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DISPUTE: Tyla, the South African song sensation, is facing a lawsuit from two songwriters over alleged unpaid royalties linked to her Grammy-winning hit 'Water'. PHOTO: CONTRIBUTED

ART AND ENTERTAINMENT

Tyla's 'Water' hits rough seas: songwriters file lawsuit over royalty claims

Tyla's 'Water' hits rough seas: songwriters file lawsuit over royalty claims

6 Hours Ago

BARING IT ALL: Rodney Seibeb talks about his new album, redemption and the road back to grace. PHOTOS: CONTRIBUTED

ART AND ENTERTAINMENT

Rodney Seibeb talks new album of redemption and resilience

Rodney Seibeb talks new album of redemption and resilience

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BACK ON STAGE: Linda, once Namibia’s teen music prodigy, gears up for her first performance in years, marking a powerful return to the stage at the DJ Maphorisa Live in Windhoek concert. PHOTO: CONTRIBUTED

ART AND ENTERTAINMENT

Linda's long-awaited comeback kicks off this weekend

Linda's long-awaited comeback kicks off this weekend

6 Hours Ago

HOST: Paulo, the MC at the ‘It Is What It Is’ show. PHOTO: CONTRIBUTED

ART AND ENTERTAINMENT

Laughter, magic and local wit take centre stage at Nico’s Pub

Laughter, magic and local wit take centre stage at Nico’s Pub

6 Hours Ago

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OPINION

Contented: A call for grounded living amid societal pressure

Contented: A call for grounded living amid societal pressure

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WHERE ARE THE CASES? The PG has questioned why clear signs of abuse, such as children being used as domestic workers and high rates of teenage pregnancy, are not reflected in court statistics. Photo: STOCK / For illustration purposes only

CRIME

PG questions Kavango’s low human trafficking numbers

PG questions Kavango’s low human trafficking numbers

6 Hours Ago

Elmo Kurtz - supervisor at Walvis Bay Salt RefinersPhoto: Provided

My Zone Careers

Driving Namibia’s salt sector: Elmo Kurz in focus

Driving Namibia’s salt sector: Elmo Kurz in focus

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Akalemwa Sibanda. PHOTO: CONTRIBUTED

My Zone Careers

Sibanda to lead marketing and communications at Letshego

Sibanda to lead marketing and communications at Letshego

6 Hours Ago

Shikerete Ladislaus - Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Wapa-nawa recycling centre. Photo: Contributed

My Zone Careers

Ladislaus Shikerete leads the charge for a sustainable Namibian future with Wapa-Nawa

Ladislaus Shikerete leads the charge for a sustainable Namibian future with Wapa-Nawa

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My Zone Careers

Frames for Africa: Perfectly framing memories and artwork

Frames for Africa: Perfectly framing memories and artwork

6 Hours Ago

Toivo Ndjebala, Namibian Sun Editor and newly elected chairperson of the (EFN)

My Zone Careers

Leading with integrity: Inside Toivo Ndjebela’s newsroom

Leading with integrity: Inside Toivo Ndjebela’s newsroom

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Kenneth Matengu at (AAU) General Conference 2025. Photo: Contributed

My Zone Careers

Unam's Matengu to lead top continental university association

Unam's Matengu to lead top continental university association

6 Hours Ago

Tavonga Kimberly Zvauya.

My Zone

Life being a grade 11 learner

Life being a grade 11 learner

1 Day Ago

WIS Class of 2025. Photo: Contributed

My Zone

Youth empowerment through education: WIS celebrates IB Class of 2025 success

Youth empowerment through education: WIS celebrates IB Class of 2025 success

1 Day Ago

Image for illustration purposes only.

My Zone

Outpriced: Soaring rent leaves Namibian students struggling to stay in school

Outpriced: Soaring rent leaves Namibian students struggling to stay in school

1 Day Ago

Die span agter die toneelstuk Drenkelinge.

