Month: September 2018

WINDHOEK – Even though it is rarely openly discussed, mental illness in the academic space is a major problem affecting both students and academics alike. 

WINDHOEK - To be recognised for outstanding achievement is one of the peak of any personality’s inspiration, and the second edition of the Simply You Magazine (SYM) held over the weekend saw up to 18 people walking away with big prizes. 

WINDHOEK - Night Under the Stars (NUTS) welcomes the new season with a fresh set of sounds brought to you by Rose Blvc, who this Friday tops acoustic reggae and jazz beats with her husky voice at the Goethe-Institut-Namibia.

WINDHOEK – With the end of drought relief food distribution last year, it is now survival of the fittest for people in the Kunene Region. They depend on livestock and crops for survival, but the persisting drought spell of the last three years killed their livestock and there was no maize or mahangu harvest. 

WINDHOEK – The Windhoek Regional Court has held over the warrant of arrest for the woman who stands accused of strangling her one-month-old baby to death.

WINDHOEK – A four-year-old boy survived what his mother described as an attempted kidnap of her son at a shop in Dorado Park after a man allegedly tried to walk away with the boy on Thursday last week.

WINDHOEK - The Swapo Party Youth League (SPYL) in Khomas Region has called for the establishment of neighbourhood watch bodies in all ten districts in the region.

ONGWEDIVA – While the general secretary of the Namibian Workers Union (NAPWU) Peter Nevonga was rallying behind a national strike to demand better salaries for employees of the water utility NamWater, his own employees at Super Foods, a grocery shop at Ondangwa, were in their third consecutive month without salaries.