Sakaria Nghikembua Agribank says its loan book grew by 15 per cent year on year from N$2.4 billion in 2018 to N$2.8 billion in 2019. Speaking after the bank’s annual general meeting in Windhoek Wednesday, chief executive officer Sakaria Nghikembua said that this growth comes despite the difficult operating environment, characterised by a severe drought […]

Hendrik Uirab A self-confessed murderer, Hendrik Uirab, jailed for 32 years in the High Court. The judgement was handed down yesterday by High Court Justice Usiku. Uirab pleaded guilty of murder on 5 August. The convict had earlier admitted that he killed his girlfriend who has been identified as Katrina Maria Rooi (27) at Mariental. […]

Rape accused… Onesmus Angula The ELCIN pastor, who allegedly raped a 16-year-old Grade 8 pupils between January and August this year in Ohangwena, appeared in court on Tuesday. Identified as Onesmus Angula, the pastor allegedly raped the 16-year-old at the Eenghushe parish several times when he would lure her to his church house while she […]

The Marula Game Ranch has lost a bid to rid-off ex-employees to make way for a five-star luxury lodge on a 30 000ha of land. The ranch had filed an urgent court application last week before Justice Sibeya. According to the judge, he found that the applicant did not set out explicitly the circumstances which […]

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 […]