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…
Project Never Walk Alone recently distributed school shoes to 1 155 children from different schools in the Kavango East Region. The handover began in Rundu on Saturday, with four schools congregating at Sauyemwa Combined School, benefiting a total of 1 000 children. On Sunday, the team went to Cocoma Combined School 160 kilometres east of…
Chef Johannes Tieties of the Avani Windhoek Hotel and Casino was crowned the overall winner of the Nedbank Kapana Cook-Off 2022 Professional Chef competition during the second preliminary round at Windhoek’s Soweto Market on Saturday. This preliminary round included a once-in-a-lifetime Nedbank Kapana Professional Chef round, in which 17 professional Namibian chefs competed for top…