Top cop charged with fraud
A senior police officer yesterday appeared in the Windhoek Magistrate’s Court on charges of corruption and fraud after his brother-in-law was appointed to the force despite having a criminal record....
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Ray of hope for expectant moms
The Social Security Commission (SSC) yesterday announced that it will spend N$40 million on shelters for expectant mothers at Outapi, Katima Mulilo, Rundu and Aussenkehr. The plight of pregnant women...
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Fallout over NEEEF growing
Numerous white businesspeople are seeking assistance and advice on options to either fight the New Equitable Economic Empowerment Bill in court or to relocate their businesses to other countries. Eben...
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Total truck ban at night opposed
Trucks will not be banned from driving at night due to the economic impact it will have on the country, but it has been decided that the industry should implement a self-regulatory system. This was...
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State spent N$60m on Caprivi trial
Government has already forked out over N$60 million in legal aid for the Caprivi treason trial which finally ended last year after a marathon 16 years. This was revealed by Attorney-General Sacky...
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Mennonite Brothers absolve Moussongela
An apparent internal investigation has exonerated self-styled pastor Pedro Marcelino Moussongela, the founder of the Evangelical Mennonite Brethren Church in Namibia, from allegedly impregnating at...
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SADC needs teeth
The Deputy Minister of International Relations and Cooperation, Peya Mushelenga, has criticised the Southern African Development Community (SADC) for not taking a stance on conflict situations in the...
View ArticleRacist slurs should be hate speech
The latest annual report of the Office of the Ombudsman says racial name-calling that undermines equality in Namibia should be labelled as hate speech. According to the report the Ombudsman will...
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Brutal rapist Namiseb still free
The violent rapist Charles Namiseb is believed to still be walking the streets and posing a danger to the public, after he escaped from custody earlier in March. On the day he was convicted of brutally...
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Conservancy pleads for help to evict invaders
Despite close to a decade of pleading for government intervention and a court case aimed at evicting a large number of illegal settlers and their livestock, San people living in the N?a Jaqna...
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‘Traumatised’ MPs back home
A Namibian delegation, including Swapo deputy secretary-general and Khomas Regional Governor Laura McLeod-Katjirua, Deputy Speaker of the National Assembly Loide Kasingo and Swapo National Assembly...
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Poaching suspect Kandjii a no-show
The rhino-poaching court case of former Brave Warriors team doctor Gerson Kandjii and four other accused was postponed to 23 September after he and co-accused Stephanus David failed to turn up at the...
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Namibia beat SA to claim U/17 Cosafa title
Namibia have claimed the 2016 COSAFA Under-17 Championship title after a 3-1 penalty shootout victory over South Africa following a 1-1 draw in the final in Mauritius yesterday. Namibia had lost 4-0 to...
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Oshikango a shadow of its former self
Once the busiest border town in the country, Oshikango has now become a ghost town as business between Angola and Namibia, which ten years ago generated about half a billion dollars a month, has all...
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Parliament cannot overrule constitution
Concerns that the government’s intention to amend citizenship laws is not only unconstitutional, but could result in a number of stateless persons, were highlighted on Friday when the case of two...
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Man shoots girlfriend, self in Katutura
A 26-year-old man shot and killed his girlfriend before turning the gun on himself in Windhoek yesterday. Both died at the scene. A police spokesperson, Inspector Slogan Matheus, said the incident...
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