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Double murder suspect ‘fears for his life’
The man charged with last week’s horrific double murder yesterday told a Windhoek magistrate that he had received death threats in prison. Lucas Nepela Nicodemus, 46, is charged with the murder of two...
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Oshakati parents search for school places
Parents are advised to look for alternative schools in the Oshakati circuit as places for admission in the best-performing schools have become almost impossible to find. Yesterday, some Oshakati...
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France, South Africa beckon for university players
The University of Namibia’s (Unam) rugby team may lose at least five players to teams from outside of the country. According to Werner Jeffery, the head of rugby affairs at the university, clubs from...
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‘Retiring’ Simon to focus on fundraising events
Former WBO world middleweight boxing champion Harry ‘The Terminator’ Simon is said to be retiring from the sport. A press statement issued yesterday announced that the two-weight world champion will...
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Working towards Olympic qualification
Erwin Naimhwaka, the University of Namibia’s (Unam) athletics head coach, is determined to keep the spirits of his athletes high despite declining interest in track and field. So much is his motivation...
View ArticleTourists’ bodies retrieved from Canyon
While rescue personnel yesterday battled to retrieve the bodies of two German women from the inhospitable Fish River Canyon, the Inspector-General of the Namibian Police, Sebastian Ndeitunga, confirmed...
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Ambulance abuse costs the public dearly
The Ministry of Health and Social Services has stopped providing emergency response services because of a shortage of ambulances and paramedics. Critically ill state patients in Windhoek who need an...
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Crash kills pupils, newborn
A seven-day-old baby was among four people killed and 15 others injured in a horrible accident about 60km outside Maltahöhe on Monday morning. The 19 accident victims were all employees from Le-Mirage...
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Crunch time for rising stars
With boxing fast gaining ground in a bid to become Namibia’s number one sport, the year promises to be yet another fascinating one for the code. Having already produced three world champions, Namibia...
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Wanderers, Kudus eagerly await start to season
The president of Kudus Rugby Club, Zane Jansen, is optimistic that his team will do much better this season in the Namibia Rugby Premier (NRP) league.“So far so good with the team although we are not...
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Dismal pass rate
The release of the Namibia Senior Secondary Certificate (NSSC) Ordinary Level results is a continuation of the country’s consistently poor Grade 12 results that sees fewer than 7 000 learners meeting...
View ArticleGeingob to review performance agreements
President Hage Geingob is set to review performance agreements signed by his cabinet ministers nearly a year after being appointed in their portfolios. However, concerns are rife that the agreements...
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Schools who force parents to pay will be dealt with
Education Minister Katrina Hanse-Himarwa has issued a stern warning to public schools not to force parents to pay fees despite the government’s introduction of free secondary education.“No Namibian...
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Awaiting mothers’ campsite at Outapi a mess
Omusati Governor Erigius Endjala said his investigations have revealed that the campsite next to the Outapi District Hospital is largely used by job seekers instead of pregnant women.“It is Sodom and...
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‘I feel guilty’
The details of how the German mother and daughter whose bodies were discovered in the Fish River Canyon this week spent their last few days in Namibia have started to emerge. A traumatised man, who...
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NSSU sets sights on younger children
The Namibia School Sport Union (NSSU) will this year embark on sport development at primary and secondary school level in an effort to strengthen sport development in the country. The NSSU provides...
View ArticleI am #Woke, join me
Black Consciousness & the New Truth Commission led by #BlackTwitter is the headline I read on a story recently. And that in a way sums up what’s been happening, how more and more young people are...
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