Geingob’s admiration for potent advice
WHEN President Hage Geingob assumed presidency last year, one of his prime fundamental ideologies after the explicit war on poverty was to have a transparent reign and administration, having nothing to...
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HAGE Geingob received his Ph.D. from the University of Leeds. His thesis was entitled “State Formation in Namibia: Promoting Democracy and Good Governance”. In his thesis, he examined significant...
View ArticleGeingob pushes prosperity ranking up
By Confidente Reporter OVER the last few years Africa has become less prosperous, extensively due to negative impact of the financial crisis in emerging markets but Namibia’s high ranking in the...
View ArticleWho is Dr. Hage Geingob?
HAGE Gottfried Geingob (born 3 August 1941 is the third and the current President of Namibia, in office since 21 March 2015. Geingob was the first Prime Minister of Namibia from 21 March 1990 until 28...
View ArticleOutright war on Poverty Looking back at Geingob’s first call as President
By Hilary Mare PRESIDENT Hage Geingob delivered his first State of the Nation exactly one month after his inauguration as Namibia’s third president many months ago and his first rallying cry was an...
View ArticlePSL Orlando Pirates/Sundowns to touch down on Friday
South Africa Premier Soccer League (PSL) giants Orlando Pirates and rival Mamelodi Sundowns are expected to jet down at the Hosea Kutako International Airport on Friday for an anticipated battle of the...
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ANC loses Nkandla to IFP
President Jacob Zuma’s bold prediction that he would soon be living in an ANC-run municipality has fallen flat. Results issued by the Electoral Commission at 2pm Thursday show that the Inkatha Freedom...
View ArticleSouth Africa’s ruling party suffering biggest electoral blow
Political Correspondent With 95 percent of votes counted Friday in municipal elections, South Africa’s ruling party appears to be headed for its biggest electoral blow since it won power at the end of...
View ArticleTriple honours for Sundowns in Dr Geingob Cup
South African giants Mamelodi Sundowns retained the Hage Geingob Cup after beating Tigers 4-2 in an entertaining final match at the Independence Stadium on Sunday evening to take the cup for the...
View ArticleBaby Warriors narrowly lose to Congo
The Baby Warriors bravely lost 2-1 in their Confederation of African Football (CAF) 2017 U-17 African Cup of Nations second-round first-leg clash against Congo-Brazzaville at the Independence Stadium...
View ArticleNamibian boxer reportedly arrested in Rio
Namibian boxer Jonas Junius has been arrested in Rio in connection with an attempted sexual assault of an Olympic Village housekeeper, according to Al Jazeera. According to international media Junius,...
View ArticleNavachab Half Marathon Challenge Run launched
The third edition of the Navachab Half Marathon Challenge Run that has been seen as growing in leaps and bounds was officially launched here in the capital. Event Organizer and Regional Sport Officer,...
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Stars eager to defend Standard Bank Super Cup
African Stars are ready for the Saturday’s preliminary round of the 2016 Standard Bank Super Cup and aims to face Namibia Premier League (NPL) Champions Tigers on September 10 at the Sam Nujoma Stadium...
View ArticlePromoter Tobias hailed as Africa’s best
By John Tuerijama THE World Boxing Organisation (WBO), vice chairperson, Semir Captan, has hailed local boxing promoter, Nestor Tobias as the best WBO promoter on the continent. Tobias said it’s a...
View ArticlePhilippics of a word weaver
By Faith Haushona-Kavamba LOOKING back at my childhood, I find it unusual that I was never really exposed to gender roles until I was a teenager interacting with people who were not members of my...
View ArticleOYO to premier new piece
By Entertainment Reporter THE Ombetja Yehinga Organisation (OYO) Trust this week announced that it would debut a new dance piece titled The Phantom of Namibia. OYO aims to create social awareness on...
View ArticleThe draped fashionista’s guide to vogue
“ISN’T that too short/ revealing?” has to be one of the most common phrases any woman has ever been asked. The natural response is obviously to ask that person whether or not measures would not have...
View ArticlePride, Prejudice and Zombies unimpressive
By Faith Haushona-Kavamba JANE Austen must have been turning in her grave when Seth Grahame-Smith turned one of her best sellers, Pride and Prejudice, into a parody drearily renamed Pride, Prejudice...
View ArticleTittle-tattle from the Grapevine
Attention-mongering RUMOUR mongers are accusing a certain musically inclined lad who rhythmically waxes lyrical, of suffering from Attention Craving Disorder (ACD). The lad, who has not attained the...
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