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13-year-old boy missing
By: Staff Writer The Namibian Police is looking to trace the whereabouts of a 13-year-old boy from Khomasdal, Windhoek, who went missing yesterday. Amor “China” van Wyk was last seen at 08h00 when he left his home on Asblom street…
Namcor wants to import 50% fuel
By: Kelvin Chiringa The Namibian Competition Commission has confirmed that the National Petroleum Corporation of Namibia (Pty) Ltd applied to be exempted from certain provisions of the Competition Act in order to import 50% of Namibia’s petroleum needs. The commission…
Letshego reaches 52 000 borrowers
By: Rodney Pienaar Microfinance company, Letshego Namibia has now reached over 52 000 borrowers and 116 depositors through its strategic programs which kicked off in 2017. Letshego’s consumer lending through a deduction at source model remains the bank’s core business and…
Close to 300 cases reported to ACC
By: Rodney Pienaar The Anti-Corruption Commission of Namibia received at total of 278 cases of alleged corrupt activities around the country from April 2018 to date. Of those cases, 32 were submitted to the Prosecutor General’s office, ACC Director Paulus…
Doctor testifies in N$2.3 million health ministry law-suit
By: Kelvin Chiringa A Zimbabwean doctor stationed at Walvis Bay has finally come out to testify in the ongoing case in which the health ministry is being sued N$2.3 million for the death of Margaritha Sophia Paula Nghinamwaami who suffered…
Two health officials arrested in N$1.3m tender
By: Rodney Pienaar The Anti-Corruption Commission has arrested two ministry of health officials on corruption allegations dating back to 2014 in which they paddled a tender worth N$1 371 570. 50 to Hat World Trading CC and or Haroldt //Geiseb….
UPM seeks urgent meeting with Mushelenga
By: Kelvin Chiringa Faced with the option of dragging housing minister Peya Mushelenga to court over its suspended councilors in Rehoboth, the United People’s Movement has now called for an urgent meeting with him to resolve the matter. The entire…
Half-baked victory for state in Teckla Lameck case
By: Kelvin Chiringa High Court judge Christie Liebenberg has refused state lawyers permission to appeal a ruling in which the corruption watchdog was found to have used unlawful procedures to issue summons that led to investigations of private bank accounts…
Farmers to collect an ambitious N$10 million drought fund
By: Kelvin Chiringa Farmers severely hit by the ongoing drought which they say is now a national disaster have set an ambitious target to collect funds to the tune of N$10 million by the end March this year in order…
Magistrate’s mistakes get drug-accused her freedom
By: Kelvin Chiringa A woman who was battling a charge of unlawful possession of dependence drugs, Mandrax, burst into tears of joy yesterday in the Windhoek High Court when she was set free after the judge ruled against her conviction…