President Hage Geingob will on Sunday be laid to rest in one of the rooms that have been reserved for presidents at Heroes’ Acre. A senior government source, who preferred anonymity, confirmed this to The Namibian yesterday. Former director of the National Heritage Council and current governor of the Hardap region Salomon April yesterday said...
A recent report by the Namibia Statistics Agency shows that on a monthly basis, the uptake of rooms in the hospitality industry has decreased. The Index for Rooms’ Occupancy Rate report shows a 20,6% decline in December 2023, compared to the previous month’s decrease of 24%. “The decrease observed on a monthly basis was reflected...
The chairperson of the Delivery Room Foundation, Elago Nantana has encouraged men to speak up and seek assistance when things get tougher in order to curb suicide among men in the country. “No matter how tough life gets, we must never surrender,” Nantana said in an interview with Nampa at the Windhoek Industrial and Agricultural...
In ‘A Thin Line’, South Africa-based artist Lisette Forsyth returns to Namibia, the land of her birth, in a delicate reflection of people and places. Presenting a series of acrylic and ink illustrations on vintage maps currently on display at The Project Room, Forsyth overlays the past with the present with images of local people...
Al Pacino still from ‘Inches (with Al Pacino)| The Global Goals | Halftime 2023’ Al Pacino still from ‘Inches (with Al Pacino)| The Global Goals | Halftime 2023’ The world is at ‘Halftime’ when it comes to achieving 2030 Sustainable Development Goals – but only 15% are on track to be met Richard Curtis releases...
THE matter of fish continues at The Project Room as Ruth Stanford and Vilho Nuumbala’s ‘Troubled Waters’ follows ‘the fish that sees its water getting shallow cannot be stranded’. Concerned with issues of global corruption and localised through Nuumbala’s black and white photographs depicting the toll such dealings have on the average Namibian, the exhibition...
Staff Reporter POLICE officers and members of the community are currently tracking a suspect who allegedly attempted to set a sleeping room on fire with the intention of burning another person who was inside. His spoor is facing the direction of Ohadiwa yaKakola, Oshaandjela, and Eendama villages north of Ondangwa, Oshana Region. The suspect is...
A 20-year-old woman’s room was allegedly set on fire by her ex-boyfriend after an argument between them at Tsumeb on Saturday. This was announced by police spokesperson deputy commissioner Kauna Shikwambi in a crime report on Sunday. Shikwambi reported that the fire destroyed two curtains, one bag of clothes and three handbags belonging to the...