Category: National
Private sector to the rescue of drought stricken farmers
By: Kelvin Chiringa After a recent appeal to the private sector to rescue farmers from the jaws of an impending devastating drought, FirstRand Namibia has now taken the lead by contributing over N$ 45 800. This contribution has been made…
Five Namibian women arrested in Brazil for drug trafficking
By: Kelvin Chiringa A total of five Namibian women were arrested at Sao Paolo airport in Brazil on charges of drug trafficking between 2016 and 2018, the head of public relations division in the Namibian police, deputy commissioner Edwin Kanguatjivi…
We are coming after you – Finance ministry
By: Kelvin Chiringa The ministry of finance has issued a warning that it will be clamping down on non-public servants making use of Public Service Employee Medical Aid Scheme membership cards, in an apparent attempt to sweep corruption from the…
Five mothers incarcerated with babies … 123 women in prisons
By: Rodney Pienaar The Namibia Correctional Services are currently accommodating five women with babies at their prisons, recent statistics show, while the total female population at the prisons stands at 123. Statistics indicate that of the female offenders that are…
I am just a politician – Khorixas constituency councilor … Youth accuse councilor of absenteeism
By: Rodney Pienaar Khorixas youth who this month started petitioning the employment of non-Khorixas residents at the municipality were dealt another blow when the councilor who received the petition failed to give them positive results. Khorixas constituency councilor, Ellias Xoagub…
Dumped by lawyer for pleading innocent- Suspected fraudster claims
By: Kelvin Chiringa One of the Angolans in police custody for allegedly defrauding the ministry of finance is now without legal representation and has made a startling allegation that his lawyer dumped him because he wanted to plead innocent. Joachim…
Double trouble for local farmers
By: Kelvin Chiringa It never rains for the Namibian agricultural sector but it pours as another fall-army worm disaster strikes right in the shadow of a looming “national drought crisis”. The sector as a whole has been in decline worsened…
No improvement in economic rating soon
By: Kelvin Chiringa FirstRand Group economist Daniel Kavishe has expressed that the country’s bad rating is unlikely to improve in the near term unless drastic changes are made to create policy stability and a competitive investment environment. The economist’s…
Eight year-jail-time for N$17 million fraud convict
By: Kelvin Chiringa Stephanie Serfontein, who last week made headlines for pleading guilty to 34 charges of fraud involving some N$17 million she stole from a drilling, will now spend the rest of the next eight years in jail. Serfontein…
China/US trade war to upset diamonds demand- Debmarine
By: Kelvin Chiringa Debmarine Namibia’s chief executive officer, Otto Shikongo expressed fear over a likely decline in the demand for local diamonds caused by the China/US trade war. He was speaking at a breakfast meeting held last week in the…