My Zone

'Drenkelinge’ skitter op die ATKV-verhoog

'Drenkelinge’ skitter op die ATKV-verhoog

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My Zone

Headboy and Headgirl

Headboy and Headgirl

1 Day Ago

Managing time effectively also means balancing work with self-care to avoid stress. PHOTO: Contributed

My Zone

How to manage your time effectively

How to manage your time effectively

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Picture of The Week
Events

PROUD MOMENT: President Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah flanked by (from left) Vice President Lucia Witbooi, Bank of Namibia governor Johannes !Gawaxab and Prime Minister Elijah Ngurare show off the new coins and notes on a poster. Photo: State House

PICTURE OF THE DAY

Photo Page

Photo Page

3 Day Ago

EFFECTIVE MESSAGING: The conference is taking place in Swakopmund this week. Photo: UnSplash

EVENTS

Namibia to host inaugural communicators conference

Namibia to host inaugural communicators conference

2 Week Ago

A choir performing at the 6th Annual Nama Cultural Festival in Keetmanshoop. Photo Otis Daniels

EVENTS

Traditional authorities warned against succession disputes

Traditional authorities warned against succession disputes

1 Month Ago

CONDOLENCE... Erongo governor Nevile Andre signs the book of condolence for late Founding President Sam Nujoma opened at the governor’s office on Wednesday. Photo: Adam Hartman

EVENTS

Erongo announces commemorative plans for Nujoma

Erongo announces commemorative plans for Nujoma

5 Month Ago

EVENTS

Constitution Day commemorated on Sunday

Constitution Day commemorated on Sunday

5 Month Ago

EVENTS

Constitution Day commemorated on Sunday

Constitution Day commemorated on Sunday

5 Month Ago

Photo: Frank Steffen

EVENTS

Annual Ace Charity Golf Day tees off to support education

Annual Ace Charity Golf Day tees off to support education

6 Month Ago

Die Namibiese vrouespan vir die Pupkewitz Megabuild Tour de Windhoek.

Só weeg Tour de Windhoek se spanne op

6 Hours Ago Sport

On 31 July, World Ranger Day commemorates rangers killed or injured in the line of duty and celebrates the work rangers do to protect the planet’s biodiversity. Photo: SAVE THE RHINO TRUST NAMIBIA

World Ranger Day 2025: Protect our wildlife protectors

6 Hours Ago Market Watch

Dr. Rowan van Dyk is a TVET Specialist and a member of the Ministerial TaskForce for TVET. Contact him rowan@dnltraining.com or 081 663 6249.

Managing work integrated learning and apprenticeships

2 Week Ago FOCUS Careers

EFFECTIVE MESSAGING: The conference is taking place in Swakopmund this week. Photo: UnSplash

Namibia to host inaugural communicators conference

2 Week Ago EVENTS

A DHIPAGWA: Patrick Hawala Hamupunda okwa dhipagwa muAuguste 2023. Aafekelwa oonakumudhipaga oya pewa ombooloha mo2024 gumwe gomuyo okwa mangwa po ishewe oshiwike shika mOvenduka konima sho ya li taya kambadhala okuyuga yuusekuliti ndjoka hayi humbata iimaliwa. ETHANO: EKULU

Opolisi ya lulilwa kokumangululwa kwaakolokoshi

6 Hours Ago LOCAL NEWS

BUCKLING UNDER PRESSURE: Rundu Intermediate Hospital. Photo: Phillipus Josef

One doctor, over 100 patients a day

6 Hours Ago SHORT NEWS

PHOTO: PEXELS

Nine suicides reported in 3 days

6 Hours Ago HEALTH

IMAGE: FILE

Man found dead near road in Kavango West

6 Hours Ago CRIME

HAILWA: Omukwatakanithi gwongundu yoSwapo moshitopolwa shaShikoto, Armas Amukwiyu. ETHANO: Kenya Kambowe.

