Author: Wonder Guchu
35 years for stabbing girlfriend to death
Johnny Ryno Diergaardt (36) who was found guilty of butchering his girlfriend 27 times with knives in a Khomasdal flat, has been slapped with a 35-year jail term. Five years were suspended on condition that he does not commit the…
Court bars media from Amushelelo and Cloete hearing
Law enforcement agents in collaboration with court officials blocked the media from attending court proceedings of forex traders Michael Amushelelo and Gregorie Cloete in Windhoek on Monday. Amushelelo and Cloete appeared in court facing fraud and money laundering charges….
Otjindjerese conservancy officially open
Environment minister Pohamba Shifeta said Friday that Namibia has adopted a number of innovative strategies to achieve biodiversity conservation within the framework of national development plans and poverty reduction. In his keynote address during the official launch of the…
Swapo manifesto targets youth
The ruling Swapo party launched its manifesto on Saturday at Outapi where President Hage Geingob said the party was committed to delivering prosperity for the majority of Namibians. Swapo’s election manifesto comes after the official opposition party, the…
PM asks for drought emergency period extension
The Office of the Prime Minister has asked the National Assembly to extend the State of Emergency to 5 March 2020. President Hage Geingob declared the State of Emergency: National Disaster (Drought) on 6 May 2019 until 6 October 2019….
NWR probe on carcass clears resort management of wrongdoing
The Namibia Wildlife Resort said the carcass found in a fridge at one of its resorts a few weeks ago was not poached but was being stored for the antipoaching unit. A guest at the resort video recorded the carcass…
908,000 benefitting from drought relief
Prime Minister Saara Kuugongelwa-Amadhila said Wednesday that the estimated number of household beneficiaries for drought relief was initially 42,000 but has now been revised up to 172 938 household that comprises of about 908,018 people. Addressing ministers, deputy ministers,…
Development budget increased from N$5,5b to N$7,9b – Schlettwein
Finance minister Calle Schlettwein has said that the Government has increased the development budget by 42.2 per cent from N$5,5 billion to N$7,9 billion for the 2019/20 financial year. Schlettwein said this in his response to the latest downgrade…
Namibia’s economy to contract by 1.2% – Fitch
Fitch Ratings says it expects the Namibian weakening economic growth to contract by 1.2 per cent in 2019, against its initial positive growth expectations of 0.7 per cent. In a report released Tuesday from Hong Kong, Fitch has also…
Namibia’s current account deficit widens from N$1,3b to N$3,1b
Namibia’s current account deficit worsened to N$3.1 billion in the second quarter of 2019 compared to a deficit of N$1.3 billion in the second quarter of 2018. According to the Bank of Namibia’s second-quarter report released Monday, the main…