Category: Top Stories
Shock as two die over beer and memory card
By: Kelvin Chiringa Two separate incidences of violence over the simplest of reasons saw two people losing their lives over the past weekend. The police responded to a case in which 25-year old Magdalena Engelbrecht died after a 31-year old…
City-centre shooter to stay locked up
By: Kelvin Chiringa More woes for the city-centre shooter, Simata Simasiku, as the magistrates’ court this week extended his stay under police custody pending the finalisation of investigations. The former Global Fund employee who is charged with the killing of…
SPYL accused of hijacking union demo
By: Kelvin Chiringa The Metal and Allied Namibian Workers Union has hit at the Swapo youth wing for hijacking its demonstration in which it sought to stop the Hosea Kutako tender process. Although SPYL later pulled away from the demonstration…
We are unapologetically Herero- Nudo
By: Kelvin Chiringa In her first ever press briefing as president of the Nudo party this week, Ester Muinjangue has said they were unapologetic about the fact that they had a dominantly OvaHerero support base. Muinjangue said it had been…
N$12 million worth of drugs off the streets …as 60 go down in drug busts
By: Staff Writer The Namibian Police forces have arrested 60 people in drug busts during February this year. These arrests took down 56 Namibians, one Mozambique national and three people from eSwatini (Swaziland). The raids resulted in the collection of…
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…