Cancer Association of Namibia and the South African Bone Marrow Registry have made great strides to automate and more easily navigate the “Donor Application Drive” for more interested persons. We are excited that through our collaboration, the dream to build a robust Africa Stem Cell Registry is taking effect. Every year, thousands of people with…
The Capricorn Foundation has committed N.dollars 750 000 to its corporate social responsibility implementation partner, Imago Dei, a welfare organisation that assists the Foundation in identifying, mobilising and channelling resources to vulnerable communities. Some of the projects funded by the Capricorn Foundation through Imago Dei include Hope for Life Foundation, Burgershoek Children Community Project, Grace…
International Paralympic Committee (IPC) President Anderson Pierson has called on athletes to break world records while competing at the 2023 Paris World Para Athletics Championships. Over 1,300 athletes from 107 nations will be competing in 168 medals events at the 2023 IPC World Para Athletics Championships, underway in the French capital from 08 to 17…
The national senior football team “Brave Warriors” lost their second match of the Council of Southern African Football Associations (COSAFA) Cup against Eswatini and are in a do-or-die situation against Botswana on Tuesday. The 2023 Senior Council of Southern Africa Football Associations (Cosafa) Cup is underway in Durban, South Africa. Namibia is drawn in Group…
Hompa Sofia Mundjembwe Kanyetu was officially designated as the traditional leader of the Shambyu traditional authority in the Kavango East Region on Saturday. Due to a drawn-out court squabble, recently settled by the Supreme Court in her favour, the Shambyu community has been without a state-recognized leader since the death of Hompa Angelina Matumbo Ribebe…
The ‘No to drugs’ national police campaign, successfully took place at Otjiwarongo in the Otjozondjupa Region on Saturday. The campaign aimed at creating public awareness on the dangers and consequences of drug use was jointly organised by the Otjozondjupa and Khomas regional Namibian Police Force (NamPol) officers as a community outreach programme on drug law…
IJG Namibia’s 2023 vehicle sales reports indicate that passenger and commercial vehicle segments have been recording positive year-on-year growth for ten consecutive months, with rising interest rates seemingly doing little to dampen demand. To further assist the motoring industry’s drive to bring vehicles to customers, Bank Windhoek’s Vehicle and Asset Finance (VAF) Branch, in collaboration…
Namibia Premier Rugby League outfit Wanderers went top of the log over the weekend after collecting maximum points away from home in their last match of the first round of the premier league season. The premier league’s defending champions travelled to Rehoboth over the weekend, where they managed to outclass the home team Reho Falcon…
Middle distance runner Finamekeni Hamutenya reached the final of the 800 metre (m) event on Monday after winning heat two of Level A at the 2023 Berlin Special Olympics World Games. The Special Olympics World Games, the world’s largest inclusive sporting event, is underway in Berlin, Germany. This year’s championships are being celebrated under the…
Namibian sprinter Louise Segaria and middle-distance runner Finamekeni Hamutenya are in contention to win Namibia’s first silverware at the 2023 Special Olympics World Games underway in Berlin, Germany. Segaria reached the women’s Level A 200m final on Monday afternoon after finishing fourth in heat six of that event. The Namibian sprinter, who earlier in the…