Okakomitiye taka ka ungaunga noshikumungu shomahogololo gwAaswapo mOshomeya

6 Hours Ago POLITICS

Editorial

EDITORIAL: Weddings are not worth dying for

6 Hours Ago OPINION

CARED FOR BY THE STATE: Inmates over 60 are not entitled to receive a state pension while incarcerated. PHOTO: CONTRIBUTED

Pensioner inmates stripped of old-age grant

6 Hours Ago POLICE AND CRIME

PAVE THE WAY: The 49-km road from Windhoek to Hosea Kutako International Airport is in its final stretch. PHOTO: Eliot Ipinge

N$32 million paid to farmers for airport road project

6 Hours Ago INFRASTRUCTURE

A SAD NATION: Namibia ranks 103rd out of 147 countries globally, according to the 2025 happiness index. Photo: Voronoi

Proposal for ministry of happiness gains traction

6 Hours Ago HEALTH

BELONGING: Love Your Neighbour Pre-Primary School learners hold their RichBag backpacks. Photo: Kariiue Katjikonde

RichBag initiative empowers learners, one backpack at a time

6 Hours Ago YOUTH

UNTRUE: NCBN chairperson Rebecca Cornelius. PHOTO: CONTRIBUTED

NCBN executives accused of faking N$105 000 Bangladesh trip

6 Hours Ago LOCAL NEWS

WHERE ARE THE CASES? The PG has questioned why clear signs of abuse, such as children being used as domestic workers and high rates of teenage pregnancy, are not reflected in court statistics. Photo: STOCK / For illustration purposes only

PG questions Kavango’s low human trafficking numbers

6 Hours Ago CRIME

WHIZZ-KID: Grade 11 learner Anton Kanyanga. Photo: Phillipus Josef

Kavango East school celebrates return of maths hero

2 Day Ago EDUCATION

OVERCOMING HURDLES: Many learners continue to perform well academically despite being taught in makeshift classrooms. Photo: Phillipus Josef

Kavango West tops exams but battles crumbling schools

4 Day Ago EDUCATION

Namibia University Of Science & Technology

NUST, Unam await final directive from task force on free education

3 Week Ago EDUCATION

Disgruntled unemployed teachers.

Unemployed teachers demand overhaul of interview processes

3 Week Ago EDUCATION

READY: Namibian universities are involved in discussions with the national task force deliberating on the way forward for free tertiary education. PHOTO: FILE

NUST, Unam await final directive from task force on free education

3 Week Ago EDUCATION

INCREASE: Government has allocated N$51 million for textbooks and learning materials for the 2025/26 academic year. Photo for illustrative purposes only. PHOTO: CONTRIBUTED.

Education ministry increases textbook budget to N$51 million

3 Week Ago EDUCATION

INCREASE: Government has allocated N$51 million for textbooks and learning materials for the 2025/26 academic year. Photo for illustrative purposes only.

Education ministry increases textbook budget to N$51 million

3 Week Ago EDUCATION

LANGUAGE DIFFERENCES: Rumanyo and Thimbukushu-speaking teachers in Kavango East circuit unhappy with treatment. Picture for illustration purposes only. PHOTO: Contributed

Teachers demand end to indigenous language bias in Rundu circuit

4 Week Ago EDUCATION

UNPREPARED: Relocated Unam students pictured outside Concordia College hostel, their temporary accommodation during the AUSC Region 5 Youth Games. A total of 375 students were moved ahead of the continental event. PHOTOS: CONTRIBUTED

Ballotti says Unam students relocated with consent, not force

4 Week Ago EDUCATION

BUDGET PLANS: Education minister Sanet Steenkamp. PHOTO: FILE

Over N$503 million for new schools, hostels and libraries

1 Month Ago EDUCATION

PHOTO: Proceeds from the highly anticipated golf event will support early childhood education. PHOTO: CONTRIBUTED

