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Striking fishermen wanted to form political party- Labour Ministry
Executive Director at the ministry of labour Bro-Matthew Shinguadja has exclusively disclosed to Eagle FM that a clique that agitated fishermen to enter into an “illegal” strike at Walvis Bay had intentions to form a political party. The strike…
Otjindjerese conservancy officially open
Environment minister Pohamba Shifeta said Friday that Namibia has adopted a number of innovative strategies to achieve biodiversity conservation within the framework of national development plans and poverty reduction. In his keynote address during the official launch of the…
State wants life in jail for ex-lovers that killed husband
A state prosecutor has asked High Court Judge Christie Liebenberg to sentence Ryno Ricardo Du Preez and Rachel Rittman to life in jail for the murder of Rittman’s husband, Rudolff Rittman. Du Preez and Rachel are ex-lovers who conspired…
Swapo manifesto targets youth
The ruling Swapo party launched its manifesto on Saturday at Outapi where President Hage Geingob said the party was committed to delivering prosperity for the majority of Namibians. Swapo’s election manifesto comes after the official opposition party, the…
Lawyer suspended over N$1.5 million ’embezzlement funds’
Acting Judge President Hosea Angula has ordered the suspension of a Windhoek-based lawyer, Richard Traugott Diethelm Mueller after the Law Society of Namibia filed an urgent court application in a case of suspected embezzlement of funds to the tune of…
PM asks for drought emergency period extension
The Office of the Prime Minister has asked the National Assembly to extend the State of Emergency to 5 March 2020. President Hage Geingob declared the State of Emergency: National Disaster (Drought) on 6 May 2019 until 6 October 2019….
NWR probe on carcass clears resort management of wrongdoing
The Namibia Wildlife Resort said the carcass found in a fridge at one of its resorts a few weeks ago was not poached but was being stored for the antipoaching unit. A guest at the resort video recorded the carcass…
Lawyer suspended for allegedly misappropriating funds
A lawyer has been temporarily suspended from executing his services by the High Court at the back of allegations that he misappropriated N$1,2m from a trust fund belonging to his client. The case landed in court Wednesday before Justice…
908,000 benefitting from drought relief
Prime Minister Saara Kuugongelwa-Amadhila said Wednesday that the estimated number of household beneficiaries for drought relief was initially 42,000 but has now been revised up to 172 938 household that comprises of about 908,018 people. Addressing ministers, deputy ministers,…
Development budget increased from N$5,5b to N$7,9b – Schlettwein
Finance minister Calle Schlettwein has said that the Government has increased the development budget by 42.2 per cent from N$5,5 billion to N$7,9 billion for the 2019/20 financial year. Schlettwein said this in his response to the latest downgrade…