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Land allocation in the spotlight
The Minister of Urban and Rural Development, Sophia Shaningwa, says the government will ensure that local authorities are given the financial assistance needed to service land but warned that...
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DNA tests hold up burial of crash victims
Forensic investigations are delaying the burial of the burnt remains of two women who died in a car crash at Onankali village on July 29. The families of Anna Gustav, 19, and Christina Manya, 32, say...
View ArticleExpelled politicians drag ruling party to court
Elijah Ngurare, Job Amupanda, George Kambala and Dimbulukeni Nauyoma, who were expelled from Swapo last month, have challenged the move in the High Court. The four, now called the ‘Swapo Four’, were...
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Swapo veterans get heroes’ burial
Three fallen liberation struggle veterans will be accorded heroes’ burials next week at the Heroes’ Acre south of Windhoek, Namibian Sun has learned. The three Swapo stalwarts are founding member Moses...
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ACC searches for Chinese national
A warrant of arrest has been issued for Chinese national Gu Jainin Kelvin following his failure to appear in court on June 24. According to the Anti-Corruption Commission, Kelvin, another Chinese...
View ArticleTjienda convicted of fraud
Rickey Tjienda, who has been found guilty of falsifying company ownership documents in order to change the ownership of a company, will be sentenced on August 31. Tjienda on October 3, in 2005, 2005,...
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Mujoro to be buried on Sunday
Former health deputy minister Zedekia Mujoro will be laid to rest on Sunday at Okaepe in the Okakarara Constituency. He died of pneumonia at the Grootfontein State Hospital last Thursday at the age of...
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Drug trade is run from Osire
From January to July this year, the NamPol Drug Law Enforcement Unit arrested 650 Namibians and 63 foreigners on drug-related charges. These figures show that the drug trade in Namibia is run by...
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Namibia needs to pull up socks - UN
Despite having a very strong government, good policies and an administration that knows what they are doing, Namibia fails to implement its programmes, says newly appointed United Nations Resident...
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Shoprite-Checkers workers cry foul
Shoprite-Checkers workers in Windhoek are calling on President Hage Geingob to come to their rescue, saying his efforts to eradicate poverty in Namibia are being trampled upon by their employer who...
View ArticleSA suspends release of Oscar Pistorius
South Africa has put the release of Paralympian Oscar Pistorius on hold, saying a decision to free him tomorrow after serving only 10 months in prison for killing his girlfriend had been premature.Read...
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Wernhil Park turns 25 years
The Ohlthaver & List (O&L) Group and its property services company Broll Namibia this month celebrate the 25th anniversary of its landmark Wernhil Park complex in Windhoek. The country’s first...
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Agra Hyper a sign of national success
The country’s foremost agricultural cooperative this week hailed the opening of a new N$110 million investment, the Agra Hyper retail centre in Windhoek. The 3 250-square-metre development is situated...
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Vote for your favourite northern town
Readers have until September 2 to vote for their favourite northern town of the year via SMS. The town with the most votes will be the first finalist in the Town of the Year competition introduced by...
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Dippenaar crash: PG decision made
The Office of the Prosecutor-General has made a final decision on whether to prosecute Jandre Dippenaar for a horrific accident at the coast last year in which six people were killed. The accident that...
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Alleged passion killer refuses evaluation
Johny Rayno Diergaardt, 32, accused of stabbing his former girlfriend 27 times, is apparently not disturbed or unstable and his lawyer, Borris Isaacks, has told the High Court there is no need for...
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Proving residency remains thorny
It appears the Namibian electoral law makes no provision for citizens who are kept away from their home areas because of work, after a citizen was turned away from his settlement’s registration point....
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