Freddy Mwiya, Chief Administrator at the Namibia Sports Commission (NSC), expressed his enthusiasm regarding the appointments of Sanet Steenkamp and Dino Ballotti as the new Minister and Deputy Minister of Education, Innovation, Youth, Sport, Arts, and Culture (MoEIYSAC). President Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah announced their appointments over the past weekend.
Leo Frans is currently one of the country’s top amateur golfers, having won the Namibian Junior Open in 2023 and the Oshakati Junior Open in 2024. However, despite this success, he still has a long way to go before even considering turning professional.
Leo (17) is a grade 10 learner at Andimba Ya Toivo Senior Secondary School in the north and has been playing golf since an early age. Today, he has already made a big name for himself, thanks to his hard work and determination on the golf course.
Former Namibian Correctional Service (NCS) and Young African head coach, Augustinus ‘Axaro’ Mukoya, has denied rumours that he is heading to Eeshoke Chula Chula FC as assistant coach, or taking over at former club Cuca Tops FC.
Hailing from the southern //Kharas region of Namibia, Alenique Juneve’ Damens proudly describes herself as the region’s first female boilermaker. She hopes to leave a legacy for her son and inspire those who look up to her. Becoming a successful boilermaker in Namibia remains a challenge for many women, as the trade is often seen as requiring one to “be strong like a man.”
The Namibia University of Science and Technology (NUST), through the Harold Pupkewitz Graduate School of Business (HP-GSB), has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with AgriBank. The agreement, signed in Windhoek, is a collaboration for research, skills development, and resource sharing to drive innovation and sustainability in Namibia’s agricultural sector.
Well-known rapper Jamee Uaendere, popularly known as J-Black, achieved a significant career milestone by being appointed as the We BET brand ambassador. We BET is a sports betting company set to launch soon, offering Namibians the opportunity to win substantial sums of money by placing bets on their favorite sports teams worldwide.
Former beauty queen, Justine Gaingos, made it her duty to redefine the role of pageantry in young women’s lives by founding the annual Miss Face of Grandeur (MFOGA) modelling competition in November last year, with the aim of using the platform to empower, uplift and educate young women beyond just beauty and grace in impoverished neighbourhoods around Windhoek.
In recent years, Namibia has implemented stringent measures to enhance road safety, including substantial increases in traffic fines. While the intent behind these measures is to deter dangerous driving behaviors, there is growing concern that the treatment of traffic offenders may be disproportionately severe, equating them with individuals who commit grave criminal acts such as rape or murder.
(...As we drew closer to celebrating our Thirty Fifth independence anniversary my mind kept tumbling back to our years of upheaval and it settled on that considerate and very inclusive stalwart of the liberation struggle.)
Namibia’s economic and social development took center stage recently as the Economic Association of Namibia (EAN), in partnership with Capricorn Group Limited and the Hanns Seidel Foundation Namibia, hosted a high-level public discussion under the theme “Balancing Growth and Social Upliftment: The National Budget in a New Dispensation.” The event, held at the Hilton Hotel, convened the nation’s leading economic minds, policymakers, and civil society representatives to analyze the budget’s potential as a catalyst for sustainable economic growth and social progress.