Suspects caught with 4 rhino horns
Four rhino horns were found in possession of two Namibian suspects arrested during a police operation in Windhoek on Wednesday. Yesterday, Tangi Sheefeni Amon Namwandi and Jairus Shaalukeni made a...
View ArticleCommunity marches against bail in murder case
Learners, teachers and community members of Oshiya Shomatope village near Omuthiya in the Oshikoto Region used the Day of the African Child to protest against the granting of bail to the suspected...
View ArticleArmed robbery at Metro Oshakati
A group of armed men are on the run after holding hostage about eleven Metro Oshakati employees on Tuesday evening. The Oshana police commander, Commissioner Rauha Amwele, told Namibian Sun that eight...
View ArticleCity accused of dereliction of duty
Hochland Park residents living on Osprey and Barbet streets are up in arms about the failure of the Windhoek municipality and City Police to close down businesses operating illegally from residential...
View ArticleSwapo tiptoes around AR
The secretary-general of the Swapo Party, Nangolo Mbumba, says if the Affirmative Repositioning (AR) activists are Swapo members they must behave. The party this week issued a subtle warning to its...
View Article'People can't eat a new parliament'
More than a thousand Namibian youth took to the streets of Windhoek yesterday, where the Speaker of Parliament was summoned to receive a petition calling on the government to abort plans to build a new...
View ArticleArmed robbery victim dies
Walvis Bay businessman Hans-Jörg Möller (50), who fell victim to an armed robbery in his house on Friday, died at the Cottage Hospital in Swakopmund on Saturday afternoon. The police released the...
View ArticleNamibia's alcohol consumption worrisome
Recent calls by regional councils for limiting the operating hours of shebeens and bars, as well the findings of the latest Namibia Demographic and Health Survey (NDHS), paint a bleak picture of...
View ArticlePhosphate company says marine project a safe bet
The developer of the controversial Sandpiper phosphate project off the coast of Namibia says numerous in-depth scientific studies and findings support the viability of marine phosphate mining, which...
View ArticleWhistle-blowers are essential
With a deadline set for September to enact Namibia’s Whistle-blower Protection Act, the government is fine-tuning the draft bill, while civil society is yet to provide input on the document. A summary...
View ArticleMbumba, PM to meet struggle kids
A group of so-called struggle kids almost brought traffic in Windhoek to a standstill when they took to the streets on Friday to march to the parliament building. The struggle kids, who currently live...
View ArticleApplaud yourself as a fan
What a day it was for Namibian sport, full of excitement and disappointments but that is the game of football, one has to win and one has to lose. I’m just glad that fans really came out in numbers and...
View ArticleMöller murder accused in court
Panduleni Gotlieb (30), the first of three suspects arrested in connection with the Hans-Jorge Möller murder and robbery case, appeared before the Walvis Bay Magistrate’s Court yesterday. A handcuffed...
View ArticleKapia does not know
The former Swapo Party Youth League secretary, who allegedly solicited the N$30 million Social Security Commission (SSC) investment in the Avid Investment Company, could not say what was due in...
View ArticleYour child is not safe
Violent sexual crimes against children have been dominating crime reports, and this weekend alone, four girls were raped, one of them only four years old. The four-year-old was raped at Eenhana on...
View ArticleFarmer, tourist hurt in Otavi farm attack
Police are in hot pursuit of four men on the run close to Otjiwarongo following a violent armed attack on a farmer and an American hunting guest near Otavi. Larry Bassi and the American hunter, 69,...
View ArticleYoung woman brutally murdered
A 20- year-old woman was murdered, allegedly by her boyfriend, in Otjomuise’s 7de Laan area yeserday. Daniella Haoses, who worked as a security guard, was allegedly stabbed, bludgeoned with a hammer...
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