Charles Tjatindi GAM – Government has been encouraged to ensure that the 49 repatriated households from Botswana are assisted to become self-sufficient. The returnees will be allocated residential plots on a piece of land cleared for their reception outside Gam in the Otjozondjupa region. The land, located some two kilometres outside Gam, is solely reserved...
Rudolf Gaiseb The coverage of opposition political parties by news media in Namibia has increased from 59% to 66% in July and August. This was revealed by the second elections media monitoring report that was launched by the media ombudsman of Namibia, John Nakuta. Monitoring was conducted between 20 July and 20 August this...
Zebaldt Ngaruka EPUKIRO – Assistant teacher of the Okajombo Kindergarten Zaungama Tjiposa said the interest of the village children propels her to teach in the face of a mountain of challenges confronting them. Established in 2019, the kindergarten opened its doors to more than 30 pre-school pupils who went to primary schools in the Epukiro...
Rudolf Gaiseb The Electoral Commission of Namibia (ECN) has expressed confidence and readiness to deliver credible elections in November, despite the challenges faced so far. This was stated by the Pre-Election Assessment Mission of the Electoral Commissions Forum of Southern African Development Community countries (ECF-SADC) at an engagement with the commission from 16 to 20...
Rudolf Gaiseb Finance minister Iipumbu Shiimi said that the Namibian railway is in a precarious state to facilitate the energy boom on the horizon in the form of oil, gas and the much-talked-about green hydrogen. He made these remarks during the Namibian Road Sector Policy Conference in Windhoek on Monday. “Namibia’s rail network is not...
Auleria Wakudumo OKAUKUEJO- Ovayelele vomuhoko tatu ifanwa Hai//om Bushman ovo ve li koKaukuejo pomuvelo wOmbika Anderson ota va ti kave udite ombili shaashi ove udite va patelwa kondje nova holekwa. Ovakwashiwana ava ove li pokalukanda ke na omaumbo manini elela keli poshivelo shoku ya moshikunino shoinamwenyo mEtosha. Ombinga oyo yEtosha oi li vati moshikandjohololo Uuvudhiya,...
BEIRUT – Israel’s military pounded targets in south and east Lebanon yesterday, and said more strikes were coming, warning Lebanese to stay out of harm’s way, despite international calls for restraint. Hezbollah has said it is ready for “all military possibilities”. Israeli military spokesman Rear Admiral Daniel Hagari made a first-of-its-kind appeal to people in...
SEOUL – South Korea yesterday said it would take “decisive military action” if anyone is killed by the wave of trash-carrying balloons being launched across the border by North Korea. Pyongyang has sent more than 5 500 balloons carrying payloads of garbage since May, disrupting flights, causing fires and even hitting government buildings in the...
UNITED NATIONS – The UN’s refugee chief questioned Sunday what future awaited the Sudanese people as the country’s civil war rages, pushing its peopleever further afield, including to Uganda and Europe’s maritime borders. Since the start of the war in April 2023, “well over 10 million people have been chased away from their homes,” two...
DAR ES SALAAM – Police arrested Tanzania’s top opposition figures yesterday, their party said, as the authorities moved to block a mass protest in the commercial capital Dar es Salaam. Despite an official ban, the opposition Chadema party had vowed to go ahead with the rally over the alleged kidnapping and killing of its members...