The agriculture ministry said there is no timber being harvested in Namibia as what the media is reporting. In a statement dated 13 January 2020, the ministry said the timber that is being transported across Namibia is from Zambia and the DRC. This timber, the statement said, has been authorised to be moved from these […]

The police and army said they are dismayed by the news of some officers deployed in the police-led joint crime prevention operation code-named Operation Kalahari Desert unbecoming behaviour. The acting police chief deputy inspector general Oscar Peter Embubulu told the media in Windhoek on Monday that the unbecoming behaviour perpetrated against members of the public […]

Swapo Party Youth League secretary and member of parliament Ephraim Nekongo has said that the concept of the independent candidate is meant to destroy the party. Nekongo says that the party should terminate with immediate effect the membership of anyone who supports any independent candidates. The SPYL secretary confirmed the statement on Monday saying that […]

The mayor for the Ongwediva Town Council, Angelina Angula, has exclusively disclosed to Eagle FM that a woman (name withheld) in the Oshinyadhila Village community sold a piece of land without the Ongwediva Town Council’s approval. Angula said her office cautioned the woman against the sale before she sold the plot but she was adamant […]

Independent political analyst Ndumba Kamwanyah has said that the Fishrot scandal and the ongoing drought will once again play a part in swaying voters in the by-elections slated for Wednesday this week. There are four by-elections in Khomasdal North, Walvis Bay Urban, Keetmanshoop Urban and Gobabis. Kamwanyah said established political outfits are in for a […]

Deputy commissioner Moses Khairabeb Otjozondjupa police are investigating why an Okakarara prosecutor, who was arrested for drunken driving on Saturday night, paid N$2 000 bail. The Otjozondjupa acting police commander deputy commissioner Moses Khairabeb told Eagle FM on Sunday that the unnamed 29-year-old prosecutor was arrested at Okakarara. Deputy commissioner Khairabeb said they were investigating […]

          The wreckage of the bakkie that killed one prisoner, injured 36 others. It was carrying 38 prisoners and three prisoner warders. Photo: Courtesy of Zambia police.     Zambian police said a bakkie that was carrying 38 prisoners overturned killing one and injuring 36 others on Saturday. A statement issued […]

Erongo police said two bodies of babies were found dumped at the Walvis Bay’s landfill this past week. A statement released on Saturday, deputy commissioner Erastus Iikuyu said the first was found on Monday and the second one was found on Wednesday. Iikuyu said a resident found the first body that could have been 28 […]

The former president Sam Nujoma said Swapo’s candidate for the Walvis Bay Urban will be required to inculcate the principles of unity of action and purpose through all ranks and files and implore the slogan Swapo is the People and the People are Swapo. Nujoma was the main speaker at a rally held on Saturday […]

PHOTO: Erongo Police An unlicenced Karibib man, who killed one and injured two others when the car he was driving without the owner’s permission crashed handed himself over to the police on Saturday. The incident, Erongo police said in a report, happened on Friday in the Usab location. According to a report compiled by Erongo […]