RDPYL slams Pohamba ‘self-enrichment’
The Rally for Democracy and Progress Youth league (RDPYL) has condemned the “self-enrichment trend”, which sees the children or relatives of the political elite being favoured when it comes to...
View ArticleMultitasking killed Paul van Schalkwyk
Acclaimed photographer Paul van Schalkwyk, who died in a plane crash in the Etosha National Park in March, was flying too low in an attempt to capture an image of an elephant, the Directorate of...
View ArticleLivestock farmers on tenterhooks over exports
Namibian farmers are waiting for the end of the month when the Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) relating to livestock exports to South Africa will be finalised. The livestock industry in Namibia is...
View ArticleEking out a living from used bricks
A Swakopmund pensioner is making a living for himself and his grandchildren by collecting and selling discarded bricks. The 77-year-old man is raising his three grandchildren - two boys and a girl -...
View ArticleRebels eager for NPL chance
First-division side Rebels are determined to fast-track their amazing progress in the ranks of local football when they compete in a playoff that could see them playing in the Namibia Premier League...
View ArticlePetrol cards launched for robbery-prone taxis
The cash-based nature of the taxi industry has traditionally led to the sector being prone to the criminal element. Thanks to a new local collaboration, taxi operators and their drivers now have the...
View ArticleFlight instructor’s killers jailed for 20 years each
The two men convicted of killing German flight instructor Ralph Kohnke have been sentenced to an effective 20 years in prison by the High Court. Da Costa Dumingu Zuzee, 44, and Wasuka Nunda, 40, were...
View ArticleMix settlement finally gets a school
Mix settlement, where over 300 young kids have dropped out of school because their parents cannot afford transport costs, will soon have a primary school of its own. This was confirmed by Education...
View ArticleUlenga available for re-election
Congress of Democrats (CoD) president Ben Ulenga says he is willing to stand for re-election for a fourth term, but only if he is nominated by members at the party’s conference next month. Yesterday,...
View ArticleTeen’s accused killer denied bail
The man accused of shooting to death a teenage girl after she allegedly left the gate to his mahangu field open at Okandi in the Ohangwena Region has been denied bail. Joseph Ndemutetako, 66, a former...
View ArticleParalympic athletes get Victory Race chance
The first leg of the Old Mutual Victory Races kicked off in Oshakati last weekend with enthusiastic athletes from all over the country arriving to compete in the much-anticipated northern leg of this...
View ArticleLRDC considers gun carrying ban
A ban on carrying firearms in public, legalising sex work and giving the green light to abortions are just some of the new pieces of legislation the Law Reform Development Commission (LRDC) will be...
View ArticleNo headway in NPL saga
Confusion about the recently concluded Namibia Premier League (NPL) continues after African Stars yesterday obtained an interim court interdict preventing the announcement of the winners. Stars’...
View ArticleHigh Court overrules ‘Huey’ grounding
The High Court has set aside a decision of the Directorate of Civil Aviation to ground a privately owned Bell UH-1 helicopter because its American military markings from the Vietnam War era was...
View ArticleNew Zealand media hail All Blacks
New Zealand rugby writers hailed the All Blacks’ record-equalling performance to trounce England in the third Test on Saturday, seeing it as a setback for England’s World Cup hopes. The “muscularity”...
View ArticleLomachenko grabs world title with majority decision
Two-time Olympic boxing gold medallist Vasyl Lomachenko won a world title in just his third pro fight on Saturday with an impressive majority decision over Gary Russell. Ukraine’s Lomachenko improved...
View ArticleOlukanda lwaMix talu mono oskola
Olukanda lwaMix moka aanona ya thika po-300 ya thigi po ooskola molwaashoka aavali yawo itaya vulu iifuta yomalweendo gokuya nokuza koskola, otalu ka mona oskola yopevi. Shika osha kolekwa kOminista...
View ArticleEhumbato lyiifufuta momahala gaayehe otali hulithwa po
Okakomisi ke nasha noompango (LRDC) otaka ningi omakonaakono gomuule kombinga yetulomiilonga lyoompango ndhoka tadhi pitike ekuthemo lyomategelelo, etulomiilonga lyompango tayi pitike uumbwanda oshowo...
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View ArticleKaupumhote Pohamba not paying minimum wage
President Hifikepunye Pohamba’s daughter’s company, Kata Investments, which was awarded a tender by the National Housing Enterprise to build houses in Otjiwarongo, is in breach of the new minimum wage...
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