By: Justicia Shipena Deputy prosecutor-general Antonia Verhoef says the N$15 000 proposed by Namibian Institute of Mining and Technology double murder Ernst Lichtenstrasser is too little. Verhoef said this during her closing arguments of Lichtenstrasser’s bail hearing in the Windhoek High Court on Thursday. On Wednesday, Lichtenstrasser told the Court that his Austrian sister would […]

By: Justicia Shipena  Namibia Tourism Board (NTB) chief executive officer Digu //Naobeb says that they are now planning on how to recover the misappropriated money from Kora Awards.  This comes as Judge Herman Oosthuizen ordered Mundial Telecom Sarl, the company that owns the Kora Africa Music awards and the founder Ernest Adjovi to repay N$23.5 […]

By: Kelvin Chiringa/Ludorf Iyambo The latest inquest judgment into the brutal gunning down of the Nchindo brothers along the Chobe river has been met with outrage from a majority of Namibians, with the Namibian Lives Matter (NLM) now bracing to take the matter to the United Nations (UN). Batswana presiding officer, Taboka Mopipi, has ruled […]

By: Nghiinomenwa Erastus Local car sales are struggling to reach 1 000 units monthly, as seen in mid-2019 and back in 2018- one of the factors brought forward is the low credit extension to fund vehicle purchases locally. Moreover, global production challenges such as chip and labour issues may compound vehicle production issues if they […]

By: Erastus Nghiinomenwa  The issue of intermittent power will soon be solved, and the country will be able to store cheap imported electricity for later use through its N$450 million planned energy storage. This is through the planned construction of a 58 MW Battery Energy Storage System (BESS) Plant situated at the Omburu Substation, located […]

By: AnnakletaHaikera The APP says the government should intervene in schools to ensure that every child gets an education without parents experiencing financial strain. Addressing a media conference at Rundu on Wednesday, the APP secretary-general Vincent Kanyentu said the government should prioritise school fees.  Kanyentu said teachers and parents had been left to rely on […]

By: Justicia Shipena Namibian Institute of Mining and Technology (NIMT) double-murder accused Ernst Lichtenstrasser says that being incarcerated is getting in the way of trying to make a baby with his wife. Lichtenstrasser said this during his bail hearing on Wednesday in the Windhoek High Court. He is accused of murdering the NIMT directors at […]

By: Andrew Kathindi The officially opposition PDM and LPM have lashed out at each other over the//Karas region management. PDM on Wednesday noted that it was deeply concerned about the status of governance in the //Karas region. According to PDM, the composition of the management committee at the //Karas regional council hangs in the balance […]

By: Nghiinomenwa Erastus Early this month, Trigon Metals announced their first copper concentrates with copper grades approaching 20% copper and over 600 grams per tonne of silver. The company noted that the finding was well ahead of expectations at this start-up stage. Various sources consulted by The Villager place copper-producing companies, including Trigon Metals and […]

By: Justicia Shipena  The Prosecutor-General says an application by First National Bank (FNB) in the fishrot matter was unnecessary.  This came when the Bank approached the court to protect its interests in certain specified movable and immovable assets that it financed and is owned by the fishrot accused.  According to court documents, the prosecutor general […]