Lahja Nashuuta While the focus of most Namibians was on Omuthiya, where the commemoration of Heroes’ Day was taking place, a fraction took to the streets to push for the implementation of the universal basic income grant (BIG). Accepting the petition from protestors yesterday, the acting executive director in the Ministry of Gender Equality, Poverty...
Lahja Nashuuta Stories of women, both the famous and the little-known, who made outstanding contributions pre- and post-independence, will soon be told and celebrated. This is because the Swapo Party Women’s Council (SPWC) is documenting biographies, autobiographies, and stories of women who made outstanding contributions pre- and post-independence, but whose stories remain untold. SPWC is...
Hilma Hashange On 26 August 1966, the first battle, marking the start of Namibia’s armed liberation struggle, occurred at Omugulugwombashe village in the Uukwaluudhi area of the Omusati region. On that day, the South African police launched a helicopter assault on a Swapo soldiers’ base. Immanuel Job, a resident of Onyaanya in the Oshikoto region,...
Charles Ndeumane OKAKWA – Omupeviminista wuukakwashikekookantu Bernadette Maria Jagger okwa londodha aavali naatekuli yuunona ha wu mono openzela ya longithe iimaliwa mbyoka oku gwanitha po oompumbwe dhaanona, opo kaa wu lale naasamane lelalakano lyo ku mona oshimaliwa. Jagger okwa popi ndhoka pethimbo a li moshigongi naanamukunda yomOkakwa moshitopolwa shaHangwena mEtiyali, moka a li ta popi...
Jazema Hangero Ukorua Kanguatjivi ma tja omeyero wotjiwaṋa kovitjitwa vyombazu ongendo nu ozombatero zatjo maze hepwa tjinene. Kokutja ve kawondje komurungu okuhonga okuyama nokuṱakamisa ombazu ya kOuherero. Kanguatjivi wOelite Pioneers wa tjere nao katjisupi potjitjitwa tjombazu mOtjomuise kehi yembo ehongonekwa “Oukazendu mOvyombazu”. Okupendukira ovitjitwa vyombazu oondjira ndji mai yama ombazu mouye womarundurukiro mbwi posi ya...
Zebaldt Ngaruka The first edition of the Katutura Central Heroes Cup under the auspices of the Namibia Rural Sports Development Federation is starting today at the famous Khomasdal Stadium in Windhoek. The N$50 000-worth competition attracted 12 football and 10 netball All Stars teams from various constituencies, and is spearheaded by Katutura Central constituency councillor...
A US warship yesterday sailed through a sensitive waterway separating Taiwan from China, the US Navy said, as a demonstration of Washington’s “commitment to upholding freedom of navigation”. China claims democratic Taiwan as part of its territory, and has in recent years upped military pressure by sending in increasing numbers of fighter jets, drones and naval...
China yesterday urged its citizens in Lebanon to leave “as soon as possible”, according to an embassy statement, the day after an Israeli strike in the country killed a senior Palestinian militant. “Recently, the situation on the Lebanese-Israeli border has continued to be tense, and security circumstances in Lebanon are severe and complex,” China’s embassy...
Erasmus Nekundi As a country, we acknowledge that we still have a fraction of the population whose full participation in the economy is restricted due to the digital divide. This exclusion continues to be a critical hindrance to equal access to information, and ultimately to the developmental agenda and prosperity of many developing countries. While we...
Lot Ndamanomhata The recent decision by the Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) of the Bank of Namibia to reduce the repo rate by 25 basis points to 7.50% comes at a pivotal moment for the country’s economy. This reduction is intended to boost economic growth while maintaining the Namibia Dollar’s peg to the South African Rand. ...