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NIMT MURDER: STATE SAYS 800 EUROS FOR BAIL IS PENNIES
By: Justicia Shipena Deputy prosecutor-general Antonia Verhoef says the N$15 000 proposed by Namibian Institute of Mining and Technology double murder Ernst Lichtenstrasser is too little. Verhoef said this during her closing arguments of Lichtenstrasser’s bail hearing in the Windhoek…
NTB WINS KORA CASE…//NAOBEB SAYS NO PLAN YET TO RECOVER MONEY
By: Justicia Shipena Namibia Tourism Board (NTB) chief executive officer Digu //Naobeb says that they are now planning on how to recover the misappropriated money from Kora Awards. This comes as Judge Herman Oosthuizen ordered Mundial Telecom Sarl, the company…
HEARTBREAK OVER BDF KILLING OF NCHINDOS
By: Kelvin Chiringa/Ludorf Iyambo The latest inquest judgment into the brutal gunning down of the Nchindo brothers along the Chobe river has been met with outrage from a majority of Namibians, with the Namibian Lives Matter (NLM) now bracing to…
CAR DEALERS STRUGGLE TO SELL 1 000 UNITS PER MONTH
By: Nghiinomenwa Erastus Local car sales are struggling to reach 1 000 units monthly, as seen in mid-2019 and back in 2018- one of the factors brought forward is the low credit extension to fund vehicle purchases locally. Moreover, global…
NAM PLANS N$450M ENERGY STORAGE
By: Erastus Nghiinomenwa The issue of intermittent power will soon be solved, and the country will be able to store cheap imported electricity for later use through its N$450 million planned energy storage. This is through the planned construction of…
APP CALLS ON GOVT TO ACT ON EDUCATION
By: AnnakletaHaikera The APP says the government should intervene in schools to ensure that every child gets an education without parents experiencing financial strain. Addressing a media conference at Rundu on Wednesday, the APP secretary-general Vincent Kanyentu said the government…
NIMT MURDER-ACCUSED WANTS BAIL TO GO MAKE BABIES
By: Justicia Shipena Namibian Institute of Mining and Technology (NIMT) double-murder accused Ernst Lichtenstrasser says that being incarcerated is getting in the way of trying to make a baby with his wife. Lichtenstrasser said this during his bail hearing on…
PDM AND LPM EXCHANGE HARSH WORDS OVER //KARAS
By: Andrew Kathindi The officially opposition PDM and LPM have lashed out at each other over the//Karas region management. PDM on Wednesday noted that it was deeply concerned about the status of governance in the //Karas region. According to PDM,…
TRIGON METAL COPPER FINDING PERFECT TIMING
By: Nghiinomenwa Erastus Early this month, Trigon Metals announced their first copper concentrates with copper grades approaching 20% copper and over 600 grams per tonne of silver. The company noted that the finding was well ahead of expectations at this…
PG DEEMS FNB APPLICATION INTO FISHROT UNNECESSARY
By: Justicia Shipena The Prosecutor-General says an application by First National Bank (FNB) in the fishrot matter was unnecessary. This came when the Bank approached the court to protect its interests in certain specified movable and immovable assets that it…