The Welwitschias lost a pre-season match by 81 to 8 to the 2022 Currie Cup champions, the Pumas this weekend.   The Inaugural Airlink Cup, which took place on Saturday, saw the men in blue – the Welwitschias – face the Souh African franchise, the Pumas.  The Pumas started the match off with high speed and […]

A 48-year-old man died at Katima Mulilo’s Chotto compound after a hand grenade detonated. The grenade victim was home with his family after it is presumed he picked up the grenade earlier. His family remembers him hitting the object, unknown to them at the time, with a stick. “I saw what happened to my father; […]

Hundreds of residents of Uis and Daures Constituencies staged a demonstration against alleged illegal mining and exploitation of natural resources as well as environmental damage by the Chinese-owned Tangshan Xingfeng Spodumene Mining Company. Namibia is not for sale! Namibia is ours! These were the words of angry residents of a vast, empty, semi-arid desert area […]

Angolan company Operatec has partnered with Namibians to construct a multi-million dollar marine and industrial training academy at Walvis Bay. The academy will provide specialized and internationally certified training for local marine personnel in the oil and gas industry. With the discovery of oil and gas in Namibia, it is crucial for Namibia to have […]

The Kunene Regional Governor, Marius Sheya, has urged the public to refrain from taking disturbing videos. Sheya made these remarks during the handover of materials and food parcels worth more than N$78,000 by the Japanese Embassy to the Kazetjindire Angelika Muharukua Maternity waiting home in Opuwo. Sheya was making reference to the video of an […]

The inmates of Luderitz Correctional Facility received a donation of literature to boost their rehabilitation opportunities, thanks to the RJS Foundation. Handing over the books, the RJS Foundation’s founder, Reverend Jan Scholtz, encouraged inmates to embark on a journey of reading as a lasting and educational aspect of life. The books valued at N$2,000 include […]

More than N$450,000 was raised during the 2023 Luderitz Crayfish Festival Gala Dinner. The festival is slated for the weekend of April 27–29. The primary objective of the festival is to position the town of Luderitz as a tourism destination as well as serve as a platform for businesses and individuals to invest in the […]

A family from the Erongo Region is seeking justice from the police, whom they accuse of brutality. The father of a mentally and physically disabled man in Swakopmund has expressed his utter dissatisfaction with the police for failing to perform up to expected standards when they dealt with his child. Gideon Doeseb accuses the police […]

The increase in the number of seals in the population threatens the fish species in the Namibian waters, hence the need to control them. Motivating his motion in the National Assembly, RDP leader Mike Kavekotora says a balance needs to be found to protect fish species for human consumption and the conservation of seals. Situated […]

The Swapo Party Regional Coordinator in the ||Kharas Region, Matheus Mumbala, called on the party supporters to start campaigning and canvassing support ahead of the by-election in the Keetmanshoop Rural Constituency. The by-election was necessitated by the expulsion of Gerrit Witbooi from the Landless People’s Movement. Mumbala, who made the remarks during the opening of […]