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Omuselekadhi akuthwa egumbo nepya lye kumwene gomukunda
Iihokolola yomukiintu ngoka kwalopotwa akuthwa epya lye kumwene gomukunda omufimba moshikandjo shOkongo moshitopolwa shOhangwena, otayi pwilikinwa omwedhi nguka Eagle FM etitano okwayi moonkundatha nomunashipundi gwelelo lyuukwanyama Tatekulu George yaNelulu ngoka agandja uuyelele womathigululo. Shika osha landula konima sho kwa kundanekwa omukiintu gokomukunda Omufimba moshikandjo hogololo shOkongo moshitopolwa shOngwena akuthwa epya negumbo lye kumwene gomukunda. Omunashipundi […]
Missing man (87) found dead
The skeleton of an 87-year-old man who went missing in December 2019 was found by a goat herder in Otjimbingwe on Thursday. Erongo police said Simon Andreas was reported missing at Otjimbingwe Police Station on 28 December 2019. According to a police report, a goat herder found the skeleton in a field near Erekero Pos […]
City says they spend N$12,6m on vehicles, not N$13m
TThe City of Windhoek said it is not true that they spent N$13m on eight bakkies but that they indeed spent N$12,6m on 39 vehicles. In a statement Friday, the City said they bought 19 bakkies, 18 sedans and two vans for N$12 624 730. The denial comes even when the City police chief Abraham […]
NWR appoints Dr Ngwangwama managing director
Namibia Wildlife Resorts (NWR) Board of Directors has appointed Dr Matthias Mpareke Ngwangwama as the substantive managing director effective 1 April 2020 for five years. Dr Ngwangwama is no stranger to NWR, having spent the last seven years in two very critical and strategic positions in the company. He was the longest-serving chief financial officer […]
Artists get N$5,5m relief package
Namibian artists have been given N$5,5m as relief fund to weather the Covid-19 storm. The artists are among those whose businesses have been decimated by the virus because most if not all entertainment places are still closed. The education ministry, however, has come to the rescue with a N$5,5m relief fund that will help with […]
Hillside Christian College dismisses teacher for racist comments
Hillside Christian College has dismissed the teacher who uttered racist comments on her Facebook page on 7 June 2020. The Grade 2 assistant teacher, Corien Steenkamp, was fired with immediate effect on Friday 12 June 2020. In a statement, the school said that Steenkamp’s conduct was serious and unacceptable. “We all know that our actions […]
Angry youth heckle BIPA over business registration delays
The Chief Executive Officer of the Business Intellectual Property Authority, Vivienne Katjiuongua, was this week hurled over live coals in front of her staff by youth from the Students Union of Namibia over slow progress in the business registration process. Speaking to Eagle FM, Katjiuongua admitted that BIPA is yet to take its system online […]
DHPS principal, students kneel in honour of George Floyd
The principal of DHPS, Kristin Eichholz and students bent their knees in the street outside their school precincts for a good eight minutes in honour of the slain African American, George Floyd. This echoes a series of protests from the US and the rest of the world led by the Black Lives Matter which has […]
I was angry – the woman who threatened to shoot Geingob said
The Namibian police earlier today said that they are looking for a woman in connection with a Facebook post where she made comments, police Inspector General termed tantamount to treason, For the whole day, Sonja Isaaks says she has been trying to explain to that she cannot remember the post, that she is bipolar and […]
Swartbooi calls defence minister a ‘dangerous man’
Landless People’s Movement Member of Parliament Bernadus Swartbooi called out Defence Minister Rear Admiral Peter Vilho for threatening political parties who are questioning the Defence Ministry’s N$6.2 billion budget. Swartbooi pointed out Vilho’s words where he says: “a well-ordered state is defined by a monopoly on the legit forces that allow domestic markets to operate.” […]