Experts divided on voting machines
While Namibia awaits the arrival of 3 400 electronic voting machines (EVMs), legal experts are divided on whether the lack of a paper trail in this year’s general elections could spark a court...
View Article'Money' fires back at 50 Cent
Unbeaten Floyd ‘Money’ Mayweather on Wednesday fired back at rap music star 50 Cent over his video taunt about the boxer's reading skills, as a title rematch against Marcos Maidana looms. Mayweather,...
View ArticleNPC to participate in NamZim Sports Fun Day
The National Planning Commission (NPC) will be participating in the NamZim Newspaper Sports Fun Day at the Eros Primary School’s sports grounds tomorrow. While participation will be on a competitive...
View ArticleKaimbi eager for Swazi test
Brave Warriors midfielder Lazarus Kaimbi is looking forward to playing for Namibia when they face Swaziland at the Sam Nujoma Stadium next Wednesday. The midfielder told nfa.org.na yesterday that he is...
View ArticleOutjo to get boxing bonanza
In an effort to take boxing to all corners of Namibia, the Warriors Promotions stable will host their latest tournament at Outjo’s Etosha Sports Stadium next weekend. Announcing this yesterday,...
View ArticleGeingob unveiled as face of Swapo
Swapo President and Head of State Hifikepunye Pohamba has introduced party vice-president and Prime Minister Hage Geingob as the face of the ruling party’s general elections campaign. “This is your...
View ArticleInequality haunts Namibia
Countries that have made positive strides in human development must come up with strategies to safeguard those gains because success is not automatic and gains not permanent. This seems to be the...
View ArticlePolice fence off fields at Katima
A youth forum in the Zambezi Region has come to the defence of some villagers at Liselo who claim they have been robbed of their fields by the Ministry of Safety and Security. The Mafwe Youth Forum,...
View ArticleNamibia to build N$300 million trade centre in Angola
Namibia will construct a trade centre in the Angolan capital of Luanda to facilitate the distribution of products and promote investment between the two countries. The Namibia Trade House will house...
View ArticleBoys threatened with Dune 7 burial
Three boys, who were allegedly kidnapped and assaulted in Walvis Bay recently, say their captors threatened to kill and bury them at Dune 7. Dune 7 is the highest sand dune in Namibia, located south of...
View ArticleFreyer returns after Swiss training camp
Team KIA Namibia rider Martin Freyer recently returned from a two-week training camp at the International World Cycling (UCI) Centre in Aigle, Switzerland. Freyer described the time in Europe as an...
View ArticleBoks crash as All Blacks cruise
A stunning late try from Australia’s Rob Horne ended South Africa’s stay at the top of the Rugby Championship table on Saturday as New Zealand showed their class against Argentina. Horne stepped off...
View ArticleUnited, Wanderers set up final
The Olympia-based United Rugby Club proved to be the better side when they narrowly brushed past defending champions Western Suburbs on Saturday afternoon. This they did by beating the home side by...
View Article'Lobola is not a licence for wife abuse'
Council of Traditional Leaders Chairperson Immanuel Kauluma Elifas says Namibian men must get the idea out their heads that if they have paid lobola or a bride price for their wife, they have bought...
View ArticleBra Hugh to attend Mushimba’s funeral
Popular South African jazz legend Hugh Masekela will touch down in Windhoek on Thursday morning to attend the memorial and funeral of prominent businessman and struggle icon Aaron Mushimba. This was...
View ArticleLobola not a licence for wife abuse
Council of Traditional Leaders Chairperson Immanuel Kauluma Elifas says Namibian men must get the idea out their heads that if they have paid lobola or a bride price for their wife, they have bought...
View ArticleOvaHerero paramount chieftaincy battle rages
Several names have come to the fore as possible successors to the late OvaHerero Paramount Chief Kuaima Riruako. Among them are Riruako’s two former special advisors, Vekuii Rukoro and Hoze Riruako, as...
View ArticleAlcohol, govt neglect destroying Namas
The chairperson of the Nama Traditional Leaders’ Association, David Frederick, has expressed his dissatisfaction with the persistent socio-economic neglect of his people, and has called for the closure...
View ArticleSwapo launches election battle plan
In its election manifesto - launched at the weekend - Swapo said it wants its presidential candidate Hage Geingob to reserve specific business sectors for local people. It also wants him to support and...
View ArticleNo conspiracy here - Mercedes
Mercedes team chief Toto Wolff has rejected all post-race conspiracy talk surrounding Formula One's leading team in the aftermath of Lewis Hamilton's victory in Sunday's Italian Grand Prix. Wolff said...
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