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[Namibian Sun @namibiansun]

BRING AND BRAAI: Concerned citizen Bartho Harmse (26) shares his insight at the protest against speed humps at B1 western bypass while selling sausage rolls for the protesters

"We want pedestrian paths for the people not palaces for presidents," he says.

Video: Desmarius Hansen

[The Namibian @TheNamibian]

'DELAYS AND DAMAGE' … Hendrik Kruger (67) says he has put flowers on the B1 Western Bypass as a symbolic gesture of motorists he believes could be injured or killed because of the speed humps on the road. He says the humps are causing delays for commuters travelling from surrounding residential areas and are damaging vehicles. He was one of a group of people protesting the humps on the outskirts of Windhoek on Saturday. Video: Puyeipawa Nakashole

[The Namibian @TheNamibian]

DOWN, SPEED HUMPS, DOWN! ... Activist Michael Amushelelo and protesters arrive at the B1 Western Bypass near Windhoek's northern industrial area on Saturday. They are demanding the removal of speed humps on the highway. Motorists have been advised to use alternative routes.
Update: Martin Endjala
Video: Contributed

[Monkey™ @ChilliKong]

Namibians are too peaceful. South African wankers would have taken tractors and removed those annoying speed humps coz pedestrians decided to Jay walk.

I hear they installing by the highway side of Country club too.

[The Namibian @TheNamibian]

Former Roads Authority (RA) chief executive Conrad Lutombi and engineers from the parastatal rejected a proposal to install speed humps along the B1 Western Bypass five years ago, citing non-compliance concerns. https://t.co/BUVctc4PmA

[The Namibian @TheNamibian]

The oil contracts are coming. The question is whether Namibian businesses will be ready to answer when the phone rings.
https://t.co/jyHcTDgaBX

[Lisa Matomola @mieyolisa]

The Day I Took Ownership of My Career

Five years ago, I made one of the biggest decisions of my life.

I decided to leave the corporate world.

The interesting part is that I did not have all the answers. I did not have a detailed business plan, a guaranteed income, or a clear picture of what the next chapter would look like.

What I had was a decision.

Before I made my move, I did something that many professionals rarely do. I conducted a skills audit on myself.

I sat down and asked some difficult questions:

What am I genuinely good at?

What skills do people consistently seek me out for?

What do I enjoy doing?

What drains my energy?

What kind of work would I happily spend most of my day doing?

Which skills do I still need to develop?

I was honest with myself.

I realised that while I had accumulated experience, there were areas where I needed to grow. I also discovered that there were certain aspects of my work that gave me energy and others that I never wanted to spend the rest of my career doing.

The next step was even more important.

I wrote down the names of HR Managers, Directors, and Executives I had worked with throughout my career. These were people whose careers I respected and whose networks I believed could influence my next chapter.

Then I did something simple.

I sent them my CV.

Some responded immediately.

Some acknowledged receipt and wished me well.

Others never replied.

At first, I found it disappointing.

But then a powerful lesson hit me.

No one was coming to manage my career for me.

No one was sitting in a boardroom discussing my future.

No one was going to care more about my growth than I did.

That was the moment I realised that career ownership is a personal responsibility.

Your manager can support you, a mentor can guide you and a company can provide opportunities.

But ultimately, you are the CEO of your own career. That decision changed how I approached everything.

I became intentional about building relationships, learning, visibility and developing skills that would remain valuable regardless of where I worked.

Five years later, I look back and realise that the most important thing was not leaving corporate. It was taking ownership of my future.

The lesson?

Many professionals are waiting for a promotion, a manager, an organisation, or even luck to change their lives.

But careers rarely change because we wait.

They change when we assess ourselves honestly, build the right relationships, invest in our skills, and take responsibility for where we want to go.

The day I stopped expecting others to manage my career was the day my career truly began.

#MyCareerMyBusiness #PeopleFirst #CoachedByLisa #CareersInNamibia #CareersInAfrica #IMPACT

[The Brief @TheBriefLive]

A Namibian computer science researcher is part of a University of Cape Town team that has developed a new artificial intelligence language model trained specifically on South Africa’s 11 official written languages, in a move aimed at addressing the exclusion of African languages from mainstream AI systems.

The research, led by Namibian master’s student Anri Lombard together with Jan Buys and Francois Meyer, will be presented at the Language Resources and Evaluation Conference 2026 in Mallorca this month.

