Category: Top Stories
I feel relieved- First female party president
By: Kelvin Chiringa Having smashed the glass ceiling and rising to the helm to be the first ever female president of a party in Namibia’s political history, newly elected president for the Nudo party, Ester Muinjangue’s first impression was that…
Namibia Central Intelligence Service hangs in suspense
By: Kelvin Chiringa The Namibia Central Intelligence Service will in the meantime have to wait for a Supreme Court judgement that will decide whether alleged secret information published by The Patriot last year is illegal and invalid or not. The…
Muinjangue takes charge of Nudo
By: Kelvin Chiringa In what has come out as a first for Namibia, Ester Muinjangue romped to victory in the Nudo elective congress held over the weekend to become the first ever female president of a political party. Muinjangue scooped…
City-centre shooter finally secures lawyer
By: Kelvin Chiringa Simata Simasiku, the man who made headlines after fatally shooting a Global Fund employee recently, will make his second appearance this week in the Windhoek Magistrates’ court for formal bail application. Simasiku sent shock-waves right across the…
Motorists drive into March smiling
By: Kelvin Chiringa Another relief for motorists as the mines and energy ministry has maintained current fuel prices unchanged for the remainder of March midst a tough economy. Unleaded petrol will remain pegged at N$12.01 per liter with diesel costing…
Spies head to the Supreme Court this March
By: Kelvin Chiringa The first week of March will open with the Namibia Central Intelligence heading to the highest court of the land to challenge a ruling in which it lost a case to a local weekly newspaper, The Patriot….
Murder accused cries foul
By: Kelvin Chiringa One of the accused men in the Outjo murder trial has made a U-turn by accusing a retired commissioner and police detective chief inspector of forcing him to sign a statement soon after his arrest. Lourens Aib…
I am ready to take on any parastatal – /Uirab
By: Rodney Pienaar The outgoing chief executive officer of Namibia Ports Authority, Bisey Uirab has said that he is ready to take up the position of ceo at any parastatal whether it is in financial shambles or not during an…
Current economic mess calls for strong leadership- Economist
By: Kelvin Chiringa A local economic firm is now appealing for a strong leadership to stand up tall and rescue the country from the jaws of a weakening economy which recently received a bad rating by Fitch. Central to rooting…
Shaningwa wants internal elections to go smoothly
By: Rodney Pienaar Swapo party secretary general, Sophia Shaningwa has said she wants the internal elections of the party to go smoothly without any distraction. She said this at the official opening of the training of national leaders and regional…