Welcome to another edition of Talk to the Vet, your favourite column where we discuss, share and unpack all things that have to do with animal healthcare. Today, we are going to discuss the Scaly Leg Mite condition, which predominantly affects birds. This is a condition caused by a mite, called Knemidocoptes Mutans, also known...
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...
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...
Auleria Wakudumo Ominista youmauyelele nomakwatafano opaungoba Emma Theofelus okwa indila ovakwashiwana va wanifa po oinakuwanifwa yokuhoolola ashike natango inave li shangifa oukalata vomahoololo opo veshi ninge. Omashango omahoololo opaupelesidente neumbolopashiwana oo otaa ka kala ko muNovemba neudo otaa xulu oshivike eshi. Theofelus okwa ti omahoololo okwa fimana koshilongo sha manguluka ngaashi Namibia, shaashi ohaa...
Namibia’s female rider Jean-Marie Mostert and male rider Martin Freyer were crowned winners of the female and male categories of the 2024 Nedbank Rock and Rut Cross Country (XC) series on Saturday. Round four, the final round of the series, took place at new venue Towerbos Trails, located 10 kilometres outside Windhoek on the Daan...
Germany’s Lukas Maertens said he was “overwhelmed” Saturday after surging to the men’s Olympic 400metre (m) freestyle gold medal, but always believed he would rise to the top. The 22-year-old was under world record pace for 350m at La Defense Arena before fading in the final stretch to touch in 3:41.78 seconds ahead of Australia’s...
The UK government has dropped plans to challenge the right of the International Criminal Court (ICC) to seek an arrest warrant for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. In May, the chief prosecutor of the ICC said there were reasonable grounds to believe Netanyahu bore criminal responsibility for war crimes and crimes against humanity. The previous Conservative UK...
Isai Sipunga Bayahi ba Otjomuise mwa tolopo ya Windoko neba komokisizwe ki kezo ya lifu la Kevin Kasuto yanana ni lilimo ze mashumi amalalu kazelobapeli. Lipiho neli ize Kasuto natabilwe ni kubulaiwa la 20 Sikulu 2024, mwa likululu la Ompanda. Kukulubelwa kuli Kasuto natabilwe ni tipa, kwa mulala ili taba yene itisize lifu la hae. ...
BELÉM (Brazil) – The United States is launching a new initiative to help South American nations disrupt illicit activities that harm the Amazon rainforest, Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen announced in Brazil on Saturday. “Across the Amazon, criminal organisations and individuals are motivated by the potential for financial gain to illegally harvest plants, minerals and wildlife,”...
WASHINGTON – The US Federal Reserve may signal this week that interest rate cuts are on the way – although it is widely expected to remain on pause until its next rate decision in September. Fed officials, who have admitted moving too slowly to stem an inflationary surge in 2021 and 2022, have been wary...