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Ugly Fights Before Rukoro’s Tombstone Unveiling An Insult
By: Kelvin Chiringa Chief Vipuira Kapuuo’s spokesperson, Wilson Katjita, says that it is an insult that fierce power struggles continue to rock the Herero nation even before the late Paramount Chief Vekuii Rukoro’s tombstone has been unveiled. He said this…
Gang Rape Pair Have No Respect For Women Says Judge
By: Justicia Shipena High Court Judge Naomi Shivute says Jan Gemeng and Tjaava Ebson, who were found guilty of raping a woman in the district of Gobabis in June 2014, have no respect for women. Shivute said this upon sentencing…
Namibian Hotels Cost More Than Those In South Africa
By: Justicia Shipena Cost pressures will make Namibian hotels more expensive compared to South Africa. This was revealed in a report by Simonis Storm on hospitality statistics for March 2022. According to the report, an industry expert says hotels in…
Since 2021 Local Generation Didn’t Breach 100 000MWh
By: Nghiinomenwa Erastus For the past 14 months, local electricity generation (Nampower and Independent Power Producers) have struggled to produce 100 000MWh monthly. The average local monthly generation has been around 72 265,3 MWh while monthly imports are 266 849,7MWh….
Old Mutual Honours Business Interruption Claims
Staff Writer When the State of Emergency was declared two years ago, the Covid-19 pandemic triggered a wave of severe financial losses suffered by Namibian businesses. These losses greatly impacted Old Mutual Namibia Short-Term Insurance customers, who had to navigate…
Data Collection Essential to Better People With Disabilities’ Lives
Staff Writer The National Federation of People with Disabilities in Namibia (NFPDN) and the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ), hosted a media awareness event. The aim is to raise awareness through the media about the importance of collecting disaggregated…
OTA Says Uutoni Has Plans To Hijack Its Leadership
By: Ludorf Iyambo Ovaherero Traditional Authority (OTA) says the urban and rural development minister, Erastus Uutoni has external forces trying to insinuate and hijack its leadership. The authority said this on Monday upon handing over a petition to the urban…
ACC Thanks Parliament For Blocking Suspects’ Pensions
By: Eba Kandovazu The anti-graft agency’s boss Paulus Noa has thanked National Assembly Secretary Lydia Kandetu for blocking the pensions of three former employees who are accused of stealing over N$ 1.2 million from parliament. The employees, who have since…
LPM Wins Labour Case Against Founding Member
By: Kelvin Chiringa LPM has won a labour case in which its now-resigned founding member, Sixtus Isaaks, accused the party of failing to pay salaries. Isaaks bolted out of the party after accusing it of not being democratic, fomenting factionalism…
Billionaire Murder Case Moved to Windhoek High Court
By: Justicia Shipena The prosecutor general’s office has referred the case in which British farm owner Harvey Boulter faces a murder charge to the Windhoek High Court. The 53-year-old Boulter is charged in connection with a fatal shooting in the…