DRIVING SCHOOL CAR ENGULFED
HUGE BLAZE: A driving school car caught fire on Saturday afternoon at Ongwediva. The incident occurred after 15:00 and according to bystanders the blue Chevrolet Spark was completely engulfed within...
View ArticleCredit blacklisting unlawful - Horn
Social commentators have slammed credit blacklisting, which has caught thousands of Namibians in a poverty trap and unable to obtain credit from financial institutions. This comes at a time when the...
View ArticleStill no justice for Martha
Prosecutor-General Martha Imalwa has refused to disclose whether anyone will be prosecuted for the killing of student nurse Martha Ilonga. Almost eight months after she was allegedly shot in the head...
View ArticleStamping out mother-to-child HIV
Namibia is making headway to eliminate mother-to-child transmission of HIV. Namibia could be the second country in the world after Cuba to eliminate mother-to-child transmission. In June this year, the...
View ArticleSome FMD control measures lifted
The moving of livestock within the northern communal area is now possible with permission and supervision from veterinary services. At the same time the road control points have been reduced from the...
View ArticleCity will not disconnect the vulnerable
The services of vulnerable people in Windhoek will no longer be disconnected and those whose services have been disconnected will be restored. This was announced by the Mayor of Windhoek Muesee Kazapua...
View ArticleCatch ‘em while they’re young - Sono
South African football legend, Ephraim Jomo Sono believes more African footballers would be thriving in Europe if they had moved overseas earlier. Sono said this at the MTC Masters of Success event,...
View ArticleMurder accused denied bail
A man who allegedly murdered his ex-wife by slitting her throat with a pocketknife appeared before the Outapi Magistrate’s Court on Tuesday. Simon Shinana, 40, stands accused of killing 28-year-old...
View ArticleTrains grind to a halt
TransNamib services came to a screeching halt when more than 100 train drivers and their assistants embarked on a nationwide strike on Tuesday morning, demanding salary increases. TransNamib has...
View ArticleDrought relief is urgently needed - DTA
The president of the DTA of Namibia, McHenry Venaani, has called on President Hage Geingob to implement immediate drought-relief programmes before the situation worsens. In a media statement issued by...
View ArticleDefectors won’t be missed
Rally for Democracy and Progress president Jeremiah Nambinga says the four party members who have re-joined the Swapo Party won’t have a negative effect on the party. Nambinga was commenting on the...
View ArticleVaccination drive under way
Statistics show that despite being free of charge and available at all state facilities, measles immunisation coverage reached only 77% of the targeted group from January to July this year. Deputy...
View ArticleCandidate pleaded guilty to fraud
The Swapo Party candidate for the new Daweb Constituency in May last year admitted guilt to fraud, forgery and uttering in the Windhoek Magistrate’s Court. The matter involving more than N$123 000...
View ArticleAR movement, a year on
Exactly a year ago Affirmative Repositioning (AR) founders George Kambala, Dimbulukeni Nauyoma and Job Amupanda occupied a piece of land in Windhoek’s Kleine Kuppe area, giving birth to the AR...
View ArticleTolerate each other - Simataa
More needs to be invested in sustained efforts to construct true and lasting peace as well as for human beings to learn to understand each other. This is the view of Deputy Minister Information and...
View ArticleCorrection
Prosecutor-General Martha Imalwa has pointed out that the police docket in a medical-aid fraud case involving a Swapo regional council candidate is not with her office. We reported in yesterday’s...
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