Author: Justicia Shipena
KANIBAL BOWS OUT…‘GOODBYE, THANK YOU’
By: Justicia Shipena KaniBal, who was found dead at his house in Windhoek on Wednesday, had a farewell gig last December dubbed Goodbye, Thank You. The show was meant to announce KaniBal’s retirement from music. As part of the farewell,…
GRAPE FARM ACCIDENT…TANK LOPS OFF WORKER’S FINGER TIP
By: Justicia Shipena What started as a normal duty at grape and date farm about 40km south west of Keetmanshoop, ended with Lukas Ndara losing his finger on Saturday. The 42-year-old, who is a driver at the farm, said he…
KHOMAS TASKFORCE TO COMBAT SUICIDE
By: Justicia Shipena and Julia Heita A group of Namibians took to the streets the commemoration of World Suicide Prevention Day in the capital on Friday. This comes after Namibia recorded high numbers of suicide during the period of January…
TJONGARERO ON STADIUM…I DIDN’T KNOW ABOUT IT
By: Julia Heita and Justicia Shipena Sports minister Agnes Tjongarero claimed she was not aware of the Independence Stadium’s condition. This was during a cleanup day at the stadium led by Tjongarero. The National Service Staff of the ministry, Sports…
SCHOOLS SPORTS UNION…U15 TEAM OFF TO SERBIA
By: Justicia Shipena The Namibia School Sports Union (NSSU) on Thursday sent off young athletes to Serbia for the first ever ISF u15 World Schools Sport Games. The games are scheduled to take place from tomorrow until 19 September in…
FIRE DESTROYS 580 480 HECTARES OF LAND
By: Justicia Shipena Environment minister Pohamba Shifeta said the frequency of veld fires has become a serious concern as Namibia records 99 veld fires between May and September. Updating the National Assembly on Wednesday, Shifeta said a total of 580…
UNAM TO WORK WITH ZAMBIA
By: Justicia Shipena The University of Namibia (Unam) says it will be funding part of a N$2,5 million grant obtained from Welsh government to Zambia for a vaccination initiative in Chongwe. The grant was obtained through the university’s Phoenix NamVacc…
GEINGOB SAYS WE LOST HISTORY ENRICHING STORIES
BY: Julia Heita, Justicia Shipena and Maria Hamutenya President Hage Geingob has paid tribute to victims that succumbed to COVID-19 in a statement commemorating Heroes’ Day earlier today. Geingob said that over the past several months, almost every week he…
NWR PRESSES AHEAD WITH SALARY CUTS
By: Justicia Shipena and Julia Heita NWR is pressing ahead with its plans to cut salaries after suffering a heavy financial battering from the reduced hotel occupancy caused by Covid 19. The parastatal said in a statement on Thursday said…
NATIONAL CHESS TEAM ONTO DIVISION THREE
By: Justicia Shipena and Julia Heita The National Chess team scooped second place at the ongoing 2021 online Chess Olympiad. The team progresses to division three after 11 rounds of play. Charles Eichab, president of the Namibian Chess Federation said…