By: Kelvin Chiringa Inspector-General of the Namibian police Sebastian Ndeitunga has disclosed that South African authorities went silent after being asked whether a crime had been reported in connection with a robbery at Ramaphosa’s farm. This is after the Namibian police had successfully secured a preservation order to confiscate assets of the alleged Ramaphosa robbery […]

By: Nghiinomenwa Erastus In a quest to calm down the trajectory in the prices of goods and services, the bank of Namibia is making the cost of money more expensive and burdening those with debt obligations. Households and corporates’ debt currently accounts for about 80% of 2021’s real GDP. For those planning to borrow to […]

By: Big Lips We were a people once. We used to listen when someone was talking. We used to speak when it was necessary to talk. Our neighbours were not just people living next door. They were close friends who would become family members.  There was a time when we looked after each other. There […]

By: Kelvin Chiringa The Kavango East region will be this year’s host to commemorate the historical Day of the African Child, whose theme centres on eliminating harmful practices affecting young people. The day was instituted by the then Organisation of African Unity (OAU) in honour of the many students that perished and survived the Soweto […]

Staff Writer  The information deputy minister, Emma Theofelus, has been announced as the winner of the 2022 United Nations Population award at a virtual ceremony on Monday. Theofelus becomes the youngest-ever winner of the award.   The institution laureate is the National Population and Family Planning Board (BKKBN) from the Republic of Indonesia, a non-ministerial government agency […]

Staff Writer The Acting Minister of Public Enterprises, Honourable Ipumbu Shiimi, announced the extension of the Namibia Wildlife Resorts Board Members’ term of office temporarily from 15 June until 14 December 2022. The board, whose contracts ended on 14 June 2022, was extended for another six months, pending the finalization of the recruitment of new […]

By: Justicia Shipena  Urban and rural development deputy minister Natalia /Goagoses has called on the City of Windhoek (CoW) to appoint a suitable candidate for the chief executive officer (CEO) position. /Goagoses made these remarks during an information session with the CoW. According to her, this would execute the council resolutions and deliver services to […]

By: Hertha Ekandjo An official with the Prosecutor General’s Office advocate Jatiel Mudamburi said the absence of courts dedicated to dealing with wildlife crimes led to some judges and magistrates taking such crimes lightly. Mudamburi, from the environmental crime unit (ECU), said this on Wednesday when the environment ministry held a stakeholders’ meeting in Windhoek […]

By:Nghiinomenwa Erastus With so much recent marketing to attract Foreign Direct Investment into the domestic economy, the central bank governor has reminded us that appropriate policies would be required to create a business-friendly environment. Johannes !Gawaxab made the remarks during his presentation on the state of the economy to the 7th Public Enterprise Chief Executive […]

By: Justicia Shipena  The land reform ministry says it does not support the idea of having separate legislation addressing land ownership by foreign nationals. This was revealed by the ministry’s Petrus Nangolo from the land reform department on Tuesday during a public hearing with the standing committee on natural resources. The delegation was responding to […]