Health authorities have not yet determined what caused flu-like symptoms amongst 69 learners of Mweshipandeka Secondary School in the Oshana Region on Saturday, but confirmed that all affected learners tested negative for Covid-19. The Health Director in the Oshana Region, Johanna Haimene, told Nampa on Sunday that all the affected learners presented with symptoms of…
A 36-year-old man allegedly committed suicide on Saturday after a quarrel with his girlfriend at a farm situated outside Grootfontein. Namibian Police Force (NamPol) crime investigations coordinator for the Otjozondjupa Region, Deputy Commissioner Edna Nawa, in an interview with Nampa on Monday said the deceased has been identified by relatives as Alfredo Venalavo. Venalavo is…
Mateus Megameno and Thomas Hilifa were the winners of the men’s 5km and 10km distance races of the annual Kavango Super Cup Festival which started in Rundu on Saturday. Megameno completed the 5km stretch in 15 minutes and 34 seconds while Hilifa completed the 10km race in 30 minutes and 10 seconds, the executive sports…
A 36-year-old man allegedly committed suicide on Saturday after a quarrel with his girlfriend at a farm situated outside Grootfontein. Namibian Police Force (NamPol) crime investigations coordinator for the Otjozondjupa Region, Deputy Commissioner Edna Nawa, in an interview with Nampa on Monday said the deceased has been identified by relatives as Alfredo Venalavo. Venalavo is…
The Deputy Minister of International Relations and Cooperation, Jennely Matundu, said Namibia is vulnerable to climate change and disasters, and that is a challenge that calls for a paradigm shift from investments in disaster response to preparedness. The deputy minister said this during the inaugural meeting of the Africa Multi-Hazard Early Warning and Early Action…
A 14-year-old girl was allegedly raped by a 37-year-old man on multiple occasions between April and July 2023 at Onegolo village in the Oshikoto Region, the Namibian Police have reported. The police in a crime report on Sunday said the girl is in Grade 6. “It is alleged that the suspect entered the victim’s room…
Ndasilohenda Katangolo-Nakashwa, a 37-year-old communal farmer from the Kunene Region’s Opuwo Rural Constituency, has won the 2023 Capricorn Foundation Food Waste Challenge. She is the overall winner, receiving a N.dollars 100 000 cash prize from Capricorn Foundation, a N.dollars 50 000 brand package from Synergi, and six months of mentorship and coaching from Business Box…
Namibia’s T44 sprinter, Denzel Namene and T13 sprinter Johannes Nambala on Tuesday missed out on silverware after finishing fifth and sixth in their respective events at the 2023 Paris World Para Athletics Championships underway in France. The 2023 International Paralympic Committee (IPC) World Para Athletics Championships which runs from 08 to 17 July, has over…
Minister of Information and Communication Technology (MICT), Peya Mushelenga, has expressed concern about what he termed ‘lazy journalists’, urging them to carry out their duties with the utmost professionalism. Mushelenga made these remark at a breakfast meeting with news editors in the capital on Wednesday. He said some journalists nowadays are too lazy to even…
The Ministry of Higher Education, Technology and Innovation (MHETI) has inaugurated the interim council members for the Namibia University of Science and Technology (NUST). In statement issued on Thursday, Minister of Higher Education, Technology and Innovation, Itah Kandjii-Murangi, announced that the selected individuals were appointed on Wednesday and will serve until a substantive board is…