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FNB housing index contract by 3,7% y-o-y
The FNB housing price index contracted by 3.7% year-on-year as of June 2019 compared to the 2% contraction experienced during the same period in 2018. The market and research manager at FNB Ruusa Nandago said the poor showing in the…
Officers thwart plans to smuggle drugs into prison
Prison officers have arrested two men who were trying to smuggle drugs into the Windhoek Correctional Facility in the past two weeks. One of the men has already appeared in court and was remanded in custody while the second…
Two children die after spending 3 days in the bush
//Karas police have released the names of the two children who died after they got lost for three days while travelling from Tses to Farm Gryholde on New Year’s Eve. Detective chief inspector Gesaias Hegoam said the two children were…
Next substantive education minister must be politically mature- Mahongora
Unionist Kavihuha Mahongora has stressed that whoever is going to take over at the ministry of education as a substantive minister should be politically mature and inclusive. Mahongora criticized the leadership style of the country’s previous two education ministers and…
Don’t read too much into Geingob’s cabinet promises – Action Coalition
Action Coalition’s Frederico Links has cautioned against taking seriously President Hage Geingob’s promises of a cut of the cabinet and ensuring a 50/50 gender parity. The call for a drastic reduction of the cabinet comes a long way, heralded as…
Aatamanekwa ya6 moshikondo shoohi taafalwa kondholongo onene
Aatamanekwa 6 moshikondo shoohi mboka taya tamanekelwa yafutwa oombumbo kehangano lyoohi lyo Samherji lyoko Iceland, otaya tuminwa ko Windhoek Correctional Facility nena. Aatamanekwa oyo Bernadus Esau, Sacky Shanghala, James Hatuiyikulipi, Ricardo Gustavo, Tamson Hatuikulipi na Pius Mwatelulo, mboka ngaashi ngeyi…
Esau still admitted in hospital – Ndeitunga
Former fisheries minister Bernhard Esau, taken to a Windhoek hospital on 30 Dec. 2019, is still admitted. Police Inspector-General Sebastian Ndeitunga confirmed this to Eagle FM on Thursday. The police have, however, not been willing to say where Esau is…
Fishrot6 to be moved to prison
The Fishrot6 – former ministers Bernhard Esau and Sacky Sanghala, former Investec managers James Hatuikulip and Ricardo Gustavo, Tamson Hatuikulipi and Pius Mwatelulo – who are detained at Seeis Police Station outside Windhoek will be transferred to the Windhoek Correctional…
President Hage Geingob’s New Year’s Message
Tonight, as you gather with family and friends in anticipation, and with expectant hearts the dawn of the Year 2020, I wish each one of you a happy, healthy and fulfilling New Year. As we enter the Year 2020, we…
Dos Santos’daughter’s bank accounts seized
The Angolan government has ordered the preventive seizure of Isabel dos Santos’ accounts with four banks after proving that her companies had benefitted from state contracts. Isabel, one of Africa’s richest women, is the former Angolan president José Eduardo dos…