Select Page

Month: April 2012

Volleyball enters big league funding

Bank Windhoek has announced a sponsorship of N$40,000 to the Namibia Volleyball Federation (NVF) to host the annual National Volleyball League Championship.  This league will now be known as the Bank Windhoek National...

Read More

Hopefulls for the Premier League

The Southern Stream first division football games kick off this weekend with the upcoming round 18 and 19 games.The competing teams are playing with the hope to be promoted to the Namibian Premier League. Teams that will be...

Read More

NBF finalizes U20 regional trials

The Namibian Basketball Federation (NBF) held its final trials in Tsumeb last weekend. Fifty players and ten coaches from the Caprivi, Kavango, Oshikoto and Otjozondjupa regions took part. In the end six male (Paita Cecilio,...

Read More

Omeya medal competition

With some very windy weather the previous weekend, the Omeya golf course hosted its first important local medal tournament. Ruan Huysamen, a Namibian player, won the gross with a 70. Best net was Francois Hanekom with a 72, with...

Read More

Very far on a bicycle

Eleven cyclists from the Physically Active Youth club met the Tour d’Afrique troop that arrived from Gobabis, on 25 April to promote cycling as an alternative means of transportation and  to support the only Namibian...

Read More

Keep a child warm

As the cold weather slowly but surely sets in, the Christina Swart-Opperman AIDS Orphan Foundation Trust continues to ensure that children from less-privileged backgrounds are able to keep warm in winter. The trust donated warm...

Read More

No electricity – no smelter

Mineral beneficiation not possible if Nampower cannot guarantee power supply The proposed export levy on unprocessed minerals is under attack again, this time from Shaw River, an Australian manganese-focused mineral exploration...

Read More

Uaandja joins women summit

The participation of women in the economy is a key driver of development and over the past 22 years, the Global Summit of Women has worked hard to ensure that women from across the world are players in economic development.The...

Read More