A 26-year-old security guard was arrested last week in connection with a shooting incident at Outapi Town where a female colleague was shot on the leg while on duty. Omusati police spokesperson Inspector Linekeela Shikongo confirmed the incident to Eagle FM on Sunday. Inspector Shikongo said the female guard, Wilhelmina Ndjembela aged 36, was shot on […]

PHOTO: Contributed The police are trying to locate the two French tourists who survived when their hired car was swept away by a river at Remhoogte Pass in Nauchas (about 190km from Windhoek) last week. Remhoogte Pass is between Solitaire and Nauchas on the D1261 gravel road. The unnamed tourists, both male, were driving a […]

Samherji acting chief executive officer Björgólfur Jóhannsson After torching a scandal storm in Namibia’s fishing sector, the Icelandic company Samherji is seeking to divest and leave the country. Samherji is at the centre of what could be Namibia’s biggest scandal involving about N$150m in bribes paid in exchange for fishing quotas. Two minister – Sacky […]

The Public Procurement Act of 2015 is one of the six reasons why public health facilities experience a chronic shortage of medicine. Health minister Dr Kalumbi Shangula said Thursday that the procurement act was limiting the health ministry and it made the tendering process long. Dr Shangula also said the fact that the health ministry […]

The health minister Dr Kalumbi Shangula said the Office of the Prime Minister has approved the creation of more than 4 000 positions in his ministry. Speaking to the media in Windhoek on Thursday, Dr Shangula said the 4 595 positions were created in various critical areas within the health ministry. Some of the positions […]

Advocate Jeremy Gauntlett and lawyer Frank Pelser The Supreme Court of Namibia on Friday reserved judgement in an application brought by five presidential candidates who participated in the 2019 Presidential Elections. The five candidates are Mike Kavekotora of the RPD, Henk Mudge of RP, Ignatius Shixwameni of APP, Epafras Mukwiilongo of the NEFF and the […]

Former minister of education Katrina Hanse-Himarwa has hired one of South Africa best defence lawyers Barry Roux to represent her in a case where she is seeking leave to appeal a Windhoek High Court conviction. Hanse-Himarwa, who was convicted on a charge under the Anti-Corruption Act in the Windhoek High Court last year, wants to […]

  August 26 Holdings chief executive officer Colonel George Kaxuxwena has said that there are closing down three subsidiaries that are insolvent. One of the companies is August 26 Textiles that makes shoes and employs about 86 workers. August 26 Holdings is 100%b owned by the government of Namibia through the Namibia Defence Force. According […]

                  Some of the poaching suspects             The anti-poaching unit – the Blue Rhino Combined Task Team – last week arrested 18 suspects among them two Oshakati Town Council workers. According to a weekly report released by the environment ministry, the arrests […]

The deputy education minister Anna Nghipondoka opened the 2020 school year Tuesday in Windhoek. Below we carry her speech verbatim. The Ministry of Education, Arts and Culture is happy to welcome you all back to the new academic year. We hope that everyone had a very pleasant holiday season and that you are well-rested and […]