The father of Shanon Wasserfall, who went missing in April this year, has told Eagle FM that an anonymous person sent him a message about the human remains in Walvis Bay said to be that of his missing daughter. Tega Matheus said the text messages, which he had since sent to the police, had informed […]
PDM member of parliament Winnie Moongo this afternoon brought a motion to the National Assembly to introduce a Sex Offenders Register. Moongo said this motion comes when women and children’s lives are threatened and the perpetrators are “walking amongst us every day”. This comes at a time when Namibians want to shut down the capital […]
The Education Ministry has been starving the Education Development Fund for the past three years, said Auditor General Junias Kandjeke. The Fund was established to provide for the establishment, upliftment, upgrading and improvement of educational facilities and educational programmes to the benefit of socio-economically disadvantaged learners According to the AG’s report on the accounts of […]
Former Namibian Broadcasting Corporation sportscaster, Rodman Katjaimo has said he is determined to win the race for the Katutura Central Constituency during the oncoming elections slated for November. Katjaimo told Eagle FM’s Ongoramambo programme today that he has a good chance of beating his rivals in the race for the councillor’s seat. The former Radio […]
John McNab, traditional leader of the Rehoboth Baster community, passed away over the weekend. His death was confirmed by his former secretary, Collin Charles April. McNab was not recognised by the Namibian government on the basis that the Baster community does not have any land to claim ownership on. He served as ‘Kaptein’ for 21 […]
Namibia Pro-Life front-person Nicole Wilhemse has said they are opposed to the introduction of the death sentence in cases of rapes and murders but that the social ills leading to these crimes be addressed first. The organization caught the attention of the media lately for petitioning the Speaker of Parliament against legalizing abortion. This as […]
Police said they arrested 222 people between August and September 2020 and seized drugs with a street value of N$1, 3m. In August alone 140 suspects were arrested, and drugs valued at N$471 530 seized countrywide. Of the 140-, 130 were Namibians, one was Angolan, one Spanish, 4 Congolese, one Kenyan, one Liberian and two […]
Opposition councilors have come after Windhoek Mayor, Fransina Kahungu, accusing her of making “irrational and wasteful decisions for Swapo councillors to save face before the upcoming internal election of SWAPO’s regional candidates scheduled for this coming Sunday”. The councillors are Brunhilde Cornelius (RDP), Cllr Ignatius Semba (PDM) and Cllr Kahure (Nudo). “The Council of the […]
Public enterprises minister Leon Jooste has flexed his powers today when he sacked the Namibia Industrial Development Agency board. The sacked board was appointed in August 2018 by the former Minister of Industrialisation, Trade and SME Development Tjekero Tweya to serve for three years. Jooste has already appointed an interim board that will serve from […]
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