The historical white lady painting on the rocky Brandberg Mountain remains one of Namibia’s ancient tourist attractions. What is more than just rock art also symbolises ritual importance. The paintings discovered in 1917 by Reinhold Mark have raised many questions as to who the original artist was. Tour guide Chrisley Awaseb explains how the painting...
The Swakopmund Municipality says the Municipal Council has not approved Namaquanum Investments CC to utilise Erf 3954 on Einstein Street in the coastal town’s industrial area for storing hazardous materials. Speaking during a press briefing on Tuesday, Swakopmund Municipality CEO Alfeus Benjamin said the Council is obliged to follow the same procedure for every application. “The...
By Lylie Happiness Windhoek, Namibia – Sept. 29 – The police in the Khomas region are appealing to the public for assistance in locating a woman believed to be responsible for the heart-wrenching discovery of two lifeless male infants on Wednesday, September 27, 2023, at approximately 18:00, at the Kupferberg dumping site in the Khomas...
Protecting the biological integrity of a landfill site has become a pillar of modern waste management principles, making it imperative that waste is sorted at source and only those items that can be accommodated at landfill sites are dumped. The rest must be sorted and recycled. A similar strategy has been implemented at Dundee Precious...
It will now cost N$1 200 each for Namibians to see the highest point in the country – the Köningstein – and N$2 400 for international visitors, newly gazetted heritage fees show. This is an increase of 20% from the N$1 000 charged last year for Namibian visitors, and N$2 000 for international visitors. Tour...
Gambia reached the Africa Cup of Nations finals on Sunday after a dramatic 2-2 draw with Congo at a Moroccan stadium in the area of an earthquake that claimed more than 2,120 lives. Goals from substitutes Yankuba Minteh and Muhammed Badamosi in the last 11 minutes of regular time earned Gambia the point they needed...
Land servicing activities on the newly identified Otjiwarongo cemetery site are progressing as planned by the local authority council.Mayor Gottlieb Shivute says the N$500 000 site was identified in June. The new cemetery is situated about two kilometres west of town near the railway station alongside the Otjiwarongo-Outjo main road. The 14-hectare cemetery will amongst...
The Deputy Minister of Education, Arts, and Culture, Faustina Caley, met with residents of Ndama, with discussions centred around a dispute over a site designated to construct a school. Parents, demanding that the school be constructed in Ndama East, refused to meet with the deputy minister. The meeting began positively, with a significant turnout of...
Troops of the Nigerian Army, operatives of the Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) and those of a private security firm have jointly uncovered a major illegal refining site in Delta. Director, Army Public Relations, Brig.-Gen. Onyema Nwachukwu, stated on Sunday in Abuja that the operation was undertaken by troops of 181 Amphibious Battalion....