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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Staff Writer Three Fishrot accused have withdrawn their applications in which they wanted the court to allow them access to restrained assets to enable them to pay legal costs.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…
NAMIBIA’S AUCTION SWINDLER (PART 2)…Talk to Your Son – Woman Pleads with Ex-Boyfriend’s Mother
By: Staff Writer One of the women, *Laura, who lost more than N$600 000 to the Auction King, pleaded with his mother to talk to her son. *Kudzai targets lonely women after stalking some of them on social media. He…
METCALFE TAKES FORCED VACCINES FIGHT TO MEDICLINIC
By: Kelvin Chiringa Employees of Mediclinic have been given until 15 February to apply for exemption from Covid-19 vaccines as the company now braces to enforce blanket vaccinations for all staff. But Mediclinic employee Sedney Mutaleni Haufiku, has employed the…
WOMAN DENIES KILLING EX-BOYFRIEND’S MOTHER
By: Marshallino Beukes The woman accused of killing her boyfriend’s mother at Rehoboth last year has denied committing the crime. Judith van Wyk (33) is out on bail for the murder of Elizabeth Maria Cloete (81). The police arrested her…
THE LAND CRUISER THIEF SAYS, “I DROVE IT FOR JOY”
By: Ludorf Iyambo & Vetondouua Tjivikua A 25-year-old man arrested driving a stolen City of Windhoek Fire Brigade Toyota Land Cruiser said he only did so because he had never driven one before. Soiyi Maluleke crashed the vehicle following a…