President Hage Geingob says he has learned with sadness about the passing of the former President of the Republic of Zimbabwe, Robert Gabriel Mugabe who passed away on Friday. Mugabe led Zimbabwe to independence in 1980. He died in Singapore aged 95 on Friday, two years after the army brought an end to almost four […]
The first-ever Namibia Sports Expo’s official opening took place at the Independence Stadium in Windhoek on Thursday. The three-day event will have several sports activities, exhibitions, stalls, kiddies’ corners and ongoing entertainment and fitness activities on offer, to keep the public busy throughout. The first-ever Namibia Annual Sports Expo started on a positive note today, […]
Namibia’s Brave Warriors started off their qualifying campaign for the 2022 Qatar FIFA World Cup with a 2 – 1 away win against Eritrea on Tuesday afternoon in Asmara. The Brave Warriors started the match the brighter of the two but were also wasteful in front of the goal as they missed out on several […]
Beatus Kasete, the Chief Regional Officer in the //Kharas regional council, has called for more sport codes to be added to a twining agreement between his council and the Northern Province from South Africa. Kasete made the remarks at the 2019 //Kharas and Northern Cape sport summit that took place at Keetmanshoop recently. The summit, […]
The National Union of Namibian Workers (NUNW) has added its voice to the condemnation of attacks on foreign nationals and the looting of their property in South Africa. Addressing a media conference in Windhoek the NUNW says these incidents are a threat to the entire African economy.
Former Education, Arts and Culture Director Alfons Dikuua will represent the Kavango East Region at the Swapo Party electoral college. Dikuua was elected at the regional conference at Rundu.
The Rally for Democracy and Progress (RDP) and the Christian Democratic Voice (CDV) have formed a coalition to cooperate in the elections. The duo signed a memorandum of understanding in Windhoek.
Government has provided an extra N$7-million to install water pipelines or tankers in the Oshana and Oshikoto Regions, to extend water to areas which ran dry. This brings the total amount of money transferred to both regions for drought relief assistance, to N$37 million.
Forecasters expect good rainfall during the coming rainy season over the entire Southern African Development Community (SADC) region. This information is contained in the report released by officials of the SADC Meteorological Services, following their meeting in Angola’s capital Luanda last month. Deputy Director of the Namibia MET office Frans /Uirab confirmed the information.
Namibia is determined to put close to 30 000 hectares under irrigation by 2030 to ensure food self-sufficiency and reduce imports. The Green Scheme is a government initiative aimed at food production under irrigation, complimented by rain-fed crops in order to increase food security.
