The University of Namibia (UNAM) Rugby Club beat their Khomasdal rivals Western Suburbs by a single point (32-31) in a hotly contested Namibia Premier League match at the Hage Geingob Stadium on Saturday. The home team Suburbs were the first to register points when Dumarcho Hartung crossed the line in the seventh minute to give…
With the continuous skyrocketing global fuel prices, Namibians will have to prioritise on basic necessities for their households to make ends meet, as the global crisis threatens livelihood and social stability. On 01 July 2022, the Ministry of Mines and Energy announced the new fuel price increase of diesel costing consumers N.dollars 22.77 and petrol…
Namibia scored 11 tries as they overran Burkina Faso 71-5 in the Rugby Africa quarter-finals of a qualifying tournament in Marseille on Friday. Match day captain Torsten van Jaarsveld scored three tries, while full-back Lorenzo Luis also netted a brace as Namibia set up an exciting semi-final match against Zimbabwe in Aix-en-Provence on 06 July…
The country’s Auditor General, Junias Kandjeke, has issued a qualified audit opinion on the financial affairs of the Office of the President. Kandjeke issued this report from the audit of the financial year ended 31 March 2021, and the report was compiled in March 2022. The report states that the Office of the President deserves…
Cabinet on Thursday issued a directive to the ministries of sport, and urban and rural development to jointly coordinate the decentralisation processes of the functions of youth and sports to the country’s 14 regional councils. A media statement issued on Thursday to Nampa states that Cabinet had made this decision at its 10th decision making…
National senior football team coach Collin Benjamin said gone are the days when teams were regarded as easy opponents, as every team now prepares well ahead of the Council of Southern Africa Football Associations (COSAFA). In an interview with Nampa on Friday, Benjamin said he has been preoccupied with preparations for the competition and is…
President Hage Geingob said detractors wishing to see the Swapo party fail will wait forever, saying the party is the only one with a track record in Namibia’s political freedom and governance able to deliver economic emancipation and shared prosperity. Speaking at the opening ceremony of the third Swapo party policy conference here Friday Geingob…
Namibian cyclist in the elite women’s category, Monique du Plessis, and under-23 rider in the men’s classification, Kevin Lowe, were on Saturday crowned winners of their respective categories at the Nedbank Rock and Rut Cross Country (XC) Championships. The third edition of the Nedbank Rock and Rut XC Championships was held at the IJG tracks…
The Ministry of Agriculture, Water and Forestry has spent a total of N.dollars 14 million in combating the fourth wave of the brown locust outbreak in the ||Kharas Region. Namibia is among the Southern African Development Community (SADC) countries that experienced the infestation of brown locusts (ocustana pardalina) during the 2021/2022 summer. In a recent…
Prime Minister Sara Kuugongelwa-Amadhila has appointed former director for the Department of Land Reform, Resettlement and Regional Programme Implementation, Ndiyapuki Nghituwamata as the Executive Director of the Ministry of Agriculture, Water and Land Reform. Nghituwamata who has been acting as the ministry’s Executive Director since 01 December 2021, replaces Percy Misika, who retired in November…