Category: National
Security guard shoots colleague on duty
A 26-year-old security guard was arrested last week in connection with a shooting incident at Outapi Town where a female colleague was shot on the leg while on duty. Omusati police spokesperson Inspector Linekeela Shikongo confirmed the incident to Eagle…
French tourists survive after water swept away vehicle
PHOTO: Contributed The police are trying to locate the two French tourists who survived when their hired car was swept away by a river at Remhoogte Pass in Nauchas (about 190km from Windhoek) last week. Remhoogte Pass is between Solitaire…
Sanherji prepares to leave Namibia after massive Fishrot scandal
Samherji acting chief executive officer Björgólfur Jóhannsson After torching a scandal storm in Namibia’s fishing sector, the Icelandic company Samherji is seeking to divest and leave the country. Samherji is at the centre of what could be Namibia’s biggest scandal…
Lengthy procurement process blamed for medicine shortages
The Public Procurement Act of 2015 is one of the six reasons why public health facilities experience a chronic shortage of medicine. Health minister Dr Kalumbi Shangula said Thursday that the procurement act was limiting the health ministry and it…
4 000 positions created in the health ministry
The health minister Dr Kalumbi Shangula said the Office of the Prime Minister has approved the creation of more than 4 000 positions in his ministry. Speaking to the media in Windhoek on Thursday, Dr Shangula said the 4 595…
Supreme Court reserves 2019 presidential election results
Advocate Jeremy Gauntlett and lawyer Frank Pelser The Supreme Court of Namibia on Friday reserved judgement in an application brought by five presidential candidates who participated in the 2019 Presidential Elections. The five candidates are Mike Kavekotora of the RPD,…
Hanse-Himarwa hires Oscar Pistorius’ defence lawyer
Former minister of education Katrina Hanse-Himarwa has hired one of South Africa best defence lawyers Barry Roux to represent her in a case where she is seeking leave to appeal a Windhoek High Court conviction. Hanse-Himarwa, who was convicted on…
August 26 CEO confirms textile company closure, job losses
August 26 Holdings chief executive officer Colonel George Kaxuxwena has said that there are closing down three subsidiaries that are insolvent. One of the companies is August 26 Textiles that makes shoes and employs about 86 workers. August 26…
Council workers arrested for poaching – again
Some of the poaching suspects The anti-poaching unit – the Blue Rhino Combined Task Team – last week arrested 18 suspects among them two Oshakati…
Education is more than just maths, science and geography – Nghipondoka
The deputy education minister Anna Nghipondoka opened the 2020 school year Tuesday in Windhoek. Below we carry her speech verbatim. The Ministry of Education, Arts and Culture is happy to welcome you all back to the new academic year. We…