TransNamib denies retrenchment
TransNamib yesterday said that employees are not being retrenched, but that the company is embarking on a voluntary early retirement process. This follows media reports this week that TransNamib has...
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Zuma’s drought millions finally on their way
The N$100 million promised to Namibians by South African President Jacob Zuma for drought relief will finally be reality, after the two countries recently signed an agreement. During a two-day visit to...
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Diescho, governor clash over corruption claims
Governors being appointed by a Head of State opens the door to corruption, says the country’s foremost political commentator Professor Joseph Diescho. However, one of the country’s longest-serving...
View ArticleOutdated civil aviation law creates terrorism threat
The civil aviation industry in Namibia is more than 50 years old and puts the country at risk in terms of security and terrorism threats. The concern was voiced yesterday when the Parliamentary...
View ArticleCity tests Saturday mall bus rides
The City of Windhoek has launched scheduled bus services between the Okuryangava Woman Centre and Wernhil Park every Saturday on the hour. Although still a pilot project, the scheduled services are...
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Police baffled as man is shot dead and half-naked woman disappears
A man was found shot dead in his bakkie yesterday morning in the Kupferberg area, while the woman who was in his company has mysteriously disappeared, after leaving the scene with a passerby. Police...
View Article84 cops charged with crimes
Eighty-four police officers have been charged for criminal activities between 2012 and last year. This is according to Police Inspector-General, Sebastian Ndeitunga, who was speaking yesterday at the...
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Haufiku calls Armas tobacco project ‘chemical weapons’
Health and Social Services Minister, Bernard Haufiku, has condemned in the strongest terms the planned Chinese tobacco plantation in the Zambezi Region, describing it as a “chemical weapons” project....
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NCCI warns currency speculators
Namibia Chamber of Commerce and Industry (NCCI) Northern Branch Chairperson, Tomas Iindji, has warned against speculators attempting to manipulate the system by acting as foreign currency exchange...
View ArticleLeopard spotted near State House
A leopard that was reportedly seen near State House has apparently disappeared without a trace. The leopard was seen on Tuesday night near the official presidential resident, but authorities were...
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Raped by her daddy
A 14-year-old girl is now living in at a shelter surrounded by strangers, after her family shunned her for reporting her father for allegedly raping and threatening to kill her barely a month ago. The...
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Uncoverring puzzle pieces of Kupferberg murder mystery
The puzzle pieces of a baffling murder mystery that ended with the shooting of a Windhoek man in the Kupferberg area and a passerby rescuing a half-naked woman, who has since turned up after...
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Victim’s family heartbroken as alleged passion killer gets bail
The family and friends of the late Louise Roxey Alupe, 24, were left heartbroken after her alleged killer Jomo Petrus, 31, was granted N$4 000 bail by the Walvis Bay Magistrate’s Court this week. The...
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BIG Coalition challenges Kameeta to announce N$200 grant
The Basic Income Grant (BIG) Coalition has appealed to government to urgently introduce a N$200 monthly grant to wipe out poverty. Newly appointed coalition chairperson Wilfred Diergaardt said it will...
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Haufiku warns against HIV/Aids faith healers
Health and Social Services Minister, Bernard Haufiku, has warned the public against faith healers, who pretend to cure HIV/Aids through prayer, thereby undermining government efforts and putting the...
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State disputes that American murder accused is unfit for trial
The State is questioning the correctness of the psychiatric report that declared the American suspect in the murder of the 25-year-old André Heckmair in Windhoek on 7 January 2011 unfit to stand trial....
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Namibia, Germany sign N$607m loan deal
Namibia and Germany have signed an inter-governmental agreement to kick-start renewable energy projects worth more than €45 million (N$607 million). Finance Minister, Calle Schlettwein, and the Federal...
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Teachers battle without indigenous language textbooks
Teachers Union of Namibia (TUN) says schools using local languages as a medium of instruction do not have textbooks to date. The use of local languages as a medium of instruction for pre-primary to...
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Namibia’s shocking human rights violations
Shocking figures on rape, passion killings, abuse and child prostitution in Namibia have emerged in the latest United States Human Rights Country Report on Namibia. The 2014 report says the country is...
View ArticleNYC committee appointed to ‘unify’ Nanso
A committee, consisting of National Youth Council (NYC) representatives from regional youth forums and national affiliates, has been set up to assist in unifying the Namibia National Student...
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