Month: August 2018

The Ndeulipula Hamutumwa Sport Trust has learnt with shock of the disgusting incident involving a young Namibian hockey star Liya Herunga, from the Namibian U-16 Girls Hockey Team touring Zimbabwe in November.

Racism in Namibian sports is rife and has become a daily experience for many athletes in many a sporting disicpline.
One should perhaps acknowledge the myth-busting performance of the barefooted African American sprinter Jesse Owen at the Berlin Olympics in 1933. 

OTJOVAZANDU - Orutu rotjiwa¿a tjaTjombinÿe rovirumatwa indwi Otjombinÿe Community Heritage Foundation rwa karyaangere ozonganda peke peke nÿeno tji¿a nonÿunÿuuziro yehupo rovandu, tjinene motukondwa twokozombanda nawina ovapwike.

OTJOMUISE- Otjovandu mbakondja pamwe mokukondjisa okukutura o Namibia numberikutire kumwe mongondjero indji nandarire kutja vevari pamwe vovandu imba nai kavetjiko kombandahi, ongutasaneno indji maikayenda komurungu.

WINDHOEK – The African Development Bank (AfDB) is considering increasing its direct funding of bankable projects of the continent’s private sector, given the sector’s propensity to drive economic growth, generate decent jobs and create increased opportunities for more inclusive and green growth. This was revealed by African Development Bank Executive Director, Mihe Gaomab II, who noted that private sector development is widely recognised by the international community as an engine of sustainable and inclusive economic growth.

With the second national land conference about six weeks away, it seems appropriate to reflect on the major conclusions of the National Conference on Land Reform and the Land Question, dubbed the “First Land Conference”, held during June-July 1991. The fact that the conference decisions are referred to as consensus resolutions suggests that most of the decisions were arrived at as a result of compromise, in the spirit of give and take that prevailed at the Constituent Assembly two years prior.

WINDHOEK – With a PhD in Biology, Philippe Talavera who only minored in performing arts for his undergraduate studies made a complete U-turn in career when he chose to use the arts to create social awareness.

I am compelled by two reasons to write this letter to you, dear NSFAF beneficiaries. Firstly, I am consciously bound to finish what I once championed for. During my studies at Unam, I championed for the call for the government study loans for all needy students at tertiary institutions.

Southern Africa, especially neighbours Namibia and South Africa are going through a historically and economically critical chapter that could forever reshape their destinies.