Khomas NamPol Volley Club and Revival Volley Club were on Saturday crowned the men’s and women’s champions of the 2022 Bank Windhoek Namibia Volleyball Federation (NVF) Cup respectively. The 2022 Bank Windhoek NVF Cup was held at the DTS Sports Ground in Olympia, where Revivals Volleyball Club, one of the more dominant local female teams,…
Former Otjozondjupa Governor, Otto Ipinge, says he hopes to see Swapo return to its glory days if the party allows its current vice president, Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah, to retain her position and consequently, become the next president. Ipinge, who was Swapo’s coordinator for Otjozondjupa for approximately 13 years, told Nampa in an interview on Thursday that…
Rally for Democracy and Progress (RDP) president Mike Kavekotora on Wednesday submitted a motion to the National Assembly (NA) calling for in-depth investigations of government projects that involved suspicious tender dealings. Kavekotora said all government projects where initial tender prices are suspected to have been inflated, should be properly analysed and criminal charges laid against…
Namibia spent N.dollars 128.6 million in conducting scientific research surveys on living marine organisms and marine environment during the 2019/2020 financial year. This was revealed by the Minister of Fisheries and Marine Resources, Derek Klazen, during a high-level panel discussion on sustainable ocean economy on the margins of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) in…
Namibia and Angola have for over four decades stood side-by-side, waging various battles in both countries and throughout, the bond between the two countries has remained firm. One of the pillars of this bond was the former president of Angola, Antonio Agostinho Neto. The poet, physician and politician who served as the first president of…
Deputy Minister of Disability Affairs under the Ministry of Gender Equality, Poverty Eradication and Social Welfare, Alexia Manombe-Ncube, on Wednesday officially launched the celebrations of the 2022 International Sign Language Day in Windhoek. Manombe-Ncube launched this year’s event at Parliament, saying the celebrations will take place under the theme ‘Sign Language Unites Us’. She said…
The Deputy Minister of Sport, Youth and National Service, Emma Kantema-Gaomas, on Wednesday officially launched the YouthConnekt Namibia initiative at Otjiwarongo in the Otjozondjupa Region. Kantema-Gaomas said YouthConnekt Namibia aims to involve Namibian youth in the YouthConnekt Africa Hub, where they will be expected to share ideas, submit business initiatives and acquire technical development skills.…
Paralympic Games medallist and T13 sprinter Johannes Nambala says he is happy to see the Namibia Paralympic Committee (NPC) recruiting young athletes for the national team. Nambala, who won silver medals in 200 and 400 metres (m) sprints at the 2016 Rio Paralympic Games, recently told Nampa some of the new recruits represented Namibia very…
Senior national football team coach Collin Benjamin has said inexperience and lack of match fitness played a role in the Young Warriors’ defeat to Angola on Wednesday. The Under-23 national team is currently in Luanda, Angola where they are competing for a spot in the U-23 Africa Cup of Nations that will be held in…
The Ministry of Health and Social Services (MOHSS) has resolved to terminate the contracts of all 1444 COVID -19 volunteers across the country, effective 31 October 2022. This was revealed in a letter seen by this agency, written by the ministry’s Executive Director, Ben Nangombe, dated 13 September 2022 and addressed to all national and…