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KAVANGO EAST TEENAGE PREGNANCIES NEARLY DOUBLE…AMONG THEM AN 11-YEAR-OLD
By: Annakleta Haikera An 11-year-old girl is one of 860 schoolchildren who fell pregnant in the Kavango East region in 2021. In 2020, Kavango East had 554 teenage pregnancies. The Kavango East is second to the Ohangwena region regarding teenage…
VALENTINE’S N$18,4M CHOCOLATES AND FLOWERS IMPORT FEVER
By: Nghiinomenwa Erastus The Namibia Statistics Agency imports data for the first quarters of the past five years (2017-21) show that the Valentines Day fever influenced chocolate and flower expenditure. On average, Namibians spent between N$13,1m and N$4,4m every February…
REHOBOTH BUSINESSWOMAN BURNS TO DEATH IN HER HOME
By: Marshallino Beukes Tragedy has struck the Rehoboth community following the death of a well-known businesswoman in a house fire. Mrs Sara Sabina Beukes (79) died when her home in Rehoboth’s Block A residential area caught fire in the early…
HIGH COURT POSTPONES NAMOLOH, 6 OTHERS’ CASE
By: Ludorf Iyambo The Windhoek High Court postponed the case in which Eliphas /Gomeb is suing the former safety minister Charles Namoloh and others for N$2m in damages. /Gomeb, who is serving a 21-year jail term, wants N$1m for ill-treatment…
YOUTH AGAINST THE SUMMONING OF CHIEF MBAMBO
By: Annakleta Haikera The Hambukushu community and The Youth Against Crime have supported the troubled chief (Fumu), Erwin Munika Mbambo. Mbambo is accused of mismanaging the Traditional Authority funds and refusing investors to come and venture into the Mukwe Constituency….
MINISTRY TO POCKET N$5.9 MILLION FROM 57 ELEPHANTS
Staff writer The environment ministry says it expects to generate N$5.9 million from an auction in which 57 elephants were sold. According to the ministry’s spokesperson, Romeo Muyunda, 37 elephants have already been captured, while the remaining 20 will be…
ESAU, TAMSON & GUSTAVO WITHDRAW ASSET APPLICATION
Staff Writer Three Fishrot accused have withdrawn their applications in which they wanted the court to allow them access to restrained assets to enable them to pay legal costs. Former fisheries minister Bernhardt Esau, his son-in-law Tamson Hatuikulipi and Ricardo…
PRISON OFFICER SUSPENDED OVER HATUIKULIPI’S PHONE
By: Justicia Shipena Commissioner-General of the Namibian Correctional Service (NSC) Raphael Hamunyela says that a senior correctional officer was suspended due to operational orders, and another was forced to resign. Hamunyela’s comments came after the Popular Democratic Movement (PDM) member…
NARETU DEMANDS RECOGNITION FROM SNYMAN AND TRANSDESERT
By: Justicia Shipena The Namibian Revolutionary Transport Union (Naretu) commander-in-chief Petersen Kambinda says that Snyman Transport and TransDesert Logistics have refused to recognise them. Kambinda said this on Monday at a media briefing in Windhoek. According to him, the companies…
NEED TO JOIN THE ELECTRIC VEHICLE BANDWAGON
By: Nghiinomenwa Erastus The path to green economies is an unmaintained gravel road, and with the introduction of electric vehicles (EV), some countries will lag with a distance. For Namibia, lack of conducive infrastructures such as recharging EVs, energy insecurity…