A Katima Mulilo man is in custody after throwing his three-month-old boy son on top of a roof. The police say that the man had confronted his girlfriend regarding the boy’s father. The unnamed man, aged 29, committed the crime in the Choto compound on Friday around 20h00. He is expected to appear in […]

By: Andrew Kathindi The Namibia Defence Force (NDF) members will be subjected to mandatory COVID-19 vaccination, with immediate effect from 29 September 2021, the NDF chief, Air Marshall Martin Pinehas, has announced. Defence minister Frans Kapofi has defended the move. The Villager wanted to understand whether this was not contradictory to what President Hage Geingob […]

By: Kelvin Chiringa The local tourism sector is currently in the midst of a discord as associations are shunning each other at the back of accusations that some are creating havoc for others. As the sector readies to benefit from an anticipated influx of visitors owing to a global opening up post the pandemic’s climax, […]

By: Nghiinomenwa Erastus The Bank of Namibia has sent out a notice to potential investors and wannabe investors that it seeks to borrow N$550 million by Thursday this week. Treasury Bills are short-term government debt instruments issued by the Namibian government, denominated in Namibia Dollars (NAD). Treasury bills are used by the government as a […]

The Prosecutor General Martha Imalwa says if need be, the local Fishrot accused and the Icelandic Fishrot accused may be prosecuted in separate trials. Imalwa says this in her answering affidavit to the one deposed of by Tamson Hatuikulipi on behalf of the other six accused in the Fishrot scandal. Tamson, his father-in-law former fisheries […]

By: Kelvin Chiringa The ruling Swapo Party’s recently appointed political think tank may not be the party’s saving grace between now and the next presidential elections if it does not stand out as an autonomous body that calls a spade a spade. Swapo established its first Think Tank in 2008 with 38 party technocrats who […]

By: Kelvin Chiringa President Hage Geingob has taken issue with what he has described as a lowering of morale within the rank and file of the Swapo Party. Geingob was speaking at the opening of the party’s Central Committee meeting this Saturday. The party’s low morale was telling at the opening of the Central Committee […]

By: Andrew Kathindi Government says that selling its shares in MTC to the general public and institutional investors will not change or affect the asset base of MTC. The asset base is the value of assets that constitute the basis for the valuation of a company. Responding to questions in the National Assembly posed by […]

By: Nghiinomenwa Erastus The on and off-site compliance inspections and assessment by Namfisa has found multiple issues within the pension industry that defies the country regulations and rules and risks people’s savings. Namibia has 147 active pension funds with 81 active funds and 48 inactive funds local funds, while the foreign funds are subdivided into […]

By: Nghiinomenwa Erastus Angola has taken up around five various Namibian products from grain, vegetables, fruits, cattle, and milk in the second quarter of 2021. This is according to the Namibia Statistics Agency (NSA)’ Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing Sector Statistical Bulletin for the second quarter (April to June) of 2021. The bulletin highlighted that the […]