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The Electoral Commission of Namibia (ECN) on Thursday reported that it has registered 676 390 eligible voters, countrywide and abroad. The ECN has recorded 23 515 registered voters per day between 3 and 29 June. However, ECN chief electoral officer Peter Shaama says the commission is concerned about the decline of voter turnout during the […]
Namibian medical doctor Esperance Luvindao has announced the launch of the Doctor Esperance Luvindao Healthcare Scholarship Award. The launch, in partnership with Osaat Africa Health Foundation, aims to support aspiring healthcare students in Namibia by providing financial assistance to those in need. Luvindao said this in a statement send to The Namibian on Saturday. She […]
A city of Windhoek employee died in an ambulance accident after attending to an emergency on Sunday morning. The deceased was driving with a colleague in the ambulance when it crashed into a truck. City of Windhoek spokesperson Lydia Amutenya has confirmed the accident and says the two emergency workers were returning from a call […]
More than 80 young people from the Kavango East region and beyond gathered at the University of Namibia’s Rundu campus on Saturday to attend the Influential Youth Engagement Summit. The summit was hosted under the theme ‘Igniting the Future: Fostering Innovation and Leadership among Youth’. It aimed to bring together young people from diverse backgrounds […]
Whiz kid Brave Chibaka enrolled at the University of Namibia’s (Unam) José Eduardo Dos Santos Campus to pursue a degree in civil engineering at only 14 years of age. This wonder kid’s academic exploits culminated in him earning his sought-after degree, graduating in May 2021 and becoming Unam’s youngest ever graduate at 19. Today, Chibaka […]
In a contentious development, a coalition of civil society movements has raised objections regarding the appointment of Judge John Hlophe to the Judicial Service Commission (JSC). The issue has sparked a fierce debate over judicial independence, representation, and the influence of external funding in South Africa’s legal system. The controversy stems from a letter addressed […]
Stacey Ellis, a lifelong Democrat from Pennsylvania, should be the kind of voter that US President Joe Biden can count on. But after four years of rising prices, her support has worn thin – and every time she shops at the supermarket, she is reminded how things have changed for the worse. Ms Ellis works […]
Fetching drinking water is a gruelling daily routine for millions of women in India. Even without enduring the scorching summer months or the freezing winters, they walk for miles every day, balancing plastic or earthen pots on their heads and carrying buckets in their hands to manage the household water stock. “It’s a daily struggle. […]
BBC Africa Eye investigates a shocking spate of elderly people accused of witchcraft then murdered along Kenya’s Kilifi coast, and discovers the true motives behind the killings. Seventy-four-year-old Tambala Jefwa stares vacantly out of his one remaining eye as his wife, Sidi, gently removes his shirt. “They stabbed him with a knife like this and […]
Nobody expected this. High drama, for sure, but this was a shock. When the graphics flashed up on all the big French channels, it was not the far right of Marine Le Pen and her young prime minister-in-waiting Jordan Bardella who were on course for victory. It was the left who had clinched it, and […]