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30 May

SWAPO aims for landslide election victory:

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(Photo by: Joseph Nekaya) NAMPA The Swapo party secretary for information, Hilma Nicanor, says the party wants a landslide victory in the upcoming elections. Nicanor called on all party members, supporters and sympathizers to go out in numbers and register for voter cards, for the 2024 Presidential and National Assembly elections. In a statement dated 30 May, Nicanor directed party structures at all levels, in the regions, districts, branches affiliates and wings to ensure they mobilise the members by encouraging them to go register from 3 June to 1 August. "Our collective and primary objective is to ensure a landslide…

30 May

BREAKING

LatestLesetja Kganyago

The South African Reserve Bank Governor Lesetja Kganyago announced that the country’s repo rate remains unchanged at 8.25%. The Sarb’s benchmark repo rate has been at 8.25% for the last year, with inflation still at the upper end of the bank’s inflation target, albeit cooling from the spiralling levels of 2022 and 2023. For April, inflation slowed to 5.2%.

30 May

RED TIDE

LatestFisheries and Marine Resources

Crowds of people have gathered on the beaches in and around Swakopmund in order to collect masses of dead fish and crustaceans that have washed up on the shore. Scientists of the Ministry of Fisheries and Marine Resources confirmed the phenomenon and said it is the result of an upwelling of an algal bloom or what is more commonly known among locals as a red tide that is causing the death of sea life. According to the scientists, the upwelling of algae was preceded by calm sea conditions brought on by east wind weather conditions of the past ten days…

30 May

SHUUMBWA SUSPENDED

LatestAll People’s Party (APP)

The central coordinating committee of the All People's Party (APP), has suspended Erastus Shuumbwa, its interim president, with immediate effect. The suspension allows the committee time to investigate allegations of contravening the party’s constitution levelled against Shuumbwa. He is also accused of contravening the party’s code of conduct and set of ethics. Daniel Balthezar Djami, the APP’s secretary for information confirmed the suspension on Tuesday. Report by Martin Endjala.

28 May

GENOCIDE REMEMBERED:

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Emma Theofelus, the Minister of Information, Communication and Technology, announced that the Namibian Cabinet decided to declare 28 May as a public holiday from 2025. From next year onwards, the holiday will be known as Genocide Remembrance Day.

27 May

DROUGHT EMERGEMCY:

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The severe and continuous drought in Namibia has prompted President Nangolo Mbumba to declare a National State of Emergency.The official declaration was published in the Government Gazette.“Under Article 26 (I) of the Namibian constitution, read together with section 30 (3) of the Disaster Risk Management Act, 2012 (Act. No. 10 of 2012), I declare that, with effect from 22 May 2024, a State of Emergency exists in Namibia on account of the persisting national disaster of drought that exists in all the regions of the Republic of Namibia,” the presidency stated in the Government Gazette.

25 May

Omagongo belongs to all of us says Mbumba

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President Nangolo Mbumba says the Omagongo festival belongs to all Namibians.He urged Namibians to continue to promote and celebrate cultural festivals as a means of fostering a spirit of unity by pulling in one direction as a nation.Mbumba was speaking at the occasion of the 2024 Omagongo festival at the Onambango Palace, in the Uukwiyuwushona Constituency, Oshana Region on Saturday."It is an event that can be attended and celebrated by all, whether you are from Oshana, Erongo, Zambezi, Hardap, Omaheke, and Limpopo in South Africa or Ghanzi in Botswana.It is a unifying event where we celebrate in style by eating…

22 May

UNAM promotes Amupanda and Blaauw

LatestUNAM promotes Amupanda and Blaauw

The University of Namibia (UNAM), on Tuesday, promoted Lesley Blaauw to full professor in political studies and social activist, Job Amupanda to associate professor from the rank of senior lecturer in the same department. At the age of 36, Amupanda became Namibia's youngest associate professor. City of Windhoek in its congratulatory message issued on Wednesday. Commended Amupanda, on his commitment to academic excellence and advancing political studies. "We at CoW are proud of his accomplishments and recognition he has achieved within the academic fraternity," read the message. Amupanda is a local authority councillor at the CoW. Report by Martin Endjala.

22 May

Iran lost an outstanding leader – Mbumba

LatestEbrahim Raisi, Nangolo Mbumba

President Nangolo Mbumba on Tuesday conveyed a message of condolence to the Republic of Iran, following the death of President Ebrahim Raisi. President Raisi passed away last Sunday as a result of a helicopter crash. "Words rarely suffice in comforting a nation when it has lost a leader. Consolation is a difficult offering to give for the despair that comes with mourning a President. An experience, we in Namibia are painfully familiar with," expressed Mbumba. He said the people of Iran have lost an outstanding leader. He described President Raisi as a leader who cared about the development and prosperity…

21 May

MINOR ACCUSED OF RAPE

LatestOshitundu village

A 14-year-old boy from the Oshitundu village near Oshikuku is facing arrest after a social worker discovered that he repeatedly raped his nine-year-old sister. Tresia Iiyambo, a social worker, registered the case with the Namibian Police in Oshikuku after she found out that the boy committed the crime of rape and incest on several occasions between February and May this year. According to a report provided by Commissioner Ismael Basson, Omusati Regional Police Commander, the boy has been removed from the house where he and the victim reside while the investigation into the matter is being completed. Reporter: Hertta-Maria Amutenja