Month: August 2018

!Nanseb is the affectionate name for Hendrik Witbooi, that African revolutionary par excellence. This man lived the life of a selfless person, sworn only to the best interest of his people and he lived through the worst of times.

Kofi Annan often described himself as a ‘stubborn optimist’. Winston Churchill defined an optimist as one who “see the opportunity in every difficulty.” Kofi Annan was, indeed, an eternal optimist who always faced seemingly insuperable challenges with such optimism that in the end, would lead to a solution. Kofi – whose name means born on Friday and his middle name Atta means twin - had a twin sister, Efua, who died in 1990.

WINDHOEK – With 57 members countrywide the Namibian Marshall Rangers work day and night to fight crime and provide first aid assistance at traumatic incidents such as car accidents and shootings - at no cost.

WINDHOEK - Legal old-hand Johan van Vuuren was yesterday appointed as the new State funded legal representative for Rachel Rittmann, 47, the Gobabis woman accused of plotting along with her boyfriend to kill her husband in August 2013.

MALTAHÖHE – Last week 28 young Namibians from all over the country had the opportunity to participate in a workshop on solar cooking, renewable energy and climate change at the Namib Desert Environmental Education Trust (NaDEET) centre, located in the middle of NamibRand Reserve, the private nature reserve in the Namib Desert.

WINDHOEK – There are forecasts of an increase in employment within the travel and tourism industry, based on the assessment of what the industry contributed to employment in 2017.

WINDHOEK - Namibia Cabin Crew Union (NCCU) said it is shocked that the national airline is on a recruitment drive of foreign pilots at a monthly salary scale of more than N$150,000 tax-free at the expense of local pilots.

WINDHOEK – SADC Chairperson Hage Geingob says the Windhoek-based SADC Tribunal was being restructured to avoid interference into domestic affairs of member states, and was not abolished, as is popular belief.

WINDHOEK - Namibia has one of the largest percentages of women in its police force in Southern Africa at 31 percent.

WINDHOEK – Chinese Ambassador to Namibia, Zhang Yiming confirmed yesterday that no meat has been exported to that country, despite the fact that a moratorium on beef export to that country was lifted in February.