Rudolf Gaiseb The Minister of Defence and Veterans Affairs, Frans Kapofi, said the government will never scrap Heroes’ Day from the Namibian calendar. He made this remark during an engagement with war veterans and children of the liberation struggle last week, after the groups delivered their petition of demands to him in Windhoek on 13...
After a decade at the helm of the Popular Democratic Movement and several attempts for the presidency, opposition leader McHenry Venaani is ready to hand over power to any leader capable of taking PDM to greater heights. However, for now, he will contest the upcoming presidential elections, and run one more time before bowing out....
Windhoek High Court acting judge Petrus Unengu yesterday convicted the remaining six Caprivi secessionists on high treason. The men were accused of trying to secede the then-Caprivi Strip from Namibia in August 1999. The judge, however, found that the charges of sedition and public violence constituted a duplication of the treason charge, and acquitted them...
MARIENTAL – The Mariental Town Council last week, in recognition of the positive impact on residents of the town, renamed a street after former Hardap governor and education minister Katrina Hanse-Himarwa. In her keynote address, Urban and Rural Development deputy minister Evelyne Nawases-Tayele said renaming streets after individuals is a clear demonstration of the fruitful...
Much of the trade emanating from the African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA), the United States (US) legislation that provides eligible sub-Saharan African countries with duty-free access to the American market, can be attributed to trade in mineral resources. This trade, noted industrialisation and trade minister Lucia Iipumbu, tends to be more capital intensive but yields...
Brazil’s state-run oil firm Petrobras has reportedly made a non-binding offer to buy a major stake in the Orange basin off the coast of Namibia. Industry insiders reported that Petrobras is interested in acquiring the massive oil discovery made by Portuguese company Galp Energia and its local partners. Petrobras’ offer was shared with an international news agency...
The ongoing protests in Kenya has necessitated organisers of the Namibia-Kenya Chamber of Commerce to change the initial venue for its launch on 31 October from Nairobi to Windhoek “to give room for imminent positive political and economic changes currently sweeping the country,” said Elvis Mboya, the chamber’s founder and brand ambassador. The Kenyan protests,...
EEMBAXU – Omukulunhu woshiputudilo shEenhana NUST Lukas Shikulo okwa ti osha fimana ngeenge ovanafikola tava pewa ouyelele nehongo kombinga youhongelwe womaifano a yooloka. Shikulo edi okwe di popya pefimbo ovanafikola va dja keefikola da yooloka moshitukulwa shaHangwena okwa li va ngudumana koshiputudilo shoNUST tava pewa ouyelele nehongo kombinga yomaifano a yooloka. Ovanafikola okwa li va...
Ominista onkulu yelongo Katrina Hanse-Himarwa, okwa pewa egumbo lye lyaaluhe Olyomokaya koMariental. Hanse-Himarwa (57) okwa hulitha mepipi lyomimvo iiwike iyali ya piti moWindhoek. Omupresidente gwoshilongo Nangolo Mbumba okwa tanga Hanse-Himarwa onga kwali omuvali, omumwayinathana, kuume, omulongi omukwatelikomeho nokwali omagano kukehe gumwe a li pooha dhe. “Aanamibia oyendji oyuuvite uuntsa sho ya kala noku longa pamwe...
Charles Ndeumane ONGWEDIVA – Omulumentu gumwe okwa hulitha oshiwike shaza ko mOshakati sho anuwa yo pamwe naashingithi yomomapandaanda ooyakwao ya ponokelwa kongangala dhoka dhemu tsu nombele. Omupopiliko gwopolisi moshitukulwa shaShana Warrant Officer Frieda Shikole okwa hokolola Aakwashigwana yAngola haya landitha uulityaatya nomihaka oya ponokelwa kaalumentu yane yahomata, ya adhika taya ende mekango lyi li popepi...