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Hanse-Himarwa hires Oscar Pistorius’ defence lawyer
Former minister of education Katrina Hanse-Himarwa has hired one of South Africa best defence lawyers Barry Roux to represent her in a case where she is seeking leave to appeal a Windhoek High Court conviction. Hanse-Himarwa, who was convicted on…
August 26 CEO confirms textile company closure, job losses
August 26 Holdings chief executive officer Colonel George Kaxuxwena has said that there are closing down three subsidiaries that are insolvent. One of the companies is August 26 Textiles that makes shoes and employs about 86 workers. August 26…
Council workers arrested for poaching – again
Some of the poaching suspects The anti-poaching unit – the Blue Rhino Combined Task Team – last week arrested 18 suspects among them two Oshakati…
Education is more than just maths, science and geography – Nghipondoka
The deputy education minister Anna Nghipondoka opened the 2020 school year Tuesday in Windhoek. Below we carry her speech verbatim. The Ministry of Education, Arts and Culture is happy to welcome you all back to the new academic year. We…
Engineer challenges mango ban directive
Engineer Charles Mukwaso has said the directive by the agriculture ministry to ban the movement of mangoes from Zambia into Namibia is akin to the agro-economic blockade called the redline. Mukwaso said this when he responded to the letter written…
Finance minister Tito Mboweni wants Lesotho to be SA’s ‘10 province’
Tito Mboweni has a few radical ideas, but this might top the lot. South Africa’s finance minister wants Lesotho to be SA’s ‘tenth province’. He’s not been back on Twitter for very long, but Finance Minister Tito Mboweni knows how…
‘Grade 12 failure rate in towns caused by unregulated entertainment’
Maximalliant Katjimune Popular Democratic Movement Youth League National spokesperson Maximalliant Katjimune said the poor performance of Grade 12 pupils in the urban areas is due to their easy access to entertainment activities which are not properly regulated. He mentioned…
Whereabouts of man who found EVMs’ components not known – affidavit
The whereabouts of one of the men who picked up the two control units of the missing electronic voting machines last year in December 2019 are not known, according to an affidavit that was deposed as part of the…
There’s no timber harvesting in Namibia – ministry
The agriculture ministry said there is no timber being harvested in Namibia as what the media is reporting. In a statement dated 13 January 2020, the ministry said the timber that is being transported across Namibia is from Zambia and…
Operation Desert Kalahari assaults to be investigated – police
The police and army said they are dismayed by the news of some officers deployed in the police-led joint crime prevention operation code-named Operation Kalahari Desert unbecoming behaviour. The acting police chief deputy inspector general Oscar Peter Embubulu told the…