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Guard sues G4S, supervisor for N$1m
A manager at Group 4 Security company, Willem Du Plessis is being sued for N$1 million for wrongful assault by a security guard who has been identified as Nangha Johannes. According to court papers seen by Eagle FM, Nangha has also dragged the security company before the court. “On or about November 2019 and at […]
Republican Party’s //Gowases dies
Republican Party member of parliament Clara //Gowases died of cancer in Windhoek on Monday. She was 59. This was confirmed by the Republican Party president Henk Mudge, while the National Assembly deputy speaker Loide Kasingo announced the news in the National Assembly this afternoon. According to Mudge, //Gowases was initially admitted at the Lady Pohamba […]
Swapo seeks to stop rise of independent candidates from within
The ruling Swapo Party is bent on closing the tap to a rise of affiliated members breaking ranks to run as independent candidates in future polls as the party braces for the November regional and local authority elections. This is the view of political analyst, Ndumba Kamwanya who was commenting on the latest stance taken […]
LPM tells Kandjii-Murangi to stop funding Nanso
The Landless People’s Movement’s youth wing, the Student Command Element has written to higher education minister Itah Kandjii-Murangi requesting her to cut funding for the Namibia National Students Organisation (Nanso) The LPM youth wing has claimed that the Ministry of Higher Education, Training and Innovation has been funding Nanso from 2017 to 2019 to […]
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 […]