Police are probing an ELCIN pastor, whose name cannot be provided at this time, over allegations that he raped a Grade 8 teenage girl at Eenghushe in Ohangwena. According to a crime report provided by the police, the pastor raped the girl since she was 16. Between January and August of this year, allegations are […]

Ombudsman John Walter  The minister of defence should request for an amendment to put placed in the Defence Act if he so wishes to prohibit the taking of videos of soldiers in the line of duty by members of the public. These are the sentiment that has been expressed by ombudsman John Walters right in […]

Simon Amana The man accused of killing his girlfriend and burning the body in a shack on Sunday in Katutura, Windhoek, was arrested Monday night. Police deputy commissioner Edwin Kanguatjivi confirmed the arrest Tuesday, saying the man was in hospital receiving treatment for the burns he got from the shack fire. Identified as Simon Amana, […]

President Hage Geingob President Hage Geingob has told the High-Level Panel for a Sustainable Economy that Namibia is committed to ensuring that at least 10 per cent of its Exclusive Economic Zone is gazetted as a marine protected area by 2020. The High-Level Panel for a Sustainable Ocean Economy consists of 12 heads of government […]

Namibia is safe from the travel company Thomas Cook’s collapse since the only connection was through the cheques that have since been phased out. Thomas Cook, most probably the oldest travel agency with 178 years in business, went bust around 02h15 Monday after the company failed to raise more than 200 million pounds. More than […]

   Julius Malema and members of the EFF consoling Mugabe’s family, including his eldest son Robert Junior (far right)   Julius Malema travelled to Zimbabwe on Monday to pay his condolences to former president Robert Mugabe’s family. Malema, leader of South Africa’s opposition Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF), did not speak to journalists at the Robert […]

Peter Amutenya (standing) The auditor general Junius Kandjeke wants the land reform to account for N$98m after the ministry’s accounting officer, Peter Amutenya, indicated that they bought 12 farms for N$123m, while the ledger shows that the amount used was N$222m. Presenting the attorney general’s report in the National Assembly in Windhoek on Thursday, the […]

  The shack in which Katrina Silus’ body was found Police in Windhoek have identified the woman whose body was found burnt with an axe stuck in her neck Sunday morning as Katrina Silas. The body was found in a shack that burnt around 04h00. Neighbours said Silas argued with her unnamed boyfriend who is […]

A collard cheetah was bumped near the weighbridge between Windhoek and Rehoboth last week.

Police in Windhoek are looking for a man whose girlfriend’s body was found with an axe stuck in the neck and had been burnt beyond recognition in a shack fire on Sunday morning. According to police spokesperson Kauna Shikwambi, the unidentified woman and her boyfriend who is on the run argued around 01h00 and then […]