Namibia
Tue, 06 Apr 2021 09:00:23 GMTWorker Dies At Spar Construction Site
[Namibian] A MAN died in a freak accident at the Welkom Spar site at Keetmanshoop in the //Kharas region on Saturday.
Tue, 06 Apr 2021 08:59:52 GMTNamibia Housing Enterprise Bosses Blame CEO for Parastatal's Mess
[Namibian] The management of the Namibia Housing Enterprise has requested the board to take action against chief executive officer Gisbertus Mukulu due to a lack of leadership at the state-owned enterprise.
Tue, 06 Apr 2021 08:51:35 GMTMan Arrested for Throwing Contraband Into Police Cells
[Namibian] A 26-YEAR-OLD male was arrested on Thursday after he allegedly threw contraband into the corridor of police cells.
Tue, 06 Apr 2021 08:36:13 GMTClub Rugby Gears Up for New Season
[Namibian] WITH club rugby set to start this coming weekend, most of the teams have held friendly matches in preparation for the new season.
Tue, 06 Apr 2021 08:30:06 GMTZimbabwe O50's Take the Honours
[Namibian] ZIMBABWE took the honours in their first-ever over 50 tour of Namibia when they won all four their matches in their Easter Festival in Windhoek over the past few days.
Tue, 06 Apr 2021 08:22:42 GMTNamibia Wrap Up T20 Series
[Namibian] NAMIBIA wrapped up the T20 series against Uganda with their third successive victory at the Wanderers field yesterday.
Tue, 06 Apr 2021 08:17:11 GMTMan Guilty of Live-in Girlfriend's Death
[New Era] A man who was on trial for killing his live-in girlfriend by stabbing and slitting her throat for allegedly cheating on him in Kuisebmond in 2019, was on Thursday found guilty of her death.
Mon, 05 Apr 2021 08:29:31 GMTCranes Seek to Claw Back in Namibia
[Monitor] Windhoek -- It is one of those games when a coach is caught between a rock and a hard place on whether to blame the team for a loss or pat a few players on the back for a handful of fine shifts.
Sat, 03 Apr 2021 14:10:01 GMTFishing With Dynamite: the Secret Scheme That Helped the President Stay in Power
[Namibian] Khadija Sharife (OCCRP), Mark Anderson (OCCRP), and The Namibian
Sat, 03 Apr 2021 14:29:50 GMTPresidency Blasts Venaani Over 'Ill-Placed Lecture'
[Namibian] THE Namibian Presidency has launched a scathing attack on Popular Democratic Movement (PDM) leader McHenry Venaani, accusing him of giving president Hage Geingob an "ill-placed lecture" on governance.
Sat, 03 Apr 2021 14:10:05 GMTPart 2 - Fishing With Dynamite: the Secret Scheme That Helped Namibia's President Stay in Power
[Namibian] Khadija Sharife (OCCRP), Mark Anderson (OCCRP), and The NamibianPayments Like 'Telephone Numbers' Namibia's SWAPO-led government has faced allegations of cronyism and elite self-enrichment for years, but "the boss," as Hatuikulipi and Shan...
Sat, 03 Apr 2021 14:10:04 GMTSAN Told to Stop Depending On Handouts
[Namibian] OHANGWENA governor Walde Ndevashiya has urged members of the San community to do away with the culture of depending on others for assistance and aid.
Sat, 03 Apr 2021 14:09:55 GMT'Veterans Will Not Allow Geingob to Be Removed By Force'
[Namibian] THE president of the Namibia National Liberation Veterans Association (NNLVA), Ben Shikongo, says president Hage Geingob should be allowed to finish his second term as head of state.
Sat, 03 Apr 2021 14:10:05 GMTSeven-Seaters Blocked At Roadblock
[Namibian] PASSENGERS were left stranded on the B1 road yesterday when seven-seater vehicles were blocked from proceeding to the coast at the Windhoek-Okahandja roadblock.
Sat, 03 Apr 2021 14:10:02 GMTPlan Fighters in Unmarked Graves
[Namibian] Three People's Liberation Army of Namibia (Plan) soldiers killed on 2 April 1989 in the Ohangwena region are still lying in unmarked graves.