The project introduces two systems: MzansiText, a multilingual dataset covering South Africa’s 11 official written languages, and MzansiLM, a language model trained from scratch using the dataset.

https://t.co/6V8r4kr9vb #namibia #ai #writtenlanguages #aisystem @UCT_news @MICTNamibia @EmmaTheofelus @TechCentral @TechCrunch @TechnologyMagBC

[Namibian Sun @namibiansun]

PRESIDENTIAL SCULPTURE:
Fifty-three-year-old Stephen Mufunda, who has been crafting wooden sculptures for the past three decades, began work in September last year on a sculpture of President Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah.

Mufunda, who has previously created a sculpture of Namibia’s Founding Father, Sam Nujoma, said the latest artwork is intended to honour Nandi-Ndaitwah’s leadership and her historic achievement as Namibia’s first female president.

“Nandi-Ndaitwah is a leader who cares for her people,” Mufunda said. He added that the sculpture is expected to be completed within a week.

Mufunda operates Damaraland Sculptures CC from /Gowati Lodge and has been running the business since 2018. He is assisted by 19-year-old Richen /Uiseb.

Photo: Clemans Miyanicwe

[Telecom Namibia @TelecomNamibia]

SERVICE DISRUPTION – NATIONWIDE FIXED BROADBAND DATA

Dear Valued Customer, please be advised of the following:

Service Impact: Disruption – Fixed Broadband Data
Affected Areas: Nationwide

Technical teams have been deployed and are actively working to restore services. Restoration efforts are ongoing, and progress is being made.

Further updates will be communicated as more information becomes available.

Telecom Namibia Management

[Ring Magazine @ringmagazine]

FACE OFF IN FRONT OF THE PYRAMIDS 👑

Oleksandr Usyk and Rico Verhoeven come face-to-face for the first time on fight week 👀

Glory in Giza | May 23rd | LIVE on DAZN 🥊

[Premier League @premierleague]

Among the greats. ✨

Bruno Fernandes goes level with Thierry Henry and Kevin De Bruyne for the most assists in a Premier League season.

[The Namibian @TheNamibian]

MAKING HISTORY … The Brahman Bull (Okabra 22-751) has made history at the Okabra Signature Sale in Windhoek on Tuesday selling for an incredible N$800 000, the highest ever paid for a bull.
The buyer is Shamrock Investments’s Colin Venaani.
The second-highest price was N$350 000 while five of the first six bulls auctioned sold for over N$100 000.
The previous bulls auctioned sold for between N$85 000 and N$115 000.

Update: Dolly Menas
Video: Contributed

[The Brief @TheBriefLive]

Cabinet has approved the appointment of Margaret Gustavo as Caretaker and Acting Managing Director of Namibia Wildlife Resorts (NWR) for a two-year period ending April 2028, as government moves to stabilise the struggling state-owned tourism entity.

Gustavo, the former Executive for Competitiveness and Branding at the Namibia Investment Promotion and Development Board, replaces Matthias Ngwangwama, whose contract was not renewed.

Gustavo’s appointment, which took effect on 1 May 2026, was communicated to NWR board chairperson Ambassador Herold /Uirab by Environment, Forestry and Tourism Minister Indileni Daniel.

Cabinet has also directed the Ministry, in collaboration with NWR, to develop a “comprehensive turnaround strategy” for the parastatal over the next 24 months.

https://t.co/9suiTirAIL
#namibia #appointment #leadership #tourism @Tourism_Board @MinistryofEnvi2 @NIPDB @NWRNamibia

[The Namibian @TheNamibian]

CHECKING PROGRESS … President Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah on Wednesday visited the Business and Intellectual Property Authority (Bipa) One-Stop Service Centre to assess its operational progress. Bipa moved into the building, previously occupied by SME Bank last year after acquiring the property for N$65 million. During her visit, the president emphasised the importance of government creating a conducive environment for businesses to thrive for national development and the greater good of the country. Report: Andrew Kathindi
Photos: Namibian Presidency

[Oleksandr Usyk @usykaa]

@anthonyjoshua just work, no excuses💪

[Namibian Sun @namibiansun]

WATCH: Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah in conversation with Lovisa Mulunga, captain of the Brave Gladiators, after their 2–1 victory over South Africa women's national soccer team in the final of the 2026 COSAFA Women’s Championship. The President congratulated the team on their historic triumph, saying the entire nation is immensely proud of their achievement.

[Trevor Noah @Trevornoah]

You can’t say ‘no immigrants’ and still expect Taco Tuesday.

Maybe we should have a rule: if you don’t want immigrants, that’s fine, but then you don’t get to eat their food.