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Student life at Sunshine Private College Teacher Education Department
08 Dec

Student life at Sunshine Private College Teacher Education Department

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Phyllis ya Nangoloh The first time I heard about Sunshine Group of Schools having a tertiary department was in late 2019, when I was busy pursuing my master’s degree at the University of Namibia (UNAM). I had a temporary teaching post at one of the local schools because I did not have a qualification in Education. I remember having a conversation with my colleagues about how time consuming and costly it would be to pursue another four-years course, but in education. I had little knowledge about the Postgraduate Diploma in Education (PGDE). As I presented my grievances to my colleagues,…
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Ovaherero Chief’s Council Chairperson takes legal action … as council meeting approaches
08 Dec

Ovaherero Chief’s Council Chairperson takes legal action … as council meeting approaches

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Tujoromajo Kasuto Ovaherero Chief’s Council Chairperson, Vipuira Kapuuo, has issued a letter today through his legal representatives PD Theron and Associates stopping the Chief’s Coucil meeting scheduled for this Saturday as was announced this morning on the Namibian Broadcasting Corporation (NBC)’s Omurari FM current affairs programme, Keetute. According to the lawyer’s letter Kapuuo has been overlooked regarding decisions made concerning the Chief’s Council’s meeting which was slated for this weekend. The letter has been issued to Chief Bethold Tjiundje, Deputy Chairperson of the Chief’s Council, Tjizapouzeu Uahupirapi who is the Chief Administration Officer in the office of the Ovaherero Traditional…
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Children aged 12 years and older are now eligible for vaccination
08 Dec

Children aged 12 years and older are now eligible for vaccination

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Tujoromajo Kasuto CHILDREN aged 12 years and older are now eligible to receive the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccines, as the Ministry of Health and Social Services (MoHSS) has decided to expand vaccination eligibility to children and adolescents aged 12-17 years. Vaccination reduces the risk of severe illness, hospitalisation and deaths due to COVID-19. The World Health Organisation (WHO) Strategic Advisory Group of Experts (SAGE) has recommended that Pfizer/BionTech COVID-19 vaccine is suitable for use by persons aged 12 years and above. The same vaccine has been granted Emergency Use Authorisation by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for use in…
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Man loses N$1 million lawsuit against operation Hornkranz soldiers
08 Dec

Man loses N$1 million lawsuit against operation Hornkranz soldiers

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Eba Kandovazu CONTRADICTIONS in the witness statement of a man who was suing the Namibia Defense Force (NDF) for injuries he sustained after he was allegedly assaulted by soldiers during operation Hornkranz late last year, have led to the unsuccessful N$1 million lawsuit. High Court Judge Orben Sibeya today dismissed Tuteni Petrus' lawsuit with cost, saying there were inconsistencies in his initial statement and evidence in chief when he testified in the dock. Petrus alleges he was assaulted by soldiers on the night of 31 December, 2020, after they pulled him out of a taxi. In his particulars of claim,…
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Swapo suspends Otjozondjupa Coordinator
08 Dec

Swapo suspends Otjozondjupa Coordinator

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Eba Kandovazu SWAPO has suspended its Regional Coordinator for Otjozondjupa, Susan Hikopua on allegations of abuse of party finances and properties for personal gain, among other claims. Hikopua, according to Clive Kavendjii, Otjozondjupa Information and Mobilisation officer, also orchestrated demonstrations against the leadership of the party in the region, and disregarded the party’s constitution. Kavendjii also alleges that Hikopua is sowing division among Swapo members in the region, and has thus been charged with insubordination towards the Regional Executive Committee. Kavendjii however adds that no criminal charges have been laid against Hikopua pertaining to the misappropriation of funds. Hikopua is…
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07 Dec

Woman dies in fatal lightning strike

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Tujoromajo Kasuto A 44- year-old woman, identified as Mbilisu Johanna Kasiku, died after she was struck by lightning while taking a bath behind their sleeping room. The incident took place last Friday around 04:30 at Kwaki village in the Mpungu constituency, Kavango West Region. Her remains were transported the Nankudu hospital mortuary, pending an autopsy and her next of kin have been informed. Meanwhile in a separate incident, on the same day in Hanover, Ongwediva, the body of 35-year-old Iitula Job was found by a 12-year-old girl on her way to school hanging on a mango tree with a scarf…
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07 Dec

Swapo councilor rejects Mayorship nomination by IPC councilors

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Eba Kandovazu A Swapo councilor, Hileni Idhongela rejected nomination by two IPC members, Petrus Nakanyala and David Nghifikepunye, for her as the Mayor of the Oniipa Town Council until she eventually accepted nominations from her own party members, Jafet Augustus and David Kambonde. Patema Nakanyala of the IPC was nominated by her party members who had initially nominated Idhongela. IPC Spokesperson Immanuel Nashinge told this publication that the party “did not send” the IPC members to nominate a Swapo councilor for Mayorship. “These are local authority things. You are there to serve your people. I don’t know, I’m not a…
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Eighteen Omicron cases detected in Namibia
07 Dec

Eighteen Omicron cases detected in Namibia

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Eba Kandovazu HEALTH and Social Services Minister, Dr Kalumbi Shangula, has announced that 18 people have tested positive for the new COVID-19 variant, Omicron. Dr Shangula says the variant was detected after the genomic sequencing of samples, adding that 18 are out of total of 19 samples which were tested, with one testing positive for COVID-19 Delta variant through PCR. President Hage Geingob at the 37th COVID-19 today briefed the nation on the state of the COVID-19 pandemic. Shangula says Government will be forced to take stringent measures on 15 December, if cases continue to rise and people are misbehaving.…
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04 Dec

Radical socio-economic transformation attainable with right class consciousness

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To give Namibia’s early resistance advocates, none of whom exist today, and latter day liberation/freedom proponents and agitators if not agents provocateurs, and today’s agents of change, whoever they are and may be, and/or ought to be, the benefit of the doubt, there can be no denying that the country’s basic document, the Constitution, which paved the way or heralded the country’s independence in 1990, is as good as could have been expected in its times. Yours Truly Ideologically cannot but re-emphasise the notion in its times. These times being nationalist political times, when the pre-occupation was national colonial resistance…
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04 Dec

Haufiku criticises Angola travel ban, saying patients need treatment

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Eba Kandovazu ANGOLA’s decision to ban Namibia amidst the new COVID-19 variant, Omicron, has largely been criticised, with some saying it is not a patriotic move as Southern African Development Community(SADC) countries are still challenging the European Union (EU) red list, calling it a rushed and discriminatory approach. Former Health and Social Services Minister, Bernardt Haufiku, says Angola’s decision was irrational as her southern parts depend largely on Namibia for medical care. “Just three days ago I had to write letters. Even now I’m sitting in my office with a message from a patient in Luanda, crying that his medicine…
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