An impressive display from the Clever Boys on Sunday against a struggling Orlando Pirates saw them keep their hopes for a top-five finish in the Debmarine Namibia Premier League alive. The Clever Boys, as the University of Namibia (UNAM) football team is known by its followers, outclassed their opponents at the Sport Klub Windhoek (SKW)…
Junior athletes representing Namibia at the Confederation of African Athletics (CAA) championships underway in Lusaka, Zambia put in impressive performances to reach the next round of the competition. The African Junior Athletics Championships is a biennial continental athletics event for junior athletes from African nations, competing in silverware. This year’s combined Under 18-20 (U18-20) championship…
In collaboration with the Capricorn Foundation, Bank Windhoek will host a Grade 4 Mathematics Teachers Initiative in Windhoek from Tuesday, 25 April, until Wednesday, 26 April 2023. Supported by the Ministry of Education, Arts and Culture, the workshop aims to invest in the education of Namibian youth. Bank Windhoek’s Head of Stakeholder Engagement, Corporate Social…
It is imperative that every income category is provided with housing products that correspond with their financial position to ensure that every Namibian gets decent housing. These were the sentiments of Urban and Rural Development Minister Erastus Uutoni during the handover of 102 plots for low-cost housing to residents of Henties Bay on Monday. According…
Minister of Health and Social Services, Dr Kalumbi Shangula is leading a delegation of medical doctors and local and national health managers on a weeklong fact-finding mission to clinics, health centres and State hospitals in the Otjozondjupa Region. Shangula and his delegation started the mission on Monday in the Okakarara Constituency. At the Okakarara State…
Two men and a woman were arrested on Sunday for possession of cannabis at Rundu. Namibian Police Force Acting Regional Commander in the Kavango East Region, Deputy Commissioner Eino Nambahu confirmed that the trio was arrested near Ngandu Lodge. Their ages were not revealed. They were allegedly caught selling two 20-litre containers filled with cannabis.…
Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) Director General, Paulus Noa has said there is a need to address loopholes in the laws regulating transnational organised crime and preventing Namibia from being grey-listed by the Financial Action Task Force (FATF). Noa said this on Tuesday during the signing ceremony of a Memorandum of Agreement by the ACC, NamPol, and…
A 53-year-old woman was killed, allegedly by her 25-year-old son, in Kavango West’s Ekuli village in the Tondoro Constituency on Sunday. The Namibian Police Force in the region in their daily crime report on Monday revealed that the deceased was identified as Likuwa Anastasia Tjangano. The incident occurred around 19h30 on Sunday. According to the…
An 18-year-old male suspect was arrested after he allegedly beat his father to death at Sinono village in the Kavango West Region’s Musese Constituency on Friday. In the weekend crime report issued by the Namibian Police on Sunday, it is alleged that the male suspect was arrested after allegedly hitting his biological father, 34-year-old Cimu…
President Hage Geingob will host the President of the Republic of Finland, Sauli Niinistö, in Windhoek for a State visit on 27 and 28 April. A media release issued by the Presidency on Sunday said the purpose of the visit is to discuss how Namibia and Finland can work together to leverage smart, secure, and…