Gender-based violence is a concern in Namibia. This was said during the launch of the 16 Days of Activism Against Gender-Based Violence campaign in Kankudi village in the Kavango West Region. This year, the campaign is held under the theme: Unite and invest to prevent violence against women and girls. The 2013 demographic health survey...
Mariental-born former United and Namibian national netball team defence stalwart Magda van Schoor was once described by ex-Tigers opponent and star goalshooter Ndemu ‘Demolition’ Hipondoka as “not an easy player to tantalise with the ball, she had very perfect timing and she was hard but never rough”. The retired star started playing netball in Standard 1...
President Hage Geingob has announced a period of national mourning for national anthem composer Axali Doëseb. In a statement released on Thursday, the president said the mourning period would be observed on Friday and Saturday. Doëseb, who died on 27 October at the age of 68, was granted a state funeral. He will be buried...
For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Cheetahs are usually daytime hunters, but the speedy big cats will shift their activity toward dawn and dusk hours during warmer weather, a new study finds. Unfortunately for...
Former Cabinet minister Pendukeni Iivula-Ithana yesterday said the late Martti Ahtisaari managed to get a “complicated” situation right and delivered Namibia’s independence on behalf of the United Nations (UN), amid numerous opposing forces. Iivula-Ithana’s comments come as Namibia joins the rest of the world in mourning the late Ahtisaari, who died yesterday at the age...
Lens’ Champions League clash with Arsenal on Tuesday will see the French side come full circle in the season that marks their return to Europe’s elite club competition after two decades away. The golden era for the Blood and Gold (“Les Sang et Or”) came in the late 1990s and early 2000s, before a long...
Economic experts have urged the Federal Government to take measures to revitalise the economy. The experts who spoke during a webinar on Saturday said the government to evolve policies to urgently stabilise the exchange rate, attract foreign direct investments (FDIs), increase oil production and enhance power supply. The experts said these recommendations were pertinent to...
The Imo Sate National and State House of Assembly Election Petitions Tribunal, has nullified the election of a member of the House of Representatives, Ikenga Ugochinyere of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). The Tribunal also ordered National Electoral Commission (INEC) to conduct a supplementary election within 90 days. This was contained in a unanimous decision...
console.debug(‘TRINITY_WP’, ‘Skip player from rendering’, ‘is single: , is main loop: 1, is main query: 1’);console.debug(‘TRINITY_WP’, ‘trinity_content_filter’); A man (72) took his own life at Okondjatu on Friday. He has been identified as Julius Hengombe. No suicide note was left behind. According to family members, Hengombe was left home alone at the time, noted a...
Carlos Alcaraz moved a step closer to a potential Wimbledon title showdown with Novak Djokovic on Friday as two-time champion Andy Murray hinted his All England Club days may be numbered after suffering a heart-breaking defeat to Stefanos Tsitsipas. World number one Alcaraz defeated 84th-ranked Alexandre Muller of France 6-4, 7-6 (7/2), 6-3. “This was...