Christian Pulisic fired AC Milan up to second in Serie A with the only goal in Sunday’s 1-0 win over lowly Empoli while Juve were held to an entertaining 2-2 home draw by Atalanta. US star Pulisic gave Milan a scrappy win with his eighth league goal of an encouraging debut season in Italy, a...
Maria David GABRIEL Kapweya Sheehama, 50, died instantly after he shot himself with a firearm on Monday. Erongo Community Affairs officer Inspector Ileni Shapumba said the incident occurred at about 06:30 at a house in Guinea Foul Street, Kuisebmond in Walvis Bay. According to Shapumba, it is alleged that the neighbours heard a sound of...
Josef Erastus, 46, died instantly after he allegedly shot himself with his service pistol at Ondangwa on Wednesday. The Namibian Police Force’s spokesperson for Oshana, Warrant Frieda Shikole, said the incident occurred at Omahenene location. According to Shikole, the deceased was employed as a security guard at Falcon Security and the pistol he used belongs...
Deputy minister of education, arts and culture Faustina Caley has objected to a bill proposing free access to sanitary products for schoolgirls in Namibia, claiming the current Basic Education Act already provides for this. The bill was introduced by official opposition leader McHenry Venaani in the National Assembly recently, to “regulate the provision of free...
Staff Reporter THE Namibian police have reported a case of attempted murder and suicide after a man identified as David Isai Valungameka, aged 40 shot his girlfriend in the head leaving her critically injured, before committing suicide by shooting himself in the Khomas Region. This comes after the Namibian police gunned down Roland Nyahoyo on...
Swapo politburo member and lawyer Sisa Namandje has dismissed calls for a new party congress to elect the ruling party’s presidential election candidate, calling them “unnecessary” and “time wasting”. Former minister Jerry Ekandjo has written to president Hage Geingob, arguing that the 2022 Swapo congress did not elect a presidential candidate for the 2024 national...
Maria David A SECURITY guard employed by Omambundu Security Services allegedly surrendered himself to the police after shooting to death Johannes Pombili Iipinge, 27, at Club ACE in the early hours of Sunday. Oshana Community Affairs Officer Inspector Thomas Aiyambo said a case of murder has been opened, however, no arrest has been made thus...
The Electoral Commission of Namibia (ECN) refuted claims made in a local newspaper on Thursday, which suggested that the commission turned down an application from the Affirmative Repositioning Movement (AR) to become an official political party. According to ECN’s Chief Electoral and Referenda Officer, Theo Mujoro, the article is misleading and lacks accuracy. Mujoro clarified...
In impoverished communities, especially those in the global south, women are often forced to resort to extremes to feed their families. While commercial surrogacy, the payment for carrying a child, is illegal in most countries, in the few where it is legal, the controversial industry is booming. Some nations do, however, allow for altruistic surrogacy....