Author: Kelvin Chiringa
MORE TOURISTS ARRIVED AT HKIA IN 2021 THAN 2020: HAN/SIMONIS STORM
By: Kelvin Chiringa/Ludorf Iyambo Latest tourism arrival statistics from the Hospitality Association of Namibia (HAN) shows that a total of 63,555 international passengers arrived at Hosea Kutako International Airport (HKIA) during 2021, compared to 46,342 in 2020 and 215,155. HAN…
CELL PHONES SMUGGLED INTO PRISON…TWO INMATES RECEIVED RECTUM SURGERIES LAST YEAR
By: Kelvin Chiringa The Namibian Correctional Service Commissioner-General, Raphael Tuhafeni Hamunyela, said two people had to get anal surgery to retrieve mobile phones that got stuck after a botched attempt to smuggle them inmates last year. Hamunyela made this revelation…
A SECOND-HAND CAR THIS YEAR WILL COST YOU
By: Kelvin Chiringa With the importation of vehicles forecast to be challenging this year due to global production challenges, economists at Simonis Storm have warned that prices for second-hand cars will likely be relatively high. The high price trajectory will…
NO DEATH CERTIFICATES FOR UNIDENTIFIED ACCIDENT VICTIMS
By: Kelvin Chiringa The Namibian Police has said that there will not be any death certificates issued for victims of road accidents whose identities have not yet been identified via DNA. “The reality of the situation is that DNA analysis…
SAME-SEX COUPLES’ BATTLE TO BE FOUGHT ANOTHER DAY
By: Kelvin Chiringa The Windhoek High Court has expressed that while it sympathised with same-sex couples who seek to be legally accepted by the Namibian government, it had no power to make such a ruling because of a two-decades-old Supreme…
HEARTBREAK OVER BDF KILLING OF NCHINDOS
By: Kelvin Chiringa/Ludorf Iyambo The latest inquest judgment into the brutal gunning down of the Nchindo brothers along the Chobe river has been met with outrage from a majority of Namibians, with the Namibian Lives Matter (NLM) now bracing to…
THREE WANAHEDA POLICE OFFICERS APPEAR IN COURT FOR EXTORTION
By: Kelvin Chiringa Three Wanaheda Police Station constables were arrested and have appeared in court on charges of solicitation and extorting money from foreigners, the Anti Corruption Commission’s (ACC) spokesperson, Josephine Nghituwamata, has confirmed. They are Erastus Hashipala, Gilbert Owoseb…
JUDGMENT DAY LOOMS IN BDF KILLINGS
By: Kelvin Chiringa A Botswana court in Kasane is expected to hand down the much-anticipated judgment into the killings of the three Nchindo brothers and their cousin along the Chobe River in 2020. The brothers are Tommy, Wamunyima, Martin and…
LPM PURGES TWO COUNCILLORS AT KEETMANS
By: Kelvin Chiringa Two more councillors have been recalled at the Keetmanshoop municipality for failing to follow party orders soon after the party got rid of its former mayor, Maree Smit. At the centre of the purge is the accusation…
BOYCOTT LETSHEGO OVER FORCED VACCINATION POLICY – METCALFE
By: Kelvin Chiringa/ Rudolf Iyambo A decision by Letshego to subject its workers to forced Covid-19 vaccination has drawn outrage, with prominent lawyer Richard Metcalfe calling for the boycott of the company by its 73 000-client base. Letshego has told…