Bulk electricity hikes announced
View the full imageGOING UP: Namibians can expect to pay more for power after the ECB yesterday announced NamPower's increased electricity rates for municipalities and other distributors. PHOTO:...
View ArticleOil lessons from Ghana
View the full imageNAM EXPLORATION: A helipad on a drilling platform off Walvis Bay. PHOTO: DENVER ISAACSView the full imageBLESSING OR CURSE?: A drilling operation in Ghana's giant Jubilee offshore...
View ArticleMan jailed for 35 years for killing ex
View the full imageJAIL-BOUND: Pieter Farmer in conversation with his defence attorney, Hennie Kruger. PHOTO: Fred GoeiemanWINDHOEK FRED GOEIEMANA 37-year-old first offender has been sentenced to an...
View ArticleGovt faking amnesia about war veteran
View the full imageDISCOVERED: Former PLAN combatant John Mandume Mbwalala. PHOTO: ContributedWINDHOEK ELVIS MURARANGANDAThe Namibia National Liberation Veterans Association has blasted the...
View ArticlePrivate doctors clash with Health PS
View the full imageSTATE'S PROBLEM: The Medical Association of Namibia says it cannot shoulder the blame for problems at State hospitals. PHOTO: NampaWINDHOEK ELVIS MURARANGANDAPrivate doctors say they...
View ArticleNghiwete heads into retirement
WINDHOEK TOIVO NDJEBELAForeign Affairs permanent secretary Veiccoh Nghiwete is to retire at the end of this month, he confirmed yesterday.Nghiwete turns 60 on Tuesday and is required to step down in...
View ArticleSPYL downplays snubbing apology
View the full imageTAKING RESPONSIBILITY: SPYL secretary Elijah Ngurare. Photo: NAMPAWINDHOEK FAITH SANKWASAIn an effort to appease senior traditional and government leaders who felt snubbed by...
View ArticleBillions lost to animal diseases
View the full imageSHARING KNOWLEDGE: Agriculture Minister John Mutorwa and his Angolan counterpart, Afonso Pedro Canga, during a visit to the Central Veterinary Lab in Windhoek. Photo: Ellanie...
View ArticleOne continent, many cultures
View the full imageUNITY IN DIVERSITY: Namibia will be joining the rest of the world tomorrow to celebrate Africa Day. It is a day to reflect on the progress and transformation that has taken place...
View ArticleAmbassador ordered to pay for fictitious claims
View the full imagePAY UP: Ambassador Panduleni Shingenge PHOTO: FACEBOOKWINDHOEK TOIVO NDJEBELAThe government has ordered Namibian ambassador to Zimbabwe Panduleni Shingenge to repay more than N$19...
View ArticleStock market boosts BEE
View the full imageBANK ON IT: Bank Windhoek's upcoming listing on the NSX has highlighted the benefit of companies going public to empowerment shareholders. PHOTO: DENVER ISAACSWINDHOEK DENVER...
View ArticleSpecial medical fund lies unused
View the full imageCOME TO US: Deputy Minister of Health Petrina Haingura. PHOTO: NampaWINDHOEK ELVIS MURARANGANDAThe government has criticised people requiring specialist medical treatment who run to...
View ArticleUnrecognised traditional authority in new controversy
View the full imageDEFIANT: Johannes Fleermuys, purported chief of the unrecognised Goliath traditional authority. PHOTO: Fred GoeiemanWINDHOEK FRED GOEIEMANThe defunct Goliath Traditional Authority...
View ArticleNamibians pass on Africa Day
View the full imageANGRY: Prime Minister Hage Geingob was angered by the low turnout and drunken behaviour. Photo: NampaWINDHOEK ELVIS MURARANGANDAThere was a disappointing turnout at the official...
View ArticleSocial protection systems under review
WINDHOEK ELLANIE SMITAbout 60% of workers in Namibia have no access to social security, medical aid schemes or pensions, while the unemployed have no guaranteed social protection at all.The Ministry...
View ArticleOkahao church members impatient about probe
A commission of inquiry set up in February to investigate infighting in the Okahao parish of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Namibia (Elcin) has not yet finished its work, angering many of the...
View ArticleWoman killed in violent rampage
OSHAKATI PLACIDO HILUKILWAWhile Namibians were preparing for the celebration of Africa Day, a chain of criminal events was unfolding at Okakuyu village in the Okahao Constituency of the Omusati...
View ArticleKamwi chosen as WHO executive
WINDHOEK ELVIS MURARANGANDAThe minister of health and social services, Dr Richard Kamwi, has been elected to serve on the World Health Organisation's executive board for the next three years.Kamwi will...
View ArticlePolice fingered in exile kid's death
WINDHOEK SELMA IKELAOne of the so-called struggle kids has died in a Windhoek hospital over the weekend and his fellow protesters are claiming that the deceased's admission to hospital was due to...
View ArticleFive die in coastal crash
View the full imageSwakop accidentHORRIFIC: Five people died in a horrific car accident outside Swakopmund on Saturday morning. The accident happened around 02:45. It is reported that a BMW sedan...
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