The president of Iran, Hassan Rouhani and the foreign minister Javad Zarif admitted Saturday that the Iranian army shot down the Ukrainian jetliner on Wednesday. Both, who admitted this on their twitter accounts – @HassanRouhani and @JZarif – said it was human error. The Boeing 737 was shot just after it had taken off from […]

The education ministry deputy executive director, Edda Wibke Bohn, said that they are open for consultation on what should be done with the revised curriculum. The revised curriculum has attracted wide criticism especially for confining those who would have studied with Namcol and other institutions that are outside the formal school system. One of the […]

Inspector Kisco Sitali Zambezi region police said that the hunt for the 13-year-old boy who was attacked by a crocodile while swimming in the Zambezi River on Monday is still on. The boy, identified as Malibivale Mathe, was swimming along the Zambezi River with three friends on Monday afternoon when the incident happened. Inspector Kisco […]

The fishrot6 have appealed to the Supreme Court against the Windhoek High Court’s ruling that their application to have their arrests declared unlawful did not meet the requirements to be heard as an urgent matter. It is not yet clear when the application dated 3 Jan. 2020 will be heard by the Supreme Court but […]

The newly formed Students Union of Namibia has written to the ACC asking whether the commission can probe the Namibia Student Financial Assistance Fund for mismanaging money meant for tuition and non-tuition fees. In the letter dated 9 Jan. is addressed to the ACC director general Paulus Noa, the union asks him to receive or […]

President Hage Geingob said Namibia wants to strengthen trade ties with the United Kingdom. Geingob said this when he met the British Joint Minister of State at the Foreign Commonwealth Office Andrew Stephenson and the British High Commissioner Kate Airey in Windhoek, Wednesday. Stephenson paid a courtesy visit to Geingob was appointed as a member […]

  President Hage Geingob told the special envoy Professor Alioune Sall, sent by Malian President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita that he has sympathy for the West African country that is experiencing violent attacks from rebels. Mali is torn by a civil war between the government and the National Movement for the Liberation of Azawad (MNLA), an […]

Public enterprises minister Leon Jooste says his ministry will enter into performance agreements with each board member with key performance indicators aligned to approved, feasible business plans. “If KPIs are not met, the board can be removed,” Jooste said when he responded to questions on Twitter after his comment about the newly appointed Meatco chief […]

  Police Inspector General of the Namibian Police Sebastian Ndeitunga has praised the newly appointed deputy commissioner Kauna Shikwambi saying that she excelled in her roles as the police media liaison and public officer. Shikwambi was promoted to the rank of deputy commissioner in charge of public relations on Wednesday. She was a chief inspector […]

Laurentius Tobias The two Tses children who saw a five-year-old girl die in the bushes between 31 Dec. 2019 and 4 Jan. 2020 are showing signs of withdrawal. Germina Tobias, 15, and Immanuel Tobias, 13, saw Lentina Kooper dying when they had gone to look for water but did not find any. The children were […]