Category: News
3 DIE AT CHURCH…PASTOR ON THE RUN AFTER HEALING TRAGEDY
By: Wonder Guchu Police are hunting for a 25-year-old pastor who gave instructions on how to administer a concoction that killed three people in Kavango West. The three people who died on Tuesday after receiving the concoction have been identified…
LAND AND HOUSING ISSUES…WINDHOEK TO ESTABLISH CONSTRUCTION COMPANY
By: Andrew Kathindi The City of Windhoek plans to open a holding company that will deal with construction and land servicing, Windhoek mayor Job Amupanda has revealed. According to Amupanda, the holding company is the result of a council resolution…
PARLIAMENT REOPENS…NAM EXPORTS 30 000 MARBLE STONES TO SA
PDM’s Johannes Martin says the dimension stones industry has been existing in Namibia but its potential has not yet been fully developed locally. Martin, who gave notice to question the mines minister Tom Alweendo on Thursday, said Namibia exports more…
WE MISTREATED WORKERS – CHINESE EMPLOYER
The Chinese, who owns a construction company that was stormed by some AR Movement members on Monday, has admitted that there was some mistreatment of workers. Howard Yang, who spoke on behalf of Zhou Jiahua, owner of Jiahua Construction, admitted…
AIR NAMIBIA LIQUIDATION…MCLAREN, BRUNI GIVEN SWEEPING POWERS
By: Kelvin Chiringa The duo of David Bruni and Ian McLaren could be the most powerful liquidators after they were given sweeping powers over the winding up of Air Namibia’s affairs. The two are also looking after the SME Bank…
N$3,5BN SHARES FOR EMPOWERMENT AND TO KEEP SAVINGS
By: Nghiinomenwa Erastus Ordinary Namibians and institutional investors will have a chance to own a share in MTC from 20 September to 1 November 2021. The government has let go of its 49% ownership in MTC unleashing 367,5 million ordinary…
THE MAN WHO DARES TO LIVE
By: Wonder Guchu Mateus Angula was born without legs but he runs a tuck-shop, takes up electrical repair jobs and is a member of the paralympic swimming team. Only that this time, he could not be included on the…
GOVT TO PURCHASE NCCI INITIATIVE TENT HOSPITAL
By: Andrew Kathindi The government will buy a tent hospital which the private sector through a Namibia Chamber of Commerce and Industry (NCCI) initiative is leasing to combat the COVID-19 pandemic. Cabinet took the decision to purchase the tent at…
UNAM TO WORK WITH ZAMBIA
By: Justicia Shipena The University of Namibia (Unam) says it will be funding part of a N$2,5 million grant obtained from Welsh government to Zambia for a vaccination initiative in Chongwe. The grant was obtained through the university’s Phoenix NamVacc…
NAM STUDENT STUCK IN TURKEY FOR 11 DAYS
By: Dwight Links Turkish authorities have detained a Namibian student for 11 days now at Istanbul Airport because of the Covid-19 red list that has categorised the southern African country as a hotspot. Linda Nambili (38), an international relations student…