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Swapo seeks to stop rise of independent candidates from within
The ruling Swapo Party is bent on closing the tap to a rise of affiliated members breaking ranks to run as independent candidates in future polls as the party braces for the November regional and local authority elections. This is…
LPM tells Kandjii-Murangi to stop funding Nanso
The Landless People’s Movement’s youth wing, the Student Command Element has written to higher education minister Itah Kandjii-Murangi requesting her to cut funding for the Namibia National Students Organisation (Nanso) The LPM youth wing has claimed that the Ministry…
Omuselekadhi akuthwa egumbo nepya lye kumwene gomukunda
Iihokolola yomukiintu ngoka kwalopotwa akuthwa epya lye kumwene gomukunda omufimba moshikandjo shOkongo moshitopolwa shOhangwena, otayi pwilikinwa omwedhi nguka Eagle FM etitano okwayi moonkundatha nomunashipundi gwelelo lyuukwanyama Tatekulu George yaNelulu ngoka agandja uuyelele womathigululo. Shika osha landula konima sho kwa kundanekwa…
Missing man (87) found dead
The skeleton of an 87-year-old man who went missing in December 2019 was found by a goat herder in Otjimbingwe on Thursday. Erongo police said Simon Andreas was reported missing at Otjimbingwe Police Station on 28 December 2019. According to…
City says they spend N$12,6m on vehicles, not N$13m
TThe City of Windhoek said it is not true that they spent N$13m on eight bakkies but that they indeed spent N$12,6m on 39 vehicles. In a statement Friday, the City said they bought 19 bakkies, 18 sedans and two…
NWR appoints Dr Ngwangwama managing director
Namibia Wildlife Resorts (NWR) Board of Directors has appointed Dr Matthias Mpareke Ngwangwama as the substantive managing director effective 1 April 2020 for five years. Dr Ngwangwama is no stranger to NWR, having spent the last seven years in two…
Artists get N$5,5m relief package
Namibian artists have been given N$5,5m as relief fund to weather the Covid-19 storm. The artists are among those whose businesses have been decimated by the virus because most if not all entertainment places are still closed. The education ministry,…
Hillside Christian College dismisses teacher for racist comments
Hillside Christian College has dismissed the teacher who uttered racist comments on her Facebook page on 7 June 2020. The Grade 2 assistant teacher, Corien Steenkamp, was fired with immediate effect on Friday 12 June 2020. In a statement, the…
Angry youth heckle BIPA over business registration delays
The Chief Executive Officer of the Business Intellectual Property Authority, Vivienne Katjiuongua, was this week hurled over live coals in front of her staff by youth from the Students Union of Namibia over slow progress in the business registration process….
DHPS principal, students kneel in honour of George Floyd
The principal of DHPS, Kristin Eichholz and students bent their knees in the street outside their school precincts for a good eight minutes in honour of the slain African American, George Floyd. This echoes a series of protests from the…