The agriculture minister, Calle Schlettwein, is currently in charge of the ministry of works, a position he is temporarily holding in place for minister John Mutorwa. Mutorwa has been out of the picture for quite a number of months. Schlettwein has however indicated that the minister is currently on sick leave, suffered a relapse after […]

BY: Wonder Guchu Fishcor board chairperson Mihe Gaomab II said the Seaflower Pelagic Processing was a creation of a deal between Addrian Louw, Sacky Shanghala, Bernard Esau and James Hatuikulipi meant to make them a lot of money. Gaomab said this in his affidavit in the case where Fishcor has taken the African Selection Fishing, […]

  By: Kelvin Chiringa Four workers at B2Gold mine are fighting a labour court case after they were fired for various charges including incitement and racism. The workers are accused of writing emails to the mine’s headquarters in Vancouver, Canada, detailing what they claimed were irregularities at the Otjikoto mine. Even though the four have […]

By Julia Heita Dionisia Jonas (25), a makeup artist in Windhoek, has never seen normalcy in her business since Covid-19 came last year. Jonas has been living a life of uncertainty without a guaranteed income because of persistent changed in regulations. Even more worrying is that her job is highly risk and exposes her to […]

Staff Writer Former member of parliament Paulus Kapia’s driver appeared in the Outapi Magistrate’s Court last week in connection with fuel smuggling from Angola. Kapia confirmed the arrest yesterday, saying that the driver identified as Demetrios Ndakomani, was out on bail. Ndakomani is aged around 35 years. The former deputy minister said Ndakomani works at […]

By Kelvin Chiringa A 2019 audit report for the Keetmanshoop Municipality has disclosed that the Build Together Project is in shambles because of poor control systems. The Build Together Detailed Housing Capital Report from the period amounted to N$2 817 745, while the amount in the General Ledger amounted to N$4 468 545 resulting in […]

  By: Wonder Guchu Namibia’s filmmaker says he has managed to weather the Covid-19 storms. When I spoke to him Wednesday, Joel said he was in Swakopmund where they about to shoot a movie called Place Under the Sun. Joe, who owns Joe Vision Productions, is the Namibian partner to the German production. He told […]

By: Julia Heita Disgruntled residents of One Nation, an informal settlement in Windhoek who have been on a rat race with police over illegal occupation of municipal land, have said their last hope now lies in settling at the dumpsite. This comes after the police gave them an ultimatum to vacate the area they had […]

By: Kelvin Chiringa A Walvis Bay couple learnt that their baby had been cremated when they had done all preparations to bury him. The baby was one of the twins born on 8 August 2021 at the Walvis State Hospital. According to the mother, Sandra Ndjako, the other twin, who was a girl, died soon […]

By: Andrew Kathindi Walvis Bay Mayor Trevino Forbes said he was looking into how two Chinese businessmen bought land at the port town about two weeks ago during an auction. Forbes said he was seeking clarity from councillors. The auctioned land is made up of 12 business erven in Kuisebmund and 31 light industrial erven […]