Sat, 03 Apr 2021 10:55:43 GMTChinese Businessman Robbed At Walvis Bay
[Namibian] An ALLEGED robber was shot and wounded when a group of men robbed a Chinese businessman at Walvis Bay on Friday morning.
Fri, 02 Apr 2021 10:13:41 GMTNamibia Condemns the Siege and Attack in Northern Mozambique
[Namibia Economist] Namibia has condemned, the killing of dozens of innocent people in the town of Palma and neighbouring areas in Mozambique, the Deputy Prime Minister & Minister of International Relations and Cooperation, Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah sai...
Fri, 02 Apr 2021 06:44:04 GMTGeingob Summons Defence Minister Over Hong Kong Account
[Namibian] President Hage Geingob has summoned defence minister Peter Vilho to explain allegations of illicit proceeds in an undeclared foreign bank account in his name.
Thu, 01 Apr 2021 15:49:15 GMTWindhoek Building Plan Approvals Increase By 81.1 Percent
[Namibia Economist] The 12 -- month cumulative number of building plans approved by the City of Windhoek increased by 13.6% in February, a report by IJG indicates.
Thu, 01 Apr 2021 15:49:15 GMTIMF Approves Namibia's N$3.9 Billion Loan
[Namibia Economist] The International Monetary Fund has approved Namibia's N$3.9 billion (US$270.83 million) loan to address the country's fiscal financing needs caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. This amount is marginally less than its so-called IMF Q...
Thu, 01 Apr 2021 13:37:04 GMTVenaani Supports Upper Middle-Income Ranking
[Namibian] POPULAR Democratic Movement (PDM) leader McHenry Venaani says the government should stop discrediting the World Bank's classification of Namibia as an upper middle-income country, and step up to develop the economy to fit this ranking.
Thu, 01 Apr 2021 13:37:02 GMTThe Impact of Covid-19 On Namibian Businesses
[Namibian] THE DATE 17 MARCH 2020 will perhaps be remembered by many business owners as their darkest day yet.
Thu, 01 Apr 2021 13:37:02 GMTThe Joys and Fears of Being a Midwife
[Namibian] "It is such a rewarding feeling to see a new life arriving."
Thu, 01 Apr 2021 13:37:02 GMTDrought, Covid-19 Hit Sheep Farmers Hard
[Namibian] THE Namibian Swakara industry has experienced major production losses for the past three years.
Thu, 01 Apr 2021 13:37:00 GMTIMF Drops N$4 Billion in Namibia's Kitty
[Namibian] THE International Monetary Fund (IMF) has approved Namibia's US$270,8 million (N$4 billion) loan, it announced this morning.
Thu, 01 Apr 2021 13:27:43 GMTSenior Counsel Appointed As Judge
[Namibian] A SENIOR member of the Society of Advocates of Namibia, Esi Schimming-Chase, has been appointed as a High Court judge, the Judicial Service Commission (JSC) has announced.
Thu, 01 Apr 2021 12:06:18 GMTTransnamib Targets N$2.6 Billion for Five-Year Plan
[New Era] In efforts to bring TransNamib back on track to profitability, CEO Johny Smith, yesterday at a stakeholder engagement said the company needs N$2.6 billion for their five-year business plan to reach break even by 2023. In stating the company...
Thu, 01 Apr 2021 12:06:16 GMTEditorial - Kawana Offers Glimmer of Hope
[New Era] Fisheries minister Albert Kawana is not perfect, but he has surely earned himself new admirers judging by the manner in which he is presiding over the affairs of the fisheries ministry.
Thu, 01 Apr 2021 12:06:11 GMTMP Proposes Life Sentence for Rape
[New Era] Republican Party parliamentarian Herlinde Tjiveze has proposed life sentences for rape offenders guilty of sexual assaults on young girls.
Thu, 01 Apr 2021 12:06:06 GMTThird Fuel Increase in Four Months
[New Era] Local fuel prices will increase for already the third time this year on Wednesday, 7 April 2021, when both petrol and diesel will go up by 50 cents a litre taking Walvis Bay pump prices of petrol to N$13.15 per litre and diesel to N$13.18 p...