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The principal of Oshigambo High School in the Oshikoto region is being accused of victimising pupils and suspending them unnecessarily. A Grade 12 pupil allegedly had to find accommodation at a nearby village after his parents were notified that he was expelled from the hostel for participating in a prayer session with other pupils at […]
. . . Swapo backbencher says diamonds could make Namibians instant millionaires Swapo backbencher Eliphas Dingara has been labelled delusional for his suggestion that every Namibian should be given N$1 million, since the country’s natural resources justify this. Dingara told Desert Radio yesterday since he cannot be president he would bring this motion back to […]
As happened in 2022, elections could again be postponed. What should the proposed dialogue do differently to break the cycle? The feasibility of South Sudan’s December 2024 elections — the first since the country gained independence in 2011 — is increasingly in doubt. Neither the electoral nor security infrastructure required for credible polls is in […]
The reason the Guptas were stopped in their tracks was because of investigative journalism. This is why we need journalism. The family from India that exerted extraordinary influence over the Cabinet during the presidency of Jacob Zuma had business interests in many sectors, and one of the main ones was mining. The Guptas’ Tegeta coal mine […]
South Africa might have the most high-net-worth individuals on the continent, but they’re thronging to the exits. Africa’s poor are getting poorer, its rich are getting richer, and its super-rich are jumping ship, suggests the latest Africa Wealth Report, which reveals the continent has lost more than 12% of its wealthiest citizens over the past […]
The Ministry of International Relations and Cooperation has noted with concern an editorial in The Namibian, dated Friday, 12 April 2024, titled: ‘Angolas Beef with Namibia is Getting Real’. The title/headline of this editorial is not only misleading, but has the potential to fuel unnecessary tension between the Republic of Angola and the Republic of […]
Swapo parliamentarian Leevi Katoma submitted a motion in the National Assembly on Tuesday, demanding the immediate removal of Cuba from the list of states sponsoring terrorism and the prompt repeal of economic sanctions against Cuba. In his motion, Katoma said the parliament should acknowledge the prolonged suffering endured by the Cuban people due to the […]
Japanese ambassador to Namibia Nishimaki Hisao says he is impressed by the way Namibia is improving its health system to the benefit of children and expectant mothers. He said this after touring the maternity ward at Rundu Intermediate Hospital in the Kavango East region with United Nations Children’s Fund (Unicef) representative Samuel Ocran and UN […]
“I imagined him smiling with his baby teeth. No words can express how I feel losing my brother.” These are the words of John, a friend of Fillemon Primus (33), the paramedic student who died on 4 April during a training exercise at the City of Windhoek Emergency Training Centre. John says it has always […]
Staff say they can’t authorize any transactions. Clients can’t open accounts. But the newcomer remains in suspended animation at the center of a political tussle. Not much happens in Bulembu these days. The little company town grew around an asbestos mine that began operations in 1939. By the 1960s, Havelock Mine was one of the […]