Category: National
Namibia safe from Thomas Cook collapse
Namibia is safe from the travel company Thomas Cook’s collapse since the only connection was through the cheques that have since been phased out. Thomas Cook, most probably the oldest travel agency with 178 years in business, went bust around…
Julius Malema consoles Mugabe’s widow
Julius Malema and members of the EFF consoling Mugabe’s family, including his eldest son Robert Junior (far right) Julius Malema travelled to Zimbabwe on Monday to pay his condolences to former president Robert Mugabe’s family. Malema, leader of…
Kandjeke wants land reform to account for N$98m
Peter Amutenya (standing) The auditor general Junius Kandjeke wants the land reform to account for N$98m after the ministry’s accounting officer, Peter Amutenya, indicated that they bought 12 farms for N$123m, while the ledger shows that the amount used was…
Police identify burnt Windhoek woman
The shack in which Katrina Silus’ body was found Police in Windhoek have identified the woman whose body was found burnt with an axe stuck in her neck Sunday morning as Katrina Silas. The body was found in a…
Collared cheetah ran over outside Windhoek
A collard cheetah was bumped near the weighbridge between Windhoek and Rehoboth last week.
Woman’s body found burnt, with axe stuck in the neck
Police in Windhoek are looking for a man whose girlfriend’s body was found with an axe stuck in the neck and had been burnt beyond recognition in a shack fire on Sunday morning. According to police spokesperson Kauna Shikwambi, the…
Residents heed call to clean up
Namibia’s national clean-up campaign was launched at Rundu in Kavango East Saturday. The clean-up campaign fell on the same with the International Day of Peace whose 2019 theme was Climate Action for Peace. Below are some of the scenes…
Missing N$120 million irks Namibians in Teckla Lameck acquittal
Yang Fan, Kongo Mokaxwa and Teckla Lameck The N$120 million that was at the centre of the fraud case of former Public Service Commission boss, Teckla Lameck and her two other accomplices has left a bad taste in the mouth…
Former NANSO leaders form rival student organisation
Bernard Kavau Former and suspended leaders of the Namibia National Students Organisation (Nanso), Simon Amunime, Bernard Kavau and Tyson Hihanguapo have launched a new rival student representative body called the Students Union of Namibia. The new organisation comes after the…
Economy posts worrisome growth figures again
ALEX SHIMUAFENI The domestic economy has posted yet again more worrisome subdued growth figures, recording a contraction of 2.6 per cent compared to a growth of 0.6 per cent recorded in the corresponding period of 2018. This comes right in…