Imagine this: You’re at an airport in a foreign country 20 years from now. You strike up a conversation with a fellow traveller and they ask: “Namibia… what’s your country known for? They say comparison is the thief of joy. But, there are many things we can be proud of, not least that for 34...
It’s the weekend after Namibia’s Independence Day, and the most visionary among us have taken Friday off. Anticipating that the saka would indeed be los, we’ve made the necessary arrangements to ensure we can happily test drive a three-day workweek while the nation debates the merits of working for a solid four. Set loose for...
Staff Reporter TWO students who were utilizing MTC’s ‘happy hour’ to do their assignments were attacked and robbed during the early morning hours of Thursday. The incident occurred between 02:00 and 03:00 at the Ndagondulu flats in the Oneshila informal settlement of Oshakati. According to the police report, three unknown suspects attacked the students who...
WINDHOEK: The family of the late President Hage Geingob says they have accepted that his remains will not be taken to his ancestral land to perform funeral rituals, but they are happy that he will be reunited with his fellow comrades at Heroes’ Acre. In an interview with Nampa, his nephew, John //Khamuseb said Geingob...
Botswana-based Matebele FC head coach Woody Jacobs says he is in a good space and enjoying the respect his employers have for him. He told The Namibian this week that talk of him joining the Botswana Premier League (BPL) log leaders Township Rollers FC has puzzled him. “I am happy where I am and in...
Botswana-based Matebele FC head coach Woody Jacobs says he is in a good space and enjoying the respect his employers have for him. He told The Namibian this week that talk of him joining the Botswana Premier League (BPL) log leaders Township Rollers FC has puzzled him. “I am happy where I am and in...
Fish mongers at the Katima Mulilo Open Market expressed their appreciation to the Namibian government after their request for the fishing season to continue uninterrupted was accepted. Since 2016, fishermen and fishmongers in the Zambezi Region could not fish between December and the end of February because the government restricted fishing to allow fish stock...
Staff Reporter PRESIDENT Dr. Hage Geingob has said that Namibia is receiving the short end of the stick when it comes to the Southern Africa Customs Union (SACU) trade agreement, adding that the agreement is blocking Namibia from realizing its industrialization agenda of 2030. This was revealed at the year end media briefing which saw...
There is a need to make intra-Africa tourism travel and trade between African countries easy and accessible for travellers and investors on the continent. These were the sentiments shared by Ghanaian tourists who arrived in Namibia for a week under the Tourism and Business pilot initiative, “November in Namibia”. In an interview with nbc News,...