Deputy Prime Minister Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah has emphasised the meaningful and significant role women play in maintaining and promoting peace both locally and internationally. Nandi-Ndaitwah made these remarks at a stakeholders’ breakfast meeting here on Wednesday, which launched the five-year Namibia International Women’s Peace Centre (NIWPC) Strategic Plan for the next five years. Nandi-Ndaitwah said 2023…
Executive Director in the Ministry of Health and Social Services (MoHSS), Ben Nangombe has urged pregnant women to seek health services during their pregnancies to ensure healthy births. Nangombe who was speaking at the handover of the emergency Maternity Shelter at the Otjimbingwe Clinic on Tuesday noted that a delay in seeking medical assistance is…
The Namibian Police Force (NamPol) in the Erongo Region have identified the man who died in a head-on collision between Arandis and Swakopmund on Tuesday morning as Morne Gareth Openshaw. The accident took place at 09h15 on the B2 road. In a NamPol update issued by Erongo Community Policing Commander Inspector Ileni Shapumba, the 48-year-old…
Hundreds of residents in the Otjozondjupa Region on Wednesday gathered at Otjiwarongo for their 2023 State of the Region Address (SoRA). Governor James Uerikua delivered the SoRA at the Otjozondjupa Regional Council Chambers where more than 200 community members and various heads of Government ministries, local authority and traditional authority councils were present. Uerikua at…
Government remains committed to upholding media freedom, protecting journalists’ rights, and ensuring their safety, the Minister of Information and Communication Technology said on Wednesday. For the past 33 years, Peya Mushelenga said, the government has made sure that journalists can work without fear or intimidation, for it is through the editors’ work that their voices…
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…
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…