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US anti-pornography campaigning group has advised, promoted and endorsed anti-LGBTQ+ activists and politicians in Uganda A long-standing US anti-pornography campaigning group has advised, promoted and endorsed anti-LGBTQ+ activists and politicians in Uganda, including a governing party member who endorsed anti-LGBTQ+ laws by saying gays “should be castrated”, and a virulently homophobic founder of a “militaristic” […]
… Nama, Herero leaders reject date Opposition parties have praised the government’s move to declare 28 May as Genocide Remembrance Day, which will be a public holiday from 2025. They argue, however, that this is an election ploy. Minister of information and communication technology Emma Theofelus yesterday made this announcement. The endorsement followed a letter […]
The Namibia Meteorological Service says the country should expect very cold weather conditions in the coming days. Odillo Kgobetsi, chief forecaster at the Namibia Meteorological Service, yesterday said an upper trough has been monitored, located in the western Atlantic Ocean. He said this system is expected to impact various regions of Namibia, with a significant […]
Analysts have raised concern over possible state expenditure by ministers, deputy ministers and government officials who attended the Omagongo Festival over the weekend. They assert that to avoid accusations of favouritism or tribalism, the same courtesy should be accorded to all traditional events in regions countrywide. Political analyst Joseph Diescho yesterday said the Namibian Constitution […]
The Namibia Meteorological Service says the country should expect very cold weather conditions in the coming days. Odillo Kgobetsi, chief forecaster at the Namibia Meteorological Service, on Tuesday said an upper trough has been monitored, located in the western Atlantic Ocean. He said this system is expected to impact various regions of Namibia, with a […]
A Windhoek High Court judge has ordered social activist Michael Amushelelo to pay Namib Mills’ legal costs in a case about threats to shut the food-producing company down, made by Amushelelo. In a judgement delivered yesterday, judge Hannelie Prinsloo said Amushelelo made inflammatory statements against Namib Mills on social media and his threats can potentially […]
Iran’s President Ebrahim Raisi, who died in a helicopter crash on Sunday, was a hard-line cleric close to Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. His election in 2021 consolidated the control of conservatives over every part of the Islamic Republic. The 63-year-old former judiciary chief succeeded Hassan Rouhani after a landslide victory in a poll […]
It is a well-known fact that the diminutive, soft-spoken president of Taiwan does not like doing interviews. It’s taken months of quiet negotiations to sit down at Tsai Ing-wen’s dining table in her Taipei residence, not long before she leaves office after eight years and hands over to her successor William Lai. Even so, the […]
The Namibia Economic Freedom Fighters (NEFF) has expressed solidarity with Julius Malema’s Economic Freedom Fighters ahead of South Africa’s national elections, taking place later this month. The NEFF claimed on Saturday that South Africa’s ruling African National Congress does not stand a chance of winning this year’s elections due to its failure to turn around […]
Reflecting on International Day Against Homophobia, Biphobia, and Transphobia (IDAHOBIT), transgender woman Deyonce !Naris says it is important that the government and, society at large, recognise members of her community as human beings deserving of protection like any other citizen. IDAHOBIT, observed annually on 17 May, seeks to organise global events that bring attention to […]