By: Ludorf Iyambo The witness in the rape trial of former magistrate Jaco Kennedy told the Windhoek High Court on Monday that her friend texted her that she was being raped. Kennedy is facing three counts of rape and charges of kidnapping, attempted murder, attempting to defeat or obstruct the course of justice and alternatively […]

By: Justicia Shipena On Monday, same-sex marriage couple Guillermo Delgado and Phillip Lühl scored a victory in the Supreme Court after winning an appeal against the home affairs ministry. This comes as Mexican-born Delgado appealed to the Supreme Court last year. He was asking the court to overturn a High Court judgment in an attempt […]

By: Andrew Kathindi Two men who were, this week, acquitted by the High Court in a N$ 6.2 million diamond heist case say the decade-long saga has traumatised them. Judge Christie Liebenberg found Emmanuel Shikololo and Rodney Klim, both 48, not guilty of theft at Debmarine Namibia over 10 years ago. However, despite looking relieved […]

By: Nghiinomenwa Erastus The 2022 Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change Sixth Assessment Report on climate change suggests a reduction in ground cover and reduced net primary productivity by 2080 for Namibia. The study estimated changes in grass biomass ranging from around −10% in the woodland of the northeast, about −5% in the savanna, and everywhere […]

By: Pricilla Mukokobi Defence minister Frans Kapofi has denied allegations that there are incidences of “sex for promotions” at the Navy Army Base. PDM parliamentarian Johannes Martin, last month, quizzed Kapofi on whether these allegations were true. “There have been reports of love affairs promotion being reported at the Walvis Bay Base. Certain females’ promotions […]

By: Staff Writer President Hage Geingob said the discovery of oil in Namibia should not excite people to think that manna has come to earth. The French company, TotalEnergies announced last month that they had discovered massive oil reserves off the Namibian coast. TotalEnergies owns (40%), QatarEnergy (30%), Impact Oil and Gas (20%) and Namcor […]

By: Big Lips Based on an investment company called Alpha Sierra, Namibia has promises for being one of the world’s biggest oil producers. The conclusion was based on the fact Namibia may have geology comparable to the pre-salt fields offshore Brazil, which holds 16 billion in crude reserves.  Alpha Sierra said there’s so much potential […]

By: Pricilla Mukokobi Deputy minister of health Esther Utjiua Muinjangue says that people live in difficult times, and diseases such as Covid-19 has turned the world upside down.  She said this at a press conference in Windhoek this week.  The pandemic has affected billions of people, stopping economies in their tracks. She added that Covid-19 […]

By: Ludorf Iyambo On Friday, Namibia Food and Allied Workers Union (NAFAU) and Shoprite Namibia signed an agreement for Shoprite workers to be represented by the former only. Willem Absalom, deputy general secretary of Nafau and Karen Smith, the retail’s divisional HR manager, signed the documents.  Absalom said that Shoprite did not have a recognised […]