The Namibia Paralympic Committee secretary-general, Michael Hamukwaya has expressed happiness with the number of young athletes who competed at this year’s athletics championships. The NPC held its 2022 National Athletics Championships at the Oshakati Stadium in the Oshana Region with 150 athletes competing for silverware. They were 101 males and 49 females. Only the Otjozondjupa…
The president of the Namibia Paralympic Committee (NPC), Johannes Litwayi has called on athletes with a disability to work hard so they can represent their regions or country with pride when called upon. Speaking at the opening ceremony of the 2022 NPC National Athletics Championships held at the Oshakati Stadium in the Oshana Region on…
Press Secretary in the Presidency, Alfredo Hengari said there is no truth in the allegations that President Hage Geingob may have assisted South African President Cyril Ramaphosa in apprehending a suspect connected to the Phala Phala farm burglary. Last week, media reported that President Ramaphosa’s farm was robbed in 2020 by robbers believed to be…
Teams that compete in the Far North Volleyball Association (FNVA) league games have players that possess quality and are experienced, making the league more competitive, according to its chairperson. FNVA commenced with its first round league games in May with five teams in the women category and eight in the men category and is expected…
About N.dollars 100 million is needed to upgrade the dilapidated Zambezi Waterfront Tourism Park (ZWTP) to bring it on par with other international tourism parks. Located in Katima Mulilo in the Zambezi Region, the tourism park closed its doors in 2016 following allegations of maladministration. The government spent N.dollars 189 million for the development of…
There is a need for the construction of a fully-fledged magistrate’s court in Nkurenkuru, Governor of the Kavango West Region Sirkka Ausiku said while delivering her State of the Region Address on Friday. Currently the region has a periodic court situated at Kahenge settlement which is meant to serve the more remote areas of the…
The European Union (EU) has donated information technology (IT) equipment worth N.dollars 4.5 million to the Ministry of Agriculture, Water and Land Reform aimed at assisting livestock farmers in northern communal areas of Namibia. Speaking at the handover ceremony here on Friday, EU Ambassador to Namibia Sinikka Antila said the equipment donated is geared to…
Minister of Fisheries and Marine Resources, Derek Klazen, launched Namibia’s first National Plan of Action for Small Scale Fisheries (NPOA-SSF) for the period 2022-2026 in Swakopmund on Thursday. The NPOA-SSF is aimed at recognising the important role the small scale fisheries sector plays in socio-economic growth and economic transformation. According to the minister, NPOA-SSF strategies…
Tributes continue pouring in after the news of the passing on of the former Swapo councillor for the Katutura Central Constituency, Ambrosius Kandjii. The former Member of Parliament died Wednesday morning in the Gobabis State Hospital after a short illness. He was 49. Those who worked closely with the late Kandjii described him as a…
The allocation of budgets for developmental aspects of each region should be informed by available official statistics as this will lead to equity and fairness and achieved shared prosperity for the entire country. This was said by Kavango West Region Governor Sirkka Ausiku in her address on the State of her region here Friday. Ausiku…