Category: Top Stories
Private sector to the rescue of drought stricken farmers
By: Kelvin Chiringa After a recent appeal to the private sector to rescue farmers from the jaws of an impending devastating drought, FirstRand Namibia has now taken the lead by contributing over N$ 45 800. This contribution has been made…
We are coming after you – Finance ministry
By: Kelvin Chiringa The ministry of finance has issued a warning that it will be clamping down on non-public servants making use of Public Service Employee Medical Aid Scheme membership cards, in an apparent attempt to sweep corruption from the…
Five mothers incarcerated with babies … 123 women in prisons
By: Rodney Pienaar The Namibia Correctional Services are currently accommodating five women with babies at their prisons, recent statistics show, while the total female population at the prisons stands at 123. Statistics indicate that of the female offenders that are…
I am just a politician – Khorixas constituency councilor … Youth accuse councilor of absenteeism
By: Rodney Pienaar Khorixas youth who this month started petitioning the employment of non-Khorixas residents at the municipality were dealt another blow when the councilor who received the petition failed to give them positive results. Khorixas constituency councilor, Ellias Xoagub…
Eight year-jail-time for N$17 million fraud convict
By: Kelvin Chiringa Stephanie Serfontein, who last week made headlines for pleading guilty to 34 charges of fraud involving some N$17 million she stole from a drilling, will now spend the rest of the next eight years in jail. Serfontein…
China/US trade war to upset diamonds demand- Debmarine
By: Kelvin Chiringa Debmarine Namibia’s chief executive officer, Otto Shikongo expressed fear over a likely decline in the demand for local diamonds caused by the China/US trade war. He was speaking at a breakfast meeting held last week in the…
A tough Brexit to hurt Namibian beef exports
By: Kelvin Chiringa Industry experts have warned that in terms of trade agreements, marketing to the United Kingdom is in jeopardy if a tough Brexit realizes with no trade agreements in place. This was expressed at a recently held meeting…
Legal fight explodes over Zimbabwean football player
By: Kelvin Chiringa Namibia’s football circle has been hit by a legal fight which this week sparked in the High Court in connection with a Zimbabwean player who allegedly registered for work with two names at different intervals. The case…
Outjo needs N$66m to formalise informal settlement
By: Rodney Pienaar The Outjo municipality will need an injection of N$66 million in order to formalize its informal settlement, its mayor Samuel !Oe-Amseb said. The Outjo informal settlement is one of the fastest growing in the region and this…
Illicit small arms and light weapons a threat
By: Rodney Pienaar Illicit small arms and light weapons constitute a serious threat and safety in Africa, Eina Mohammed head of defense and security at African Union said at a workshop today. Small arms have long been considered as the…