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As we mourn a veteran of the Namibian liberation struggle, Ida Jimmy !Ha-Eros, who died on 3 April this year, I reflect on our days at Gobabis in 1979. I met this imposing figure at the female section of the Gobabis prison in May 1979. Ida was compelled by circumstance to bring her nine-month-old baby, […]
Namibia has taken a significant step towards empowering local communities in their conservation efforts with the launch of a dedicated Community Conservation Innovation Hub on Earth Day. The Namibian Integrated Rural Development and Nature Conservation launched the hub in Windhoek on Monday. The organisation’s executive director, John Kasaona, said the hub would provide a platform […]
Popular Democratic Movement (PDM) vice president Jennifer van den Heever has condemned the gruesome abuse of a child in the Oshana region, who was allegedly raped by his mother last week. Oshana police have reported that a woman (37) was arrested for the assault and rape of her son (9). The incident reportedly happened this […]
The Constitutional Court has issued directions to uMkhonto weSzwe (MK) party and former President Jacob Zuma to file their opposing papers by Thursday. This is in relation to the application lodged by the Electoral Commission of South Africa (IEC) to appeal the judgment of the Electoral Court that Zuma can stand as a candidate in […]
Cyril Ramaphosa’s performance as president of South Africa has been disastrous – that’s the view of the overwhelming majority of participants in a recent poll survey. The survey conducted by African Innovation Research South Africa (AIRSA) in Durban, Johannesburg and Cape Town found that a striking 71.26% of participants expressed disapproval of President Ramaphosa’s performance, […]
The underbelly of New York City’s tabloid media industry was laid bare in a Manhattan courtroom on Tuesday. A famous publisher outlined a secret plan he had with Donald Trump and his personal lawyer Michael Cohen, calling it an “agreement among friends”. Prosecutors questioned former National Enquirer publisher David Pecker for nearly three hours. He […]
The US Senate has approved a controversial landmark bill that could see TikTok banned in America. It gives TikTok’s Chinese owner, ByteDance, nine months to sell its stake or the app will be blocked in the United States. The bill will now be handed over to US President Joe Biden, who has said he will […]
The Namibia Diamond Trading Company (NDTC) hosted its Enterprise Development Programme (EDP) graduation ceremony on Tuesday. The event, which took place in Windhoek, was launched in 2022 to help businesses in the diamond industry grow and expand through a sponsored business development programme. The aim of the programme is to develop citizen-owned cutting and polishing […]
Landless People’s Movement (LPM) leader Bernadus Swartbooi says that while some people may think his party is unstable because they have fired many of their leaders, they will not tolerate corruption. Swartbooi said this during an election campaign at Rundu in the Kavango East region over the weekend. He said where the LPM governs, alleged […]
… Food security significantly crumbling The Ministry of Agriculture, Water and Land Reform wants the government to declare drought a national emergency. This comes amid significantly deteriorating household food security. “Overall, based on the findings [of a ministerial report], it is recommended that the government declare a drought emergency at national level,” the ministry says. […]