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The ANC has sharp differences over foreign policy with other political parties. The question is whether these differences will be deal breakers in ongoing negotiations to form a government of national unity or a coalition. ANC leaders have made it clear that they will not give ground, especially on their pro-Palestine policy, including the referral […]
Young people in Windhoek are gearing up for the youth engagement event titled Power Couples, which is set to take place at the end of this month. The event, held under the theme ‘Building Lasting Relationships, Navigating Singlehood, Courtship and Pre-marital Harmony’, will take place at Hossiana Parish Hall on 29 June. Discussions about relationships, […]
The Focus Academy centre in Windhoek hosted its first annual theatre production under the theme ‘Rebel Hearts’ at Academia Secondary School on Friday. Speaking to Desert Radio on Thursday, centre principal Efe Agbamu said the event saw talented pupils performing music, dance and drama. She says the show aimed to empower children by emphasising the […]
What started off as a one-time initiative of donating sanitary pads to gitls to keep them in school has become an annual tradition for Helena Megumbo (29). Under her brand, Megumbo’s Majestic Work, the northern-based teacher has so far donated 900 pads to eight schools in the Oshikoto region. “In the beginning, I introduced a […]
Children at Swakopmund’s Democratic Resettlement Community (DRC) will soon be able to study at a state-of-the-art education centre. As the DRC School Project and Community Centre celebrates 20 years of existence this year, the Werner Erkes Foundation in Germany is helping it to set up new infrastructure. The centre is currently operating as a colourful […]
The International University of Management’s pro-vice chancellor for administration and management, Hendrina Udjombala, says the IUM’s courses are compliant with National Council for Higher Education (NCHE) and Namibia Qualifications Authority (NQA) requirements. She was responding to criticism raised by the secretary to the Cabinet, George Simataa, who last week said IUM and the Namibia University […]
Israeli war cabinet minister Benny Gantz has quit the emergency government in a sign of deepening divisions over Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s post-conflict plans for Gaza. Speaking during a news conference in Tel Aviv on Sunday where he announced his resignation, Mr Gantz said the decision was made with a “heavy heart”. “Unfortunately, Mr Netanyahu […]
The uMkhonto weSizwe (MK) party said on Monday it had instructed its lawyers to ask the constitutional court for an urgent interdict to prohibit parliament from proceeding with the swearing in of new MPs and the election of the president next week. In a statement, MK said it did so after the secretary to parliament […]
President Emmanuel Macron has called snap parliamentary elections later this month in the wake of a big victory for his rival Marine Le Pen’s National Rally in the European Parliament vote. The far-right party is on course to win 32% of the vote, exit polls say, more than twice that of the president’s Renaissance party. […]
Diane Rwigara, an outspoken critic of Rwandan president Paul Kagame, has been barred from standing in next month’s presidential election. Only Kagame and two other politicians – Frank Habineza of the Democratic Green Party and independent Philippe Mpayimana – were cleared by the electoral body. Rwigara, who was also disqualified from the 2017 poll, took […]