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A total of 340 South African citizens cast their votes in the South African national elections at their country’s high commission in Windhoek over the weekend. South Africans living abroad began voting in the country’s 2024 national elections at South Africa’s foreign missions on Friday. According to the Electoral Commission of South Africa, a total […]
The annual Rough and Tough Rally For Cancer raised mora than N$1,5 million over the past weekend The rally, which aimed to bring car lovers and enthusiasts form all over Namibia together, took place from 16 to 19 May. According to Cancer Association Namibia (CAN) chief executive Rolf Hansen, the funds will be used in […]
Swapo vice president Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah has urged Swapo members and employees working at the party’s new regional headquarters at Mariental to serve people equally and not turn anyone away because of their political affiliations. Nandi-Ndaitwah said people from all tribes, creeds, language groups, colours and religions should be served when they go to Swapo offices […]
It is a well-known fact that the diminutive, soft-spoken president of Taiwan does not like doing interviews. It’s taken months of quiet negotiations to sit down at Tsai Ing-wen’s dining table in her Taipei residence, not long before she leaves office after eight years and hands over to her successor William Lai. Even so, the […]
Israeli war cabinet minister Benny Gantz has threatened to resign unless Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu sets out a post-war plan for the Gaza Strip. Mr Gantz set an 8 June deadline for a plan to achieve six “strategic goals”, including the end of Hamas rule in Gaza and the establishment of a multinational civilian administration […]
The Pacific territory of New Caledonia is “under siege”, the mayor of its capital has said, following days of rioting that has left six people dead. Nouméa mayor Sonia Lagarde said numerous public buildings on the archipelago had been set on fire and that, despite the arrival of hundreds of police reinforcements, the situation was […]
Jailed Iranian Nobel Peace Prize winner Narges Mohammadi says she is facing a new trial after she accused the security forces of sexually assaulting women. In a message from Evin prison where she is being held, Ms Mohammadi said the trial relates to an audio post, in which she condemned a “full-scale war against women” […]
…69 children subjected to abuse from January 2023 to March 2024 When Weckson Amunyela (8) vanished after school, his disabled father Timoteus Amunyela (44) feared the worst. As the sun went down at Okalale village in the Omusati region on Friday, 3 May and Weckson had still not returned, Amunyela worried that he had drowned […]
The Namibia Economic Freedom Fighters (NEFF) has expressed solidarity with Julius Malema’s Economic Freedom Fighters ahead of South Africa’s national elections, taking place later this month. The NEFF claimed on Saturday that South Africa’s ruling African National Congress does not stand a chance of winning this year’s elections due to its failure to turn around […]
Minister of agriculture, water and land reform Calle Schlettwein has come under fire for saying cooking with wood or charcoal is unhealthy and contributes to global warming. He posted these remarks on X on Wednesday. This has received mixed reaction by social media users and politicians. Schlettwein said fuel emits more carbon dioxide than the […]