The newly built and recently inaugurated Swapo Party office in the Kavango East Region has been broken into, according to the Namibian Police. The Namibian Police Force’s Crime Investigations Coordinator for the region, Bonifatius Kanyetu told Nampa on Friday the incident occurred around 05h00 on Wednesday. Kanyetu said the office does not have a 24-hour…
Para-athlete Bradley Murere is among the few Namibian Para-athletes selected to participate in the Commonwealth Games scheduled to take place in Birmingham, England from 28 July-08 August 2022. This was announced by MTC Dome in Swakopmund on Friday, where Murere trains as an elite athlete, after confirmation from the Namibia National Paralympic Committee. Murere, 19,…
Africa has the highest rate of child marriage in the world where one in four girls in sub-Saharan Africa is married before the age of 18 years. Celeste Feris of the United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund (UNICEF) said this during the International Day of the African Child celebration at the Rundu Stadium on Thursday.…
The appointment of a Special Water Envoy to the United Nations (UN) is an important step towards enhancing dialogue and outreach, as well as reinforcing the voice of under-represented and vulnerable regions like Africa. This was stated by Minister of Agriculture, Water and Land Reform, Calle Schlettwein, during a high level virtual dialogue session with…
Ombudsman Basilius Dyakugha has called on Namibians, particularly parents of school-aged children, to focus their attention on the barriers that African children face in their pursuit of quality education. Dyakugha made the call on Thursday in commemoration of the Day of the African Child, which traces its roots to the 1976 uprising in Soweto, South…
Minister of Sport, Youth and National Service Agnes Tjongarero has announced the appointment of an interim board for the Namibia Sports Commission (NSC) for the next six months. Addressing a media conference in the capital on Thursday, Tjongarero said the term of the previous body ended on 31 May and currently, the NSC does not…
A total of 11 black rhino carcasses were discovered in the Etosha National Park at the beginning of June, bringing to 22 the number of rhinos poached thus far in 2022. A media statement issued on Tuesday by the Ministry of Environment, Forestry and Tourism said the carcasses were discovered during ongoing operations in the…
Education, Arts and Culture Minister Anna Nghipondoka is impressed with the outcomes of the countrywide National Consultations on the future of education in Namibia. Nghipondoka was speaking on Tuesday at the Consolidation of the National Consultations for the Transforming Education Summit (TES) and the Namibia National Education Conference in Swakopmund. According to Nghipondoka, the consultations…
Former national senior football team second assistant coach Collin Benjamin has been appointed as the new head coach of the Brave Warriors on a five-year contract. The national senior team has been without a full-time coach since Ricardo Mannetti’s contract came to an end in 2019 at the end of the African Nations Cup (AFCON).…
Athletics Namibia president Erwin Naimhwaka says he is happy to see Namibia catching up to South Africa and Botswana which are the strongest athletics nations in the region. In an interview with Nampa, Naimhwaka said he was satisfied with the performances of Namibian athletes at the just-ended 22nd African Athletics Championships held in Mauritius. “It’s…