Maria David AFTER nearly four years of alleged sexual abuse of rape for his underage daughter, a 43-year-old man was last week arrested. The suspect was arrested last week Friday after he allegedly raped his ten-year-old girl at the Uuholamo village in the Okankolo constituency. The victim was only six-year-old at the time when the...
After a spirited premiere at Ster-Kinekor in Windhoek last month, Ombetja Yehinga Organisation’s ‘Lukas’ (2024) is headed to the big screen in South Africa (SA). The film, which considers the trials and devastating realities of street children in Namibia, is set to run at Ster-Kinekor Grove Mall as well as Maerua Mall from 8 March,...
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 The United Nations’ highest court opens historic hearings Monday into the legality of Israel’s 57-year occupation of lands sought for a Palestinian state, plunging the 15 international judges...
The Capricorn Group board has appointed David Nuyoma as its new chief executive from 1 January. He will serve a three-month probation period until 1 March, and thereafter become the group’s substantive chief executive, subject to regulatory approval. This was announced by the group yesterday. This appointment comes after group chief executive Thinus Prinsloo was...
In-form striker Niclas Fuellkrug’s Borussia Dortmund host his former side Werder Bremen on Friday, continuing the forward’s stunning late-career flourish. Playing second division football just over a year ago, Fuellkrug helped Bremen to promotion before winning a first Germany cap at the age of 29, foreshadowing a move to Signal Iduna Park before the transfer...
Namibian vocal star Sean K is presently ablaze on the international stage as the soulful young singer enters the race for ‘X Factor’ Malta. ‘The X Factor’ is a popular televised music competition created by celebrity music producer Simon Cowell and the Maltese version of the show recently began its fourth season with Namibia’s very...
Placido Hilukilwa VARIOUS cases of possession of, and dealing in, cannabis and other dependence-producing substances were registered at Namibian police stations across the country over the weekend. Three of the five arrested suspects are under the age of 20, revealing a worrisome trend of young people’s involvement in drug trafficking. A nineteen-year-old male suspect was...
The boldest thing about “The Creator”, a mash-up of mostly familiar sci-fi and war-movie tropes, is the filmmakers’ choice of a villain: the US. Set 40 years in the future, director and co-writer Gareth Edwards’s movie imagines an American campaign of mass destruction against New Asia, a sort of pan-Asian restaurant of a country. The...
India’s Chandrayaan-3 has become the first spacecraft to land near the south pole of the Moon. According to the BBC, inside the lander is a six-wheeled rover, which, if all goes to plan, will roam the lunar surface gathering images and data. Scientists believe craters that are permanently in shadow on the dark side of...
Staff Reporter A male resident of Ndiyona in the Kavango-East Region was arrested by the police after he was allegedly found in possession of a carcass of a hippopotamus estimated to be worth a whopping N$100 000. The suspect, whose exact age was unknown and is only identified as an adult person, was found with...