A 30-Year-old Namibian male was arrested on Saturday behind club Novanni Kronlein in Keetmanshoop for the alleged possession of mandrax tablets worth N.dollars 1200 and one parcel of cannabis. According to a report issued by Namibian Police Force (NamPol)’s spokesperson, Deputy Commissioner Kauna Shikwambi on Sunday, the drugs were allegedly found on him when NamPol…
TransNamib Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Johny Smith, has said to have increased rail capacity service between Kranzberg and Tsumeb railway route, a total of N.dollars 15 billion is needed for the full upgrading of the route. Smith said during a field trip witnessing at the Omaruru railway station on Friday, adding that 88 per cent…
Namibian flyweight boxers, Immanuel ‘Imms’ Josef and Fillemon Nghutenanye, successfully defended their titles on Sunday morning at the Safari Court Hotel in the capital, as part of the MTC Salute Boxing Academy’s ‘building champions’ boxing bonanza. Josef stepped into the ring to defend his World Boxing Organisation (WBO) Africa title, while Nghutenanye defended his World…
Okahandja United Football Club coach, Richard Garised, said their goal for the 2022/23 Debmarine Namibia Premiership is to collect maximum points in every match that will be played at their home ground. Okahandja United won their first match of the season on Saturday when they put Otjiwarongo-based Mighty Gunners to the sword with a 2-1…
Minister of Works and Transport, John Mutorwa, will be joined by Finnish Minister for Development Cooperation and Foreign Trade, Ville Skinnari, in co-officiating the opening of the Aviation and Connectivity Forum taking place in Windhoek between Wednesday and Friday. A media release issued on Sunday by the Namibia Airports Company stated that the event will…
Scientific surveys conducted in March 2022 have found that the pilchard stock still remains in a precarious state and the spawning stock biomass was also found to be insignificant. A moratorium was imposed in 2018 after the stock population fell by 99.5 per cent from an estimated 11 million tonnes in the 1960s to 50,000…
Minister of Agriculture, Water and Land Reform Calle Schlettwein says Namibia’s livestock sector is in trouble and the wealth creation potential in the sector has declined. Schlettwein said this recently when he met with farmers around Grootfontein in the Otjozondjupa Region. The aim of the meeting was to inform them about government’s new approach to…
African youth voices, actions, advocacy and engagement should serve as a beacon of hope for positive change in the development of their continent. This was said by President Hage Geingob on Tuesday, when African Youth Day was observed under the theme ‘Breaking the Barriers to Meaningful Youth Participation and Inclusion in Advocacy.’ The day is…
Windhoek International School (WIS) and the University of Namibia (UNAM) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to promote work-integrated learning. This MoU will allow education students to conduct practical teaching and gain international skills and knowledge at Namibia’s only school that offers an international curriculum for primary programmes and International Baccalaureate diplomas. In a…
The Ministry of Mines and Energy has announced an increase in diesel prices by 198 cents per litre, effective at 00h01 on 02 November 2022. In a media statement made available to Nampa on Monday, the ministry said the international oil market continues to expect a huge fall in oil demands amid strong signs of…