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Good rains fall at last
A cloudburst at Noordoewer, which resulted in over 200mm of rain in the course of an hour, led to the temporary closure of the border with South Africa and caused damage to farmers in the area....
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Kerina talks politics, AR, A-Team
While bemoaning the state of politics in Namibia, veteran politician Mburumba Kerina says Swapo acted too hastily in expelling four of its youth leaders and President Hage Geingob needs a “no-nonsense”...
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Ready, set and go for cross-country runners
Local runners will get their first taste of what the year has in store when the Pupkewitz National Cross-Country Championships takes place at the Katutura Sports Complex tomorrow morning. Athletes will...
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Police choppers get a home in Oshakati
The police yesterday inaugurated a N$14.8 million helicopter facility in Oshakati to strengthen the fight against crime in northern Namibia. Speaking at the inauguration of the revamped police...
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Ya Nangoloh calls for poaching inquiry
The executive director of Namrights, Phil ya Nangoloh, says an independent commission of inquiry is needed to fight poaching in the country “because of the deep involvement by high-ranking political...
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Job lands top job
Youth activist Job Amupanda has been appointed as the deputy dean of the University of Namibia’s Faculty of Economics and Management Science. The appointment makes Amupanda the youngest dean at...
View ArticleLikoro gets 10 years
The Katima Mulilo Regional Court has sentenced Swapo official Vincent Likoro to 10 years’ imprisonment after he was found guilty of raping a female colleague in July 2013. Magistrate Bongani Ndlovu...
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Registration fees fall
After months of simmering discontent, students at the Namibia University of Science and Technology (NUST) yesterday scored a big victory after a lockdown protest saw the university management and...
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Weekend classes kick off in the North
Just a week after schools opened, learners from Ongwediva Junior Secondary School were seen going to school on Saturday morning. The Oshana acting education director, Immanuel Haipanda, said if the...
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Food prices skyrocket in Angola
The cost of basic food products in Angola’s southern Cunene Province has doubled because of the Namibian currency gaining strength against the kwanza, the Jornal de Angola newspaper has reported. This,...
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Dairy sector beats the odds
Increased sales in the last three months of 2015 appear to have bolstered Namibia’s struggling dairy industry. Feared last year to be on the brink of collapse due to what local producer Namibia Dairies...
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Dunes Mall impasse resolved
More than 50 construction workers employed by a Chinese-owned company JZC subcontracted at the N$480 million Dunes Mall project in Walvis Bay briefly withdrew their services on Friday. The workers were...
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Suspected syndicate targets Otji farmers
The Namibia Agricultural Union will meet with police Inspector-General Sebastian Ndeitunga on the increase in farm invasions and other security issues on February 1. This follows two attacks in the...
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Meatco halts abattoir operations
Meatco will no longer operate and manage the two government-owned abattoirs in the Northern Communal Area (NCA) after accumulating immense losses for several years. As a result of these operational...
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Others also victims of genocide - Kerina
One of Namibia’s stalwarts of the liberation struggle, Mburumba Kerina, says not only the OvaHerero and Nama people were affected by the colonial genocide of 1904 – 08. That supports a disputed 2014...
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History has been distorted - Kerina
“People are left in the dark and children are being taught false history. Even now when you read some of this stuff, it is just junk.” These were the words of veteran politician Mburumba Kerina during...
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To pay or not to pay: Fee saga drags on
Confusion and anger over whether fees have fallen continue to spark protest at institutions of higher learning. The Namibian National Students Organisation (Nanso) and students of the University of...
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