Meatco board, CEO in bitter feud
By Patience Nyangove THE board of directors of Meatco and the parastatal’s CEO, Advocate Vekuii Rukoro are involved in a bitter feud that has seen the board seeking permission from the Minister of...
View ArticleParalympic athletes finally rewarded
Unlike their football national counterparts prolong wait on their allowances for having won the COSAFA Under-17 Cup this year, Paralympic athletes have finally been presented with their cash prizes.A...
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Shaningwa denies forcing land sale claims
RURAL and Urban minister Sophia Shaningwa has denied that she forced the Windhoek municipality to sell seven plots to one company, even though the council wanted to sell only two plots to the entity....
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Former Brave Warriors striker Botes picked up injury
Platinum Stars coach Cavin Johnson says the injury to veteran Henrico Botes, played a role in his club’s 2-0 loss to Chippa United in the MTN8 quarter-finals. Botes was forced off in the 34th minute as...
View ArticleOlympic refugee team greeted as heroes on return to Kenya camp
A homecoming for any athlete who has appeared at an Olympics is special but for five who competed at the Rio Olympics, the place they formerly called home was the vast refugee camp at Kakuma in Kenya....
View ArticleTime to invest into junior national teams
By John Tuerijama LAST week, a team comprising primary school boys and girls left for Botswana by bus to compete in the annual Confederation of School Sport Associations of Southern Africa (COSSASA)...
View ArticleCoastal spinning reaches a new high
By Donna Collins EVER since the Municipality handed over a chunk of ground to the Drift Spin & Drags Motorclub (DSD) this year for the development of the ‘Swakop Spin City’ facility, spinning at...
View ArticlePhilippics of a word weaver
By Faith Haushona-Kavamba IT was recently brought to my attention on social media that a large number of women are busy loading their bikini bodies for summer. Every other post is of someone in the...
View ArticleRestaurant Week kicks off
By Johannes Hangula THE FNB Namibia Restaurant Week kicked off last Tuesday and will run until September 11. This is the second year that the festival is being hosted to show support towards the local...
View ArticleOshi-Deutsch to be screened
By Staff Reporter OSHI-Deutsch, the film production that narrates the story of Namibian children who were raised in German Democratic Republic (GDR) after the Cassinga massacre will be screened on...
View ArticleThe draped fashionista’s guide to vogue
SPRING has sprung, the song has been sung and the brethren court (of fashion) is about to reveal the season’s trend. It is the season to be bold and bright, after the grey and overwhelmingly drab...
View ArticleBarbershop 3, a tired concept
By Faith Haushona-Kavamba WHEN the first of the Barbershop film threequel first hit the screens, it was to be a resounding success because it resonated with a lot of people. Everyone knows that in the...
View ArticleCelebrating natural hair
By Faith Haushona-Kavamba THE fight between women and their unruly hair has been raging on since time immemorial. The goal is to tame these often feisty extensions of themselves and turn them into...
View ArticleExploring estate administration with Namukoto Imalwa
ESTATE administration is a job that perhaps a few people are not prepared for, but not Namukoto Kristofina Imalwa who on a daily basis deals with estates of the deceased, managing and disbursing the...
View ArticleAngry youths petition Ogongo councillor
By Eliaser Ndeyanale A group of disgruntled youths from Ogongo constituency last week Wednesday petitioned the constituency councillor Wilhelm Iiyambo to speed up development in the area. According to...
View ArticleResidential plots going for less than N$10 000
By Confidente Reporter THE Oshikuku town council will sell business and residential properties by way of private transaction to businessmen for less than N$10 000. According to an advertisement that...
View ArticleHealth hazard looms in Greenwell Matongo … Community toilets not functional
By Marianne Nghidengwa OVER 400 households of the Twahangana community in Katutura’s Greenwell Matongo have been left without ablution facilities after a community toilet they had been using for...
View ArticleMass housing programme resumes
By Hileni Nembwaya THE Minister of Urban and Rural Development, Sophia Shaningwa has announced that the mass housing development programme has indeed resumed and is on the move after it was put on hold...
View ArticleSuspected Otjiwarongo teen rapist denied bail
By Confidente Reporter THE Otjiwarongo Magistrate’s Court recently rejected a bail application of a 50 year-old man suspected of raping and impregnating a 14 year-old girl. The man, Paulus Iyambo was...
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