I’m not supposed to cry as a journalist when I am covering stories, but I have been crying a lot lately. Before December, when I travelled on a reporting trip from my home in the Sudanese city of Omdurman – just across the river from the capital, Khartoum – the only people I would see...
“Our task today is not to weep, but to adopt a revolutionary attitude as we face the tragic situation caused by Samora Machel’s disappearance….to avoid falling into sentimentalism, we must not weep.” These were the words of Thomas Sankara following the death of Mozambique’s president on 19 October 1986 in a plane crash. “With sentimentalism,...
Water levels in various dams across the country continue to decrease despite good rains recorded in some parts over the weekend. The weekly dam bulletin released by NamWater on Monday shows water levels in most dams dropped by 1% this week compared to last week. The Hardap Dam decreased from 12.2% last week to 11.7%...
Staff Reporter THE bail application of Coenraad Botha and his wife Charlotte Murove continued in the Windhoek Magistrate Court on Monday, 25 March 2024. Botha and Murove are charged with 64 counts in connection with an alleged illegal investment scheme involving some N$163 million. In the proceedings, Botha said that he would not flee the...
Media personality and renowned chef, Lorna Maseko, has opened up about her thrilling culinary adventure as she travels South Africa with 10 celebrity guides in ‘Homegrown Tastes South Africa’ Season 2. The second season of the BBC Lifestyle show is set to premiere on S3 (SABC 3) later this year. The news of the new...
Light to moderate rains recorded over the weekend brought relief from the heat wave in some parts of the country. Over the past week, temperatures have hovered between 30 and 40 degrees Celsius in places such as Keetmanshoop, which received some light showers on Friday and Saturday. Figures revealed on the Namibia Meteorological Services website...
Police are investigating a senior officer from the Otjiwarongo Criminal Investigations Unit for allegedly stealing a confiscated passport from custody and handing it to a suspect to travel to South Africa and back. The police inspector, Ursula Mulongwane, stands accused of aiding Joao-Quinn Amado (37), an Angolan national arrested on charges of fraud, to travel...
Ohangwena governor Sebastian Ndeitunga says innovative approaches to food production and the fight against hunger in the region should be encouraged. Ndeitunga, who was speaking during the handover of gardening tools and small-scale irrigation systems in the Ohangwena region yesterday, said people in the region should be prepared to break traditional barriers in order to...