Putt for progress: Annual Ace Golf Day kicks off 26 June

1 Month Ago EDUCATION

BREAKING THE BANK: A PMT Health Care Institution campus in Windhoek.Photo: Contributed

College makes graduation attendance mandatory – for N$4500

1 Month Ago EDUCATION

BELONGING: Love Your Neighbour Pre-Primary School learners hold their RichBag backpacks. Photo: Kariiue Katjikonde

RichBag initiative empowers learners, one backpack at a time

6 Hours Ago YOUTH

NOT NOW: Okahandja activist Gerub Gâseb insists the expo should be postponed until next year, citing the recent brutal and still unsolved murders of three young girls. PHOTO: CONTRIBUTED

Okahandja forges ahead with expo despite outcry

1 Month Ago YOUTH

PAY ME BACK: NYC director Calista Swartz-Gowases. Photo: FILE

NYC director demands pay-back, name clearance

1 Month Ago YOUTH

The signing of the petition handed over to the Minister of Education, Innovation, Youth, Sports, Arts and Culture - Photo by Annemarie du Toit

Axing of Khoekhoegowab lessons sparks protest at Auas Primary School

3 Month Ago YOUTH

WET FEET: The San learners step into the ocean for the first time. PHOTOS: CONTRIBUTED

San learners touch the ocean for the first time

3 Month Ago YOUTH

ALIGNED VALUES: Former first lady Monica Geingos was recently inaugurated as the founding chancellor of Kepler College in Kigali, Rwanda. Photo: Contributed

Geingos urges youth to redefine leadership in Africa

3 Month Ago YOUTH

Junior Kapofi, ’n digitale digitale bemarkings beampte vir Synergi, het sy begin in die mediabedryf as ’n intern vir My Zone gevind.

A DECADE OF YOUTH EMPOWERMENT

4 Month Ago YOUTH

WOES: Last year Bridgehead declared dividends of N$500 000 to the National Youth Council.

Bridgehead: NYC’s business arm turns heads for wrong reasons

4 Month Ago YOUTH

OVERSTEPPED: Finance minister Ipumbu Shiimi. PHOTO: FILE

Tjongarero defies Shiimi, reinstates NYC boss

4 Month Ago YOUTH

CONTRADICTIONS: Finance minister, Iipumbu Shiimi. Photo: File

Evidence contradicts Shiimi’s denials in NYC fiasco

4 Month Ago YOUTH

RETIREMENT: Outgoing youth minister, Agnes Tjongarero. PHOTO: CONTRIBUTED

Tjongarero: AG and Shiimi delayed my action on NYC

4 Month Ago YOUTH

Ndeshipanda Shaamena. PHOTOS: Contributed

NYC board places HR, finance bosses on forced leave

5 Month Ago YOUTH

Photo Unslash/Shane-mclendon

Zim mines see R145bn funding shortfall

3 Year Ago Oshiwambo

Photo Reuters

COMPANY NEWS IN BRIEF

3 Year Ago Oshiwambo

Photo Unsplash/Harli Marten

Plan for a smart working life exit

3 Year Ago Oshiwambo

Nandoiye Ole Yiele, 74, prepares to receive her first dose of the coronavirus disease vaccine. Photo Reuters

Moderna announces vaccine facility in Kenya

3 Year Ago Oshiwambo

OPEC Secretary General Mohammed Barkindo. Photo Reuters

OPEC has no control over global oil markets

3 Year Ago Oshiwambo

People remove personal belongings from a burning house after being shelled in the city of Irpin, outside Kyiv. Photo Nampa/AFP

World Bank approves support package for Ukraine

3 Year Ago Oshiwambo

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Development Bank announces new bond

3 Year Ago Oshiwambo

Ukrainian refugees get on the train to Warsaw, at the Przemysl railway station, near the Polish-Ukrainian border.. Photo Nampa/AFP

Invasion has caused ‘seismic changes in Europe’

