According to the Corruption Perception Index of 2015 released by Transparency International (TI), Namibia has significantly improved its ranking by ten places from the previous year.
The country is now ranked 45th out of 168 countries, becoming one of the perceived least corrupt countries in the world.
On the African continent Namibia takes fourth position and in the SADC region it is second after Botswana.
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Children walking to school on Wednesday morning made a gruesome discovery along the Okankolo-Onayena road in the Oshikoto Region.
They found the body of 36-year-old Petrina Amunyela, who is suspected to have been beaten to death by her boyfriend.
According to the acting regional commander of police in Oshikoto, Deputy Commissioner Naomi Katjiwa, the murder happened during the night of January 26/27 at Oniiwe village.
It is alleged that Amunyela, who lived at Onanyege village, was beaten to death with an unknown object.
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The apparent suicide of a teacher in the Oshikoto Region is shrouded in mystery following allegations that Sem Michael Kashimba, 27, ended his own life on Tuesday evening after killing a snake that he found in his room.
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Learners at the Auun Community Primary school near Grootfontein, mostly from the marginalised San community, sleep in shacks and tents while others find space under a tree.
Not only does this aggravate the notion that the government is neglecting San communities, but it also points to why learners from these communities find it difficult to escape from the spiral of poverty.
According to a teacher at the school, Desiree Katjindee, there are no beds and children are forced to share mattresses, most of which were donated.
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Exorbitant house prices and insane rental costs mean that many Namibians remain children forever – sharing a house with their parents because they can’t afford to live anywhere else despite earning decent salaries.
For many who have moved into their parents’ backyard flats with their spouses and children, there seems to be no hope of owning their own homes.
Eduardo Platt, an accountant, is just one of the many young professionals who are renting a place that will never be his.
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Johannesburg High Court judge Caroline Nicholls on Friday found that it was “disingenuous” of M-Net to deny that an agreement existed between Idols judge Gareth Cliff and the broadcaster.
Cliff had this week asked the court to order M-Net to reinstate him as Idols judge or pay him R25-million in damages for defamation of character and the termination of his contract.
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Dramatic video footage of armed clashes in Abidjan and bloodied corpses lined up on the streets opened the second day Friday of the landmark trial of former Ivorian president Laurent Gbagbo.
The prosecution accuses Gbagbo, 70, and his former youth militia leader Charles Ble Goude, 44, of orchestrating a plan to ensure the west African strongman remained in power despite being narrowly defeated by his bitter rival Alassane Ouattara in November 2010 elections.
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South Africa’s last white president, FW de Klerk has never tutored DA leader Mmusi Maimane, he said in a strongly-worded statement on Friday.
“There is no truth in the rumours that I am ‘tutoring Mmusi Maimane’. He has never been to my home and never sought my advice ‘on speeches and leadership and acting presidential’,” De Klerk said in a statement issued by his foundation.
De Klerk said he only met Maimane once at his office in March 2015, “when he paid me a courtesy visit”.
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The 2017 World Archery Games will see Namibians compete at the event, following their qualification after the just-ended Africa Archery Championship in Windhoek.
The Archery Association of Namibia’s Frank Bockmühl told Sport Wrap that the country still had to work on the Recurve division where archers were able to qualify for the Olympic Games.
“The archer we had in that division is a junior and was maybe too young to compete against the older ones but it is just a matter of development that we will soon speak the same language,” he said.
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Thousands of desperate and curious Namibians flooded the Sam Nujoma Stadium on Friday night to see the popular Malawian ‘prophet’ Shepherd Bushiri.
Bushiri, who has a massive following across the continent, landed in Windhoek on Thursday and hosted a gala dinner at the former Ramatex textile factory that evening.
Not all Namibians were overwhelmed by Bushiri’s visit though, and some accused him of committing white-collar crime while others called him a crook and charlatan.
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The plane crash that killed three experienced pilots near the Hosea Kutako International Airport on Friday morning left charred trees and a smell of burning that still hung in the air hours later.
The three pilots who died during a training flight with a Cessna 425 twin-engine aircraft have been identified as Uwe Herbert, Fritz Alpers and Ole Friede. The small aircraft took off from the Eros Airport in Windhoek and was supposed to land at the international airport.
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Tragedy struck on Saturday when a Toyota bakkie with 13 passengers capsized and was swept away while attempting to cross a river.
The incident, which happened at Okangwati in the Kunene Region, saw eight people drown while six escaped. The eight bodies were recovered yesterday.
Among those who drowned, there were five adults and three minors including a 9-month-old baby.
Police spokesperson Chief Inspector Kauna Shikwambi yesterday warned people to be careful when crossing rivers. She also warned parents to keep an eye out for children swimming in ponds.
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The family of 83-year-old Maria Lotto, who was a victim of her 36-year-old son’s assaults and death threats, say they were relieved when they were informed that the police had apprehended the suspect on Sunday afternoon.
Stefanus Nampolo, who has been charged with assault with intention to cause grievous bodily harm, was nabbed after an operation to arrest him was mounted by the Oshana police.
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Another price shock will hit Namibian consumers at the end of this month when Namib Mills is set to announce another price increase on staple foods.
The price increase that will be made on February 23 follows barely a month after Namib Mills increased its prices on January 25.
Namib Mills CEO Ian Collard is set to make the announcement on price increases of maize meal, wheat flour, mahangu meal, rice and sugar on February 9.
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Swapo will need to reflect on how it disciplines and expels its members while the party is headed down a path that will reveal more cracks and divisions within its structures.
The party will also sit with a big task of reconciling its members, particularly closing the generation gaps that are perceived to exist between the elders and the youth cadres.
These are expert opinions regarding the court case in which four youth politicians are legally challenging their expulsion from the rank and file of the ruling party. The case is set to be heard on Thursday in the High Court. Read more about Tough day in court for Swapo
A three-year-old boy who was swept away by a flooded river at Komsberg in the South on the afternoon of January 21 has not been found yet.
A police search which started on January 22 has been fruitless. More than 20 police officers and soldiers were involved in the search. At the time when the search started, many were hopeful that the toddler would be found among the debris after the flash flood caused havoc in the area.
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The eight people who drowned when the bakkie they were travelling in capsized while trying to cross a river at Okangwati in the Kunene Region have all been identified by their families.
Police released the names of the deceased yesterday. The five adults were the driver, Frans Manjara Thom, Maetusiepi Mbinge (male), Uapingena Thom (female), Karumuani Tjindunda (female) and Julith Mweliimbange Hamukwaya (female). The children who died were Tjireja Efraim, 5 months, Kemuvazere Operi Ado Muhenye, five years, and Vision Zakutura Muhenyem, a four-year-old girl.
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Namibians need not panic about the zika virus that broke out in Brazil and has spread at an alarming rate across South America, says health minister Bernhard Haufiku.
He points out that with the current rate of globalisation, germs can reach any part of the world any time, but that zika is concentrated in the tropical and subtropical global belts such as Brazil, the Caribbean and other islands.
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