… ‘Ninja’ out after 25 years in prison Paulus Shimweefeleni, also known as ‘Ninja’, a once-feared robber and murderer, is out of prison after serving 25 years. Today, he says you can call him for all your plumbing issues. Shimweefeleni emerged from Windhoek Correctional Facility yesterday, saying: “As you see I have a toolbox here....
Will Smith joked he “started making my own problems” because life was going too well. The 55-year-old actor – who received a 10-year ban in 2022 from the Academy Awards for slapping Chris Rock on stage – admitted he has made “tons of mistakes”, but with the help of Quincy Jones, he is trying to “win as a human”....
Newly-elected Namibia Football Association (NFA) president Robert Shimooshili and his executive committee have barely been in office for a week before being confronted by a host of problems in Namibian football. This after yesterday’s Premier League match between Orlando Pirates and Life Fighters had to be abandoned after the power was cut at the Independence...
Martin Endjala Popular Democratic Movement parliamentary member Nico Smit says that Namibia’s economic problems are far from over, hence he calls on his parliamentary counterparts to take care of fundamental problems of the country to avoid going back to square one. “The economic performance of the past two years makes it appear that we have...
Working with emerging entrepreneurs, especially those who apply knowledge imparted and advice proffered in a systematic and structured manner, can be an uplifting experience. To an extent it even puts a spring in one’s step. There is a downside too, such as when cautioning against hasty decisions that are bound to impede operations go unheeded....
China’s economy is performing slightly better than expected, even though growth continues to slow. The latest official figures show the economy was four-point-nine per cent bigger in the third quarter of the year than the same period in 20-22. Here’s Andrew Wood in Hong Kong. The post China’s economy grows slightly more than expected,...
Siyan Oyeweso, a professor of History and International Studies at Osun State University, says strengthening of existing universities will greatly enhance their sustainability. Oyeweso stated this during the Interdisciplinary Research Discourse organised by the Postgraduate College of University of Ibadan (UI) on Tuesday. The News Agency of Nigeria, (NAN) reports that the discourse, which was...
The uproar over homosexuality raises a crucial question: What are our priorities as Namibians? Should we focus on controlling the sex lives of a few individuals, or should we channel that energy into pressing social issues and fundamental rights? Namibia currently faces a string of national problems such as a sluggish economy, hunger, poverty, high...