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SOUTH African rapper Nadia Nakai will be hosting the seventh edition of the Weekend in the East event (Wite) on 1 June. The event, which takes place every four months at Rundu, aims to promote local tourism, offering a weekend trip to the eastern part of the country every four months. Organiser Ludgerus Amushila says […]

THE Namibian government hosted the sixth Africa Youth in Tourism Innovation Summit and Challenge in the capital city of Windhoek. The summit, which started on Tuesday, highlighted the importance of youth innovation and entrepreneurship in tourism development across Africa. The event was opened by a keynote address from deputy minister of sport, youth and national […]

President Nangolo Mbumba’s official portrait has been revealed and is up in some offices, presidential spokesperson Alfredo Hengari says. Some of the offices mentioned by Hengari include State House and the presidency. “The portrait of the president is already up in some of offices. So there are no issues regarding the portrait of the president,” […]

DISGRUNTLED residents of Kalkfeld settlement in the Otjozondjupa region have blocked the entrance to the council office on Thursday, making it difficult for officials to access and continue with operations. The group argues that they were forced to take things to the extreme after regional leadership allegedly failed to receive their petition on Wednesday. The […]

More than 300 politicians, health experts and celebrities on Thursday called for US pharmaceutical giant Gilead to allow cheap, generic versions of a promising new HIV drug to be produced so it can reach people in developing countries most affected by the deadly disease. The drug Lenacapavir could be a “real game-changer” in the fight […]

Human rights activist and social justice activist Rosa Namises has told traditional leaders not to put price tags on the suffering of people. Namises said this on Thursday regarding the latest fines that have been introduced by eight traditional courts in the northern part of the country as penalties of different crimes, including rape, adultery […]

THE Ministry of Education, Arts and Culture is consulting on whether to continue with the current semester-based school calendar system into 2025 or to revert the old trimester-based one. This was confirmed by education executive director Sanet Steenkamp. The consultations are being done via a comprehensive survey currently floating online. “We are hoping that the […]

Thousands of voters around the country were still in queues after 12am on Thursday waiting to cast their votes after the May 29 elections were rocked by snaking queues around the country, particularly in the metros of Durban, Joburg and Cape Town. The Electoral Commission of South Africa insisted during a press conference on Wednesday […]

Three black men have filed a racial discrimination lawsuit against American Airlines, alleging that the carrier briefly removed them from a flight after a complaint about body odour. The men, who were not seated together and did not know each other, say that every black man was removed from the 5 January flight from Phoenix, […]