A little over five months ago, Phillip Seidler (25) took a life-altering decision that culminated in realising his ambition of becoming a two-time Olympian on Sunday. He is the first Namibian to qualify for the Paris Olympic Games, following his 10km open-water African title triumph at the Aquatic World Championship in Doha. Seidler completed the...
Kenya’s Faith Kipyegon won a historic third world 1500m gold on Tuesday and although Qatari high jumper Mutaz Essa Barshim missed out on a fourth crown, he became the first man to win five medals in the event. Kipyegon produced an imperious front-running performance to add to her 2017 and 2022 titles, her face creasing...
Placido Hilukilwa FAITH healers, mostly of the Pentecostal, Neo-Pentecostal, and Charismatic brand of Christianity, are mushrooming in Namibia, and the number of their supporters is equally growing rapidly, but so is the number of those who express disappointment after the promised miraculous cures failed to materialize. A big number of pastors, prophets, and apostles have...
A Cameroonian journalist and founder of Afrikultures, Tessa Banks, has urged leaders in Africa to have faith in the continent and to recognise its potential. Banks called on Africans to wake up and broaden their shoulders in terms of economic development and trade. He says Africans have suffered for too long from the aftermath of the...