Rani Group started its first shop in Rehoboth, where people buy everyday items. The store gives locals a place for food, and drinks are sold in large quantities. Town leader Klazen thinks this business helps the area grow richer. 47 people who lived nearby before got new jobs. Folks felt happy seeing neighbors earn money instead of staying home without work.
Shoppers love cheap prices, which keep them from driving to faraway cities. Roads seem scary for many drivers, who fear crashes during long trips. Small stands once served the area with tiny amounts of necessities like bread or milk. Block F changed from little sales carts to a real store with many things inside. Coetzee thanks the market for saving him cash, which he needs for...
Putin asked Ukraine to join peace talks next week on May 15. He spoke late Saturday night, saying Russia wants real talks about lasting peace. Leaders from Britain, France, and Germany traveled to Kyiv, asking for a month-long stop to fighting starting Monday. Russian officials said they needed time to think about the request from Europe, but warned that pressure never works with them. Putin suggested a meeting in Turkey, like past peace tries.
The Russian leader talked with Turkish President Erdogan about holding these meetings soon. Ukraine has not answered joining these talks yet. Putin mentioned maybe agreeing to stop fighting, but never said yes to the full 30 days European leaders requested. Four major countries sent their top...
Sport Minister Steenkamp met with leaders from sports groups last Saturday. She talked with boxing chiefs, Olympic heads, and sports officers about working better together. Everyone agreed they need fresh energy to make Namibia's sports grow stronger this year. The group wants to build better sports places all across the country for more young people.
Steenkamp promised government help based on plans from the president's speech. Her office aims to create jobs through sports activities for youth. She felt happy seeing 57 sports groups and six main sports bodies join under one roof at the meeting. This team spirit shows how everyone must pull together for a better sports life. They plan to make sports more professional with better money...
President Nandi-Ndaitwah celebrates with people across the nation as Mother's Day arrives. She calls mothers special because they shape who we become from our first breath. Their natural love helps children grow through life problems. Moms create strong families that build caring communities. These main caregivers teach us how to treat others with kindness.
She asks everyone to think about what mothers give us that nobody else can. This day brings chances to show love back to these family leaders. The president wants all people to stand against harm to women raising children. Her team plans better health care for mothers with babies on the way. She believes Namibians must give moms the same protection they always offered their kids.
BeFree gives free birth control to girls starting at age 16 across Namibia. Past health boss Kamwi thinks teens need more facts about body changes before accepting these devices. He wants kids to learn about stopping babies rather than just taking free stuff. Kamwi says Windhoek has fewer pregnant teens than other parts, like the Kavango area. Women's helper Rosa worries doctors put things inside young bodies without telling them all the bad effects.
Rosa recalls her youth when medicine people never shared what shots might do later in life. No laws tell who can hand teens these items, says former doctor Shangula. BeFree asked local teens what they wanted before starting their program, says leader Theron. Nurse Kavetuna believes...
Chief Kgosiemang thinks men should keep raising children even if they learn they might not share blood ties. A lawmaker wants all babies born outside marriage to have DNA tests before birth certificates can be issued. He believes this stops men from paying for kids who belong to others. The leader claims some little ones have three different dads listed on papers, with all men sending cash each month. He thinks free tests at public centers would serve everyone better.
Some feel only women face the blame in these cases. Deputy Minister Nawases-Taeyele said women never name someone as father unless that man came near them first. Another official wants lies about who fathered babies made against the law because men suffer when the truth...
Student Sylvia Negumbo lost her school money when a fire burned her home at Walvis Bay on Wednesday. She might miss exams because she cannot pay the fees after the flames took everything. Three students lived together in the shack that burned down. Her sister Secilia studies education but has lost all her school clothes, books, and laptop. The cold weather makes life harder without blankets or warm things.
Fires hit 21 families across five days, with twelve homes lost just Wednesday night. Police leader Judith Shomongula says someone saw smoke coming from a shack first. Nobody knows what started these fires yet. Other homes burned Sunday and Monday, with eight shacks gone. School kids asked for help after losing all their stuff in the...
Sick people must buy medicine from stores because the Rundu Hospital staff tell them supplies ran out. The hospital keeps many items locked away, unused, inside boxes in its storage room. Dad Jairus Johannes went there with his sick little girl, who kept throwing up. Staff told him no malaria tests existed, though reporters later saw test kits sitting in storage. He paid for tests elsewhere to help his daughter feel better.
Doctors perform emergency surgery only because they lack sleep aids for patients during operations. Health leaders blame poor teamwork between different parts of their system. One hurt person bought bandages himself since nurses said they had none left. He spent almost thirty dollars on wound wraps he needed right...
The government stopped TransNamib from buying trains worth N$2.5 billion. Officials worried about dealing with just one seller instead of considering many options. Works Minister Nekundi told lawmakers he wants a better understanding of how TransNamib planned to spend money from two banks. He sees danger in buying all machines from a single maker during worldwide trade fights.
TransNamib already has N$500 million from the Namibia bank and N$2.1 billion from the Southern Africa bank for 23 electric diesel trains. The train company must tell the Central Procurement Board about these changes right away. Nekundi asked for trains that work well in Namibian weather from various sellers. He feels single sourcing might hurt national freedom if...
