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Woman’s body found burnt, with axe stuck in the neck
Police in Windhoek are looking for a man whose girlfriend’s body was found with an axe stuck in the neck and had been burnt beyond recognition in a shack fire on Sunday morning. According to police spokesperson Kauna Shikwambi, the…
Residents heed call to clean up
Namibia’s national clean-up campaign was launched at Rundu in Kavango East Saturday. The clean-up campaign fell on the same with the International Day of Peace whose 2019 theme was Climate Action for Peace. Below are some of the scenes…
Missing N$120 million irks Namibians in Teckla Lameck acquittal
Yang Fan, Kongo Mokaxwa and Teckla Lameck The N$120 million that was at the centre of the fraud case of former Public Service Commission boss, Teckla Lameck and her two other accomplices has left a bad taste in the mouth…
Former NANSO leaders form rival student organisation
Bernard Kavau Former and suspended leaders of the Namibia National Students Organisation (Nanso), Simon Amunime, Bernard Kavau and Tyson Hihanguapo have launched a new rival student representative body called the Students Union of Namibia. The new organisation comes after the…
Economy posts worrisome growth figures again
ALEX SHIMUAFENI The domestic economy has posted yet again more worrisome subdued growth figures, recording a contraction of 2.6 per cent compared to a growth of 0.6 per cent recorded in the corresponding period of 2018. This comes right in…
Age is just but a number- Katjavivi
National Assembly Speaker Peter Katjavivi Speaker of National Assembly Professor Peter Katjavivi has shot down at perception that he is well advanced in age to continue with government business saying he still has the energy to push on. If he…
Aggrieved fishermen petition all high court judges
Aggrieved fishermen have petitioned all High Court Judges and the Judicial Service Commission in a case in which they claim to have been injured by a ruling that shifted their labour case from the labour commission to the High Court….
State entities forking out N$8.5 billion for salaries
State-owned entities are forking a total of N$8,5 billion per annum for salaries alone, despite a horde of them failing to make profits, minister Leon Jooste has disclosed. Jooste was speaking at the recently held public enterprises’ conference held at…
We made a mistake at Swapo event- Nanso President
The President of the oldest student organization, the Namibia National Students Organisation (NANSO), Ester Simon, has admitted that she made a mistake by attending a Swapo event wearing party colours and got mistaken for being there in the capacity of…
The health of Namibia’s voter roll and fate of EVMs
Electoral Commission Chief Electoral Officer Theo Mujoro has lauded the national voters’ register as one of the healthiest in the region, surpassing that of neighboring South Africa. Mujoro said that the register is a reflection of half of Namibia’s population,…