana. Dr. Kawana made this remark at the launch of the 24-hour operation of the Trans Kalahari / Mamuno border post at Buitepost […]
Long-distance busses who operated from Puma Service Station in Windhoek’s Rhino Park area are left in limbo, following a court order banning their continued presence there. The Namibia Public Passenger Transport Association confirmed that the High Court ruled in favour of Puma, forcing the bus operators to vacate the premises. The dispute between Puma and […]
Mourners paid their last respects to retired Colonel John Nghipangelwa Shipoke at Ondobe in the Ohangwena Region. Shipoke died at the age of 66 on the 19th of March. Shipoke is a freedom fighter and veteran of the liberation struggle who went into exile in 1974. He attended advanced infantry military training in Kongwa in Tanzania […]
The Meatco co-opted board member Shiwana Ndeunyema says the meat corporation is struggling to produce sufficient meat to ensure increased profits. Ndeunyema addressed the opening ceremony of Meatco’s ‘Meat Markets Africa’ shop at Kuisebmond in Walvis Bay. The state-owned enterprise Meatco is a meat-processing and meat-marketing entity that serves niche markets locally and internationally with […]
Residents living in the Otjiwarongo Single Quarters are still at loggerheads with the municipality over the implementation of the decongestion plan. Since the beginning of the year, residents and the council have been at loggerheads, following a decision to decongest the overcrowded single-quarters units in the town. The plans to decongest the units means improving […]
