By: Annakleta Haikera  The Hambukushu community and The Youth Against Crime have supported the troubled chief (Fumu), Erwin Munika Mbambo. Mbambo is accused of mismanaging the Traditional Authority funds and refusing investors to come and venture into the Mukwe Constituency. Casius Mukena, also from the royal family, has dragged the chief to the Windhoek High […]

Staff writer The environment ministry says it expects to generate N$5.9 million from an auction in which 57 elephants were sold. According to the ministry’s spokesperson, Romeo Muyunda, 37 elephants have already been captured, while the remaining 20 will be caught pending Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES) permits. Of the 37 that […]

Staff Writer Three Fishrot accused have withdrawn their applications in which they wanted the court to allow them access to restrained assets to enable them to pay legal costs. Former fisheries minister Bernhardt Esau, his son-in-law Tamson Hatuikulipi and Ricardo Gustavo filed notices per section 26 of the Prevention of Organised Crime Act (POCA) on […]

By: Justicia Shipena  Commissioner-General of the Namibian Correctional Service (NSC) Raphael Hamunyela says that a senior correctional officer was suspended due to operational orders, and another was forced to resign.  Hamunyela’s comments came after the Popular Democratic Movement (PDM) member of parliament Thimotheus Shihumbu accused him of smuggling a cellphone to Fishrot-accused James Hatuikulipi in […]

By: Justicia Shipena  The Namibian Revolutionary Transport Union (Naretu) commander-in-chief Petersen Kambinda says that Snyman Transport and TransDesert Logistics have refused to recognise them.  Kambinda said this on Monday at a media briefing in Windhoek.  According to him, the companies that oppress and mistreat workers refuse to recognise Naretu as a bargaining agent. “They are […]

By: Nghiinomenwa Erastus The path to green economies is an unmaintained gravel road, and with the introduction of electric vehicles (EV), some countries will lag with a distance. For Namibia, lack of conducive infrastructures such as recharging EVs, energy insecurity and the complexity of the electric vehicles are some factors that Namibia needs to consider […]

By: Staff Writer One of the women, *Laura, who lost more than N$600 000 to the Auction King, pleaded with his mother to talk to her son. *Kudzai targets lonely women after stalking some of them on social media. He then promises them marriage and a happy-ever life if they can go into business with […]

By: Kelvin Chiringa  Employees of Mediclinic have been given until 15 February to apply for exemption from Covid-19 vaccines as the company now braces to enforce blanket vaccinations for all staff. But Mediclinic employee Sedney Mutaleni Haufiku, has employed the service of legal mind Richard Metcalfe from Metcalfe Beukes Attorneys to stop the company right […]

By: Marshallino Beukes The woman accused of killing her boyfriend’s mother at Rehoboth last year has denied committing the crime. Judith van Wyk (33) is out on bail for the murder of Elizabeth Maria Cloete (81). The police arrested her in August 2021 and she spent two weeks in custody before the court granted her […]

By: Ludorf Iyambo & Vetondouua Tjivikua A 25-year-old man arrested driving a stolen City of Windhoek Fire Brigade Toyota Land Cruiser said he only did so because he had never driven one before. Soiyi Maluleke crashed the vehicle following a car chase with the police and City Police officers. He made his court appearance on […]