Kinke-liba is a traditional West African bush tea, said to have various healing properties. In fact, the locals swear by it. However, it is little known outside the region. One Togolese entrepreneur is hoping to change that by processing, packaging and marketing the drink in tea bags, with plans to export it.
Four residents of Windhoek’s Babylon Informal Settlement were left destitute after a fire gutted their shack over the weekend. The inferno started at 12 in the afternoon and destroyed three bedrooms, two kitchens and a dining room.
The Okahandja spinning and drifting event that took place on Saturday at the town’s airstrip, was held in an effort to raise funds for the Immanuel Old Age Home, also based in Okahandja. Although the event kicked off well past the indicated starting time, the engines still roared and drivers provided exhilarating spin and drift […]
Former Secretary General of Athletics Namibia, Erwin Naimhwaka, has been elected as the federation’s president at their elective Annual General Meeting held in Windhoek on Saturday. At the marathon meeting, which started early in the morning and went on until late at night, various former members – including president Alina Similo – tabled their reports. […]
The long-serving sports administrator, Abner Xoagub, has been re-elected to head the Namibia National Olympic Committee for the next four years. Representatives from various sport codes affiliated to the Namibia National Olympic Committee casted their votes and decided who would run the affairs of the committee for the next four years during the elective congress […]
President Hage Geingob left for France Sunday morning. Before concluding his visit to France and the UK, Dr Geingob will also visit the mourning country of Cuba, following the death of that country’s revolutionary leader Fidel Castro.
A moment of silence was observed at the Windhoek Central Hospital on Saturday afternoon in remembrance of the late “Commander in Chief” as the mourners called him, known to the world as Fidel Castro.
A distinct feature in the speeches of late Cuban leader, Fidel Castro was always his conclusion. At the end of every address he would normally conclude by saying “Patria o Muerte”, meaning Motherland or Death. Delivered in his usual firebrand style, the statement is more than just mere political talk. NBC Executive Producer Peter Denk […]
The Minister of Health and Social Services has rubbished claims that circumcised men are at risk of contracting a “new” type of cancer.
President Hage Geingob left for France this morning. The president will visit French president Francois Hollande and will try to increase trade and investment opportunities between the two countries. Dr Geingob will also open a new Namibian chancery while he’s in France. Business meetings between French and Namibian business sectors have been cancelled as Dr […]
