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SCHOOLBOYS RAPIST GETS 68 YEARS IN PRISON …SAYS HE HAS NO REASON TO BE REMORSEFUL
By: Justicia Shipena A former school cleaner and hostel father at Karundu Primary School hostel in Otjiwarongo has been sentenced to 68 years imprisonment on 32 counts of rape. Mervin Nguyapeua (53) was convicted of rape in October last year…
BANTU ADVISES ARTISTS TO DESIST FROM DRUGS
By: Envaalde Matheus Most artists believe they need to either smoke or drink to get creative, and this has killed a lot of talents in the arts industry to this far. Asser Nepolo, well-known by his performing name Bantu is…
22 AUCTIONED ELEPHANTS ARRIVE IN UAE
By: Vetondouua Tjivikua 22 elephants that were part of a group of 37 the tourism ministry sold in an auction arrived in the United Arab Emirates this weekend. The government auctioned 37 elephants to local and international binders. 15 of…
SPORTS MINISTRY BACKTRACKS ON AFCON TRIP
By: Vetondouua Tjivikua The sports minister Agnes Tjongarero has defended a trip her staff took to Cameroon for the Afcon final. This despite her ministry previously denying that anyone had sanctioned the trip. Tjongarero said that a letter in which…
BON RAISED N$2,5B IN TWO DAYS
By: Nghiinomenwa Erastus On the 2nd and third of this month, the central bank bonds and treasury bills auction raised N$2,5 billion for minister Iipumbu Shiimi to fulfil his budgetary promises. This money was raised through 11 internal registered stock/bonds…
I CAN FINALLY SMILE, MOTHER SAYS ABOUT HAIRSTYLES
By: Annakleta Haikera A student association has described the move by the education ministry to allow learners to wear any hairstyle as one of the most progressive decolonial interventions. The education ministry ordered school heads not to send back home…
MY FRIEND TEXTED ME SAYING SHE WAS BEING RAPED – WITNESS
By: Ludorf Iyambo The witness in the rape trial of former magistrate Jaco Kennedy told the Windhoek High Court on Monday that her friend texted her that she was being raped. Kennedy is facing three counts of rape and charges…
SAME-SEX COUPLE WINS APPEAL AGAINST HOME AFFAIRS
By: Justicia Shipena On Monday, same-sex marriage couple Guillermo Delgado and Phillip Lühl scored a victory in the Supreme Court after winning an appeal against the home affairs ministry. This comes as Mexican-born Delgado appealed to the Supreme Court last…
THIS THING HAS TRAUMATISED US …TWO MEN ACCUSED OF STEALING N$6.2 MILLION DIAMONDS FOUND NOT GUILTY
By: Andrew Kathindi Two men who were, this week, acquitted by the High Court in a N$ 6.2 million diamond heist case say the decade-long saga has traumatised them. Judge Christie Liebenberg found Emmanuel Shikololo and Rodney Klim, both 48,…
CLIMATE CHANGE, THE PROOF IS IN THE PUDDING
By: Nghiinomenwa Erastus The 2022 Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change Sixth Assessment Report on climate change suggests a reduction in ground cover and reduced net primary productivity by 2080 for Namibia. The study estimated changes in grass biomass ranging from…