Namibia

Namibia joined the rest of the world in commemorating World Diabetes Day on 14 November under the theme “Access to diabetes care” which highlight the importance of prevention and response efforts. In 2021, globally over 537 million adults (20-79 years) were living with diabetes, which is 1 in 10 people…

A 14,7-METRE-LONG dead fin whale washed up on a remote beach near Henties Bay recently. A marine mammal biologist at the Namibian Dolphin Project, Danielle Conry, on Wednesday told The Namibian that the animal was a young male, and it was "skinny". "It did not seem to have any external…

WHO Namibia supported the Council of Churches in Namibia (CCN) seminar on mental health to raise awareness on mental health promotion and suicide prevention amongst the church and community leaders and mobilize efforts in support of mental health care at community level.  The seminar with church leaders, lay counselors and…

Nigerian model, Precious Okoye has emerged winner of Miss Africa 2022 beauty pageant held in Calabar, Cross River State. Precious took the crown on Tuesday, ahead of Poelano Mothisi from Lesotho, who emerged 1st runner-up and 2nd runner-up, Tina Haimbala from Namibia. The event, which was held on the 27th…

THE state has shown that it has a strong case against one of the key figures in the Fishrot fishing quotas fraud and corruption case, businessman Tamson 'Fitty' Hatuikulipi, a judge has remarked in the Windhoek High Court. Acting judge David Munsu made the remark in a ruling in which…

Namibia's Deputy Prime Minister Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah is an inch closer to becoming the southwestern country's first female president. Namibia’s ruling party on Monday (November 28) elected Nandi-Ndaitwah as its vice president, making her the frontrunner to lead the party into the country’s upcoming national elections in 2024. The 70-year-old edged…

THE congress that elected Swapo vice president Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah as the party's next presidential candidate for the 2024 elections has been lauded by analysts. This could, however, be marred by alleged election irregularities that could haunt the ruling party. There is suspicion from some delegates that the list of Swapo…

Parliament’s Section 89 expert panel failed to carry out its mandate, produced a flawed report and failed to establish whether confidential information put before it as evidence was legally obtained by former spy boss Arthur Fraser. This is President Cyril Ramaphosa’s submission to the Constitutional Court as he seeks to…

Marking trees are important hotspots of communication for cheetahs: Here they exchange information with and about other cheetahs via scent marks, urine and scats. A team from the Cheetah Research Project of the Leibniz Institute for Zoo and Wildlife Research (Leibniz-IZW) now showed that several mammalian species on farmland in…

After beating Sri Lanka in the first match of the ICC T20 World Cup 2022, Namibia will look to continue their winning run against the Netherlands in their second game of the mega event at the GMHBA Stadium in Geelong on Tuesday. Netherlands are coming into this game after beating…