Rain forecast adjusted upwards
While early predictions have been dire due to the current strength of the El Nino weather phenomenon, several forecasters who look more at seasonal factors and natural indicators did indeed feel that...
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Congolese army chief’s claim bogged down
The hearing of a lawsuit involving the missing N$9 million of the Congolese army General Francois Olenga just cannot get out of the starting blocks. Earlier in the year, the matter was postponed to...
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B1 claims four more lives
Four people died in another horrific head-on collision on the Okahandja – Otjiwarongo B1 highway early yesterday morning. According to police spokesperson Deputy Commissioner Edwin Kanguatjivi, the...
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Calle walks tightrope
Six months after the tabling of the national budget, the government will reallocate N$4 billion to TransNamib, the mass housing project, the Neckartal Dam project and the mass land servicing programme,...
View ArticleSolidarity tax will bring in N$600 million
Finance Minister Calle Schlettwein says the government will collect up to N$600 million a year once the solidarity tax – aimed at fighting poverty – is introduced in the 2016/17 financial year, while a...
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RDP determined to dent Swapo’s popularity
The opposition Rally for Democracy and Progress says it has fielded energetic and dynamic youthful candidates to challenge “Swapo’s hegemony” in the Ohangwena Region where the ruling party obtained...
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Former diplomat to head genocide talks
The Namibian government has announced that former diplomat Zed Ngavirue is the country’s envoy who will pave the way for the long-awaited dialogue with Germany on genocide reparations. Ngavirue’s...
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Schoolgirl narrowly escapes rape
A Grade 7 learner at the Michelle McLean Primary School has told Namibian Sun a compelling story of how she struggled to get away from a man who tried to rape her on Monday morning. The child, whose...
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Professional hit at gun shop
A highly organised and focused group of thieves has been targeting businesses in the Northern, Southern and Prosperita industrial areas in Windhoek. While most of the well-planned heists have involved...
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Tributes flow in for veteran journalist
The death of veteran journalist and former Namibian Sun editor Jan Poolman has triggered an outpouring of grief and tributes by the media fraternity, who are mourning one of their own.Read more about...
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Geingob supports striking fishermen
President Hage Geingob has expressed support for fishermen who embarked on an illegal strike demanding better conditions of employment. Geingob, who met with some of the workers and union...
View ArticleGovernment urged to rethink solidarity tax
An online petition imploring President Hage Geingob to stop the introduction of a ‘solidarity tax’ is doing the rounds on social media and gaining momentum. The petition, which by yesterday afternoon...
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Court sentences killer to 35 years
A 23-year-old self-confessed killer, who murdered his girlfriend who was seven months pregnant, was jailed for 35 years yesterday. Elfrieda Swartbooi was stabbed at least 14 times in the neck and chest...
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Warriors touch down in Angola
Six players were dropped from Namibia’s national football team that will be playing in a four-nation tournament in Angola this weekend. Blue Waters duo Johannes Nambuli and Gabriel Malakia and Young...
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NUST football team dreams of NPL participation
The Namibian University of Science and Technology (NUST) football team is looking forward to one day competing in the country’s top-flight league. The fledgling team, who are still campaigning in the...
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Pensioners march on Kazapua's office
Mayor of Windhoek Muesee Kazapua has shown his support for the hundreds of pensioners who yesterday demonstrated in front of his office demanding for the municipal debts of the senior citizens to be...
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Govt mum over Israeli vote
Namibia says it will not explain why it was the only country which voted against Israel to be a member of the United Nations (UN) Space Agency, recently. According to Israeli media, 117 countries voted...
View ArticlePoolman memorial
The memorial service of veteran journalist Jan Poolman will be held on Monday at 10:00 at the Chapel of the Gammams Cemetery. Poolman, 61, died on Tuesday night in Windhoek’s Roman Catholic Hospital....
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