Month: September 2022

President Hage Geingob will this week undertake a working visit to Gaborone to attend the inaugural session of the Namibia-Botswana Bi-National Commission (BNC).

American murder accused Marcus Thomas is suing prison authorities, a former safety and security minister and five correctional officers for damages in relation to an alleged assault perpetrated on him. 

The Parliamentary Standing Committee on Economics and Public Administration visited the stalling N$190 million Peugeot assembly plant in Walvis Bay on Friday. 

The Oshakati town council has implored cattle and other livestock owners to refrain from letting their animals graze in town. According to the local authority, stray animals in town lead to unnecessary traffic jams and accidents. 

TransNamib and the bargaining union, the Namibia Transport and Allied Workers Union (Natau), on Friday reached a salary increment agreement in favour of the workers, thus ending a three-week strike. 

Suspended Namibia Students Financial Assistance Fund CEO Hilya Nghiwete is in for another two weeks wait to hear if the High Court will rule in favour of her reinstatement.

The stage has been set and the curtain will be coming down on the 2022 season as defending champions Unam take on Wanderers in tomorrow’s Namibia Rugby Union (NRU) Premier League final at the Hage Geingob stadium. 

Love him or loathe him, former amateur boxer Bernhard Mbamunomuvatere Kamatoto in this edition speaks about his long and winding career. He pulls no punches as he lays bare the good and bad tales of his abbreviated boxing journey and life in general, as well as how a chronic disease hamstrung his childhood dream of joining the paid ranks. 

This week, I reported on the meeting between the Fifa-appointed Normalisation Committee for the Namibia Football Association (NFA) and clubs from both the Namibia Premier League (NPL) and the Namibia Premier Football League (NPFL) which took place on Monday, but it seems like I have struck some nerves.