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…
The department of works in the Ministry of Works and Transport has been found with discrepancies of N.dollars 273 737 involving eight staff members during the 2021/2022 financial year. A report of the Auditor General tabled in Parliament recently indicated that the discrepancies of N.dollars 68 647 was found between the principal debt reported by…
The Namibian Competition Commission (NaCC) has encouraged the public to report suspicious price exploitations by some retailers, amidst continuous food and goods price increases. In a recent interview with Nampa, NaCC Corporate Communications Practitioner Dina ||Gowases said retailers in Namibia are not subjected to price caps as they operate in a space where the market…
Namibia and the Netherlands on Monday signed a Letter of Intent on a visa waiver agreement for Official and Diplomatic passport holders, as well as a readmission agreement between the two countries. Ambassador Mekondjo Kaapanda-Girnus of Namibia to the Netherlands and Ambassador of the Netherlands to Namibia, Han Peters signed on behalf of Namibia and…
Minister of Health and Social Services, Dr Kalumbi Shangula on Monday announced the end of the Crimean-Congo haemorrhagic fever outbreak in the country, which claimed the life of one person last month. Shangula made the announcement in Windhoek during the launch of the national Integrated Disease Surveillance and Response technical guidelines. “As we all know,…
Information, Communication and Technology Minister, Dr Peya Mushelenga, has urged government communication officers to strive to make government communication channels more accessible to all, regardless of their location or socio-economic status. According to Mushelenga, the success of government’s communication can only be judged to the extent that citizens notice and understand such information. The minister…
The Presidency on Sunday expressed gratitude to President Hage Geingob for exceptional leadership remembering how on this day in history 18 June 1989, Geingob brought back the flag of the liberation movement Swapo to Namibia. Press Secretary in the Presidency Dr Alfredo Hengari in a media statement issued on Sunday said, after 27 years in…
The National Council (NC) will resume a special session on Monday to consider the Financial Intelligence Amendment and the Civil Registration and Identification Bills. The NC in a media release here Saturday, said the Civil Registration and Identification Bill provides for the compilation and maintenance of a civil register and for the appointment of Registrar…
Namibia’s track and field athlete Finamekeni Hamutenya ran a personal best record to finish second in the men’s 1500 metres (m) heats at the 2023 Berlin Special Olympics World Games underway in Berlin, Germany. The Special Olympics World Games are the world’s largest inclusive sporting event. At this year’s championships over 6,500 Special Olympics athletes…