insert_link Local Pedaling with purpose: Cycling in the Nedbank Desert Dash for Embo lye Haro Pre-Primary School Nedbank Namibia leverages the annual Nedbank Desert Dash, an iconic 397 km cycling adventure through the challenging yet beautiful Namib Desert, as a means for ‘doing good’. Scheduled for 8-9 December this year, the event continues its yearly mission to actively support causes aimed at creating positive change in Namibia. Kavango East Rundu, is a cycling team brought together by a passion for cycling and a desire to support those […] todayNovember 20, 2023 17
insert_link Health / Medical Antimicrobial resistance is a silent killer that leads to 5 million deaths a year. Solutions must include the poor Marina Joubert, Stellenbosch University; Phaik Yeong Cheah, University of Oxford, and Sonia Lewycka, Oxford University Clinical Research Unit (OUCRU) Microbes such as bacteria, viruses, parasites and fungi form part of our everyday lives – they live in us, on us and around us. We need them for healthy digestion, immune function, and the synthesis of essential nutrients, and we depend on them for farming and industrial processes. But microbes also […] todayNovember 20, 2023 2
insert_link Namibia Over 1 000 people return to Swapo SWAPO Party Vice President, Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah, said since they embarked on Swapo party rallies nine months ago, they have seen over 1 000 old Swapo members return to the party. Nandi-Ndaitwah was speaking during a party rally held at Oshakati Independence Stadium in the Oshana Region on Saturday. According to Nandi-Ndaitwah, people coming back to the Swapo Party demonstrates that Swapo is still a beloved party. “Swapo is home, and […] todayNovember 20, 2023 14
insert_link Namibia Mutorwa calls on stakeholders to invest more in road safety Works and Transport Minister, John Mutorwa, expressed the need for stakeholders to find more ways to invest in the road safety across the African continent. Mutorwa in remarks delivered on his behalf during the commemoration of the 12th Africa Road Safety Day in Swakopmund on Sunday, recognised and commended current Sub-sectoral interventions and initiatives but stressed the requirement for stakeholders to dig deeper into their reserves to make national roads […] todayNovember 20, 2023 10
insert_link Environment Divide over uranium mining at Stampriet Farmers are divided over the exploration of uranium in the Stampriet Aquifer, as some believe the process will contaminate underground water. The exploration, which is supposed to be carried out by Uranium One in the Aminuis and Leonardville area, has sparked mixed feelings among residents in the area. This was revealed during a parliament standing committee on natural resources' visit to deliberate on concerns on Friday in Leonardville, within the […] todayNovember 20, 2023 16
insert_link Science & Technology South African university students use AI to help them understand – not to avoid work Students are not adopting digital and AI-powered tools uncritically. tzido/iStock Tanja Bosch, University of Cape Town and Chikezie E. Uzuegbunam, Rhodes University When ChatGPT was released in November 2022, it sparked many conversations and moral panics. These centre on the impact of generative artificial intelligence (AI) on the information environment. People worry that AI chatbots can negatively affect the integrity of creative and academic work, especially since they can produce […] todayNovember 20, 2023 18
insert_link Namibia African Stars Football Club part ways with Koffie Namibia’s five-time Premier League Champions, African Stars Football Club, on Sunday announced the firing of their head coach, Prince George Koffie, with immediate effect. This comes just four months after he started working for the team. On Sunday, the club released a statement on their social media platforms, saying that they have parted ways with their head coach in an amicable manner. The statement goes on to thank Prince George […] todayNovember 20, 2023 9
insert_link Opinion Pieces 300,000 Tanzanians were killed by Germany during the Maji-Maji uprising – it was genocide and should be called that Klaus Bachmann, SWPS University of Social Sciences and Humanities and Gerhard Kemp, University of the West of England Political actors in Tanzania have in recent years demanded compensation from Germany for colonial atrocities committed in the early 20th century. In early 2017, the National Assembly of Tanzania stopped short of putting the label of genocide on the atrocities committed by German troops during the Maji-Maji uprising (1905–1907). During a visit […] todayNovember 20, 2023 5
insert_link Namibia Ondangwa council maintains status quo Paavo Amwele was re-elected as Ondangwa mayor for the third time on Friday. Amwele will be deputised by his fellow Swapo councillor Ester Auala, while Julia Kapia (Swapo), Gaus Tshithigona (IPC) and Nicodemus Amadhila (Swapo) were elected as management committee members. Tshithigona replaced Ericky Angula of the same party, who resigned as council member, leaving a vacant position in the council earlier this year. Meanwhile, Kapia was re-elected as the […] todayNovember 17, 2023 6
