Landless People’s Movement (LPM) leader Bernadus Swartbooi has said the performances of Christine Mboma and Beatrice Masilingi at the Olympic Games are a reminder that there is talent in Namibia that has to be developed. Swartbooi said this on Wednesday during a media conference while reacting to Mboma’s victory at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo, Japan where she won

The Namibian Police Force’s (NamPol) Inspector-General, Lieutenant-General Sebastian Ndeitunga on Wednesday held a discussion with the police reservists of the Otjozondjupa Region at Otjiwarongo on their policing activities. Ndeitunga was accompanied by NamPol’s Deputy Inspector-General of Operations, Major-General Joseph Shikongo. During their question and answer session, Ndeitunga encouraged reservists to do more in their policing duties as it helps to

National Democratic Party (NDP) leader Martin Lukato on Wednesday introduced Simasiku Christopher as the party’s candidate for the upcoming Katima Mulilo urban constituency by-election. He at the same event in Katima Mulilo launched the party’s election manifesto. The election, scheduled to take place on 25 August 2021, were necessitated by the death of former Katima Mulilo urban constituency councillor John

A 36-year-old police officer on Wednesday appeared in the Outjo Magistrate’s Court on charges of possession and dealing in drugs. Kelvin Raymond Horaseb was arrested Tuesday after he was allegedly found in possession of 15 parcels of cannabis at the police barracks at Outjo in the Kunene Region. Horaseb made his first appearance before Magistrate Peingondjabi Shipo, who explained his

The United Nations Population Fund has welcomed the newly established United Nations Permanent Forum of People of African Descent, a 10-member advisory body that will work closely with the Geneva-based Human Rights Council. The body was formed on Monday. UNFPA Executive Director, Dr Natalia Kanem in a statement Thursday said no country in the world has yet uprooted the deep

The Namibian Police Force (NamPol) on Wednesday arrested one of the six suspects alleged to have stolen money from a cash-in-transit vehicle in Windhoek’s Hochland Park area on Monday. A crime report issued by NamPol on Thursday said the 43-year-old suspect was arrested Wednesday night, after he and five other assailants allegedly attacked three men who were collecting the cash

Namibia’s first Paralympic Games gold medallist, Johanna Benson, has joined the list of well-wishers for two of Namibia’s youngest athletes to ever represent the country at the Olympic Games. Christine Mboma became the first Namibian female to win silverware at the Olympics when she won a silver medal in the 200-metre (m) sprint in a time of 21.81 seconds, which

A 37-year-old man was arrested on Tuesday after he was allegedly found in possession of cannabis and Mandrax tablets valued at N.dollars 51 000. An incident report issued by the Namibian Police Force on Thursday said the suspect was arrested at the Gobabis/Windhoek roadblock at around 17h15, after a search was conducted on his vehicle, during which three parcels of