3 Year Ago Oshiwambo

A man walks past a mural depicting Russian President Vladimir Putin, with the Russian flag, in Belgrade. Photo Nampa/AFP

‘Ban on Russian oil will be catastrophic’

3 Year Ago Oshiwambo

Photo Nampa

Namibia vulnerable to imported inflation

3 Year Ago Oshiwambo

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Ongangala ya dhipagwa mOmbaye

8 Year Ago Oshiwambo

NCCI ita popile ekaleko lyootendela dhepangelo

NCCI ita popile ekaleko lyootendela dhepangelo

8 Year Ago Oshiwambo

HOST: Paulo, the MC at the ‘It Is What It Is’ show. PHOTO: CONTRIBUTED

Laughter, magic and local wit take centre stage at Nico’s Pub

6 Hours Ago ART AND ENTERTAINMENT

BACK ON STAGE: Linda, once Namibia’s teen music prodigy, gears up for her first performance in years, marking a powerful return to the stage at the DJ Maphorisa Live in Windhoek concert. PHOTO: CONTRIBUTED

Linda's long-awaited comeback kicks off this weekend

6 Hours Ago ART AND ENTERTAINMENT

BARING IT ALL: Rodney Seibeb talks about his new album, redemption and the road back to grace. PHOTOS: CONTRIBUTED

Rodney Seibeb talks new album of redemption and resilience

6 Hours Ago ART AND ENTERTAINMENT

DISPUTE: Tyla, the South African song sensation, is facing a lawsuit from two songwriters over alleged unpaid royalties linked to her Grammy-winning hit 'Water'. PHOTO: CONTRIBUTED

Tyla's 'Water' hits rough seas: songwriters file lawsuit over royalty claims

6 Hours Ago ART AND ENTERTAINMENT

KP Illest to Perform in Ireland for Jameson Distilled Sounds Series Curated by Anderson .Paak

2 Day Ago ART AND ENTERTAINMENT

BREAKTHROUGH: Azendella released her debut single ‘Tell Me’ recently and announces upcoming self-titled EP. PHOTOS: CONTRIBUTED

Azendella makes bold debut with ‘Tell Me’

6 Day Ago ART AND ENTERTAINMENT

Alvaro Mukoroli. PHOTO: CONTRIBUTED

Rethinking 'Creatives': A call for broader recognition of the creative sector

6 Day Ago ART AND ENTERTAINMENT

LEADING THE VISION: Carlos Gurirab, co-founder of the Content Creator Awards. PHOTO: MICHAEL KAYUNDE

MTC commits N$4.5 million to Content Creator Awards

6 Day Ago ART AND ENTERTAINMENT

ACROSS BORDERS: DJ Erro charts a new course for Namibian music with a township-rooted amapiano EP that transcends borders. PHOTOS: CONTRIBUTED

Windhoek to Jozi: DJ Erro fuses amapiano beats across borders

1 Week Ago ART AND ENTERTAINMENT

STORYTELLER: Writer and producer Imãn Ayisha brings new life to a Namibian folktale with her upcoming supernatural short film, ‘B2 Passage’. PHOTO: CONTRIBUTED

A haunting ride on a Namibian desert road: Inside ‘B2 Passage’ with Imãn Ayisha

1 Week Ago ART AND ENTERTAINMENT

READY TO ROLL … MultiChoice Southern Africa Regional Director, Kemi Omotosho says MultiChoice remains committed to the development of African film and television talent across the continent as the MTF Southern Africa Academy commences soon.

Learning begins for aspiring creatives at MultiChoce Talent Factory Southern Africa Academy

1 Week Ago ART AND ENTERTAINMENT

HOST: Ebuka Obi-Uchendu makes his way back as the host for Big Brother Naija’s 10th edition.

Big Brother Naija Season 10 set to ignite screens with unprecedented entertainment

1 Week Ago ART AND ENTERTAINMENT

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