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A fight between two brothers at Leonardville on Friday resulted in the death of one of them after he was hit by an iron bar. “It is alleged that the deceased, Piet Namseb, died on the spot,” police spokesperson Kauna Shikwambi says in the weekend crime report. The next of kin have been informed, and […]
Political scientist Rui Tyitende has described president Nangolo Mbumba’s decision to ask the international community to donate food to Namibia and avert the effects of the drought as a “colossal national embarrassment”. He says the government has continuously overspent on drought relief and underspent on agricultural investment. “How can a rich country like Namibia beg […]
A new political outfit, the Action Democratic Movement, has expressed its intention to register with the Electoral Commission of Namibia (ECN) in time for the November presidential elections, but some of its founders are already pulling out. In a letter dated 24 May 2024, one Naeman Namwandi instructed the ECN chief referenda officer Peter Shaama […]
Getting access to the former president’s tax records will turn unwarranted secrecy on its head. It was early 2019 when Warren Thompson, a journalist working at the Financial Mail, first hit upon the idea of tilting at a long-standing tax principle that had evolved into widely accepted economic dogma. “It was quite a specific time,” […]
South Africa’s social media influencers, popular with the youth, have been stepping into a new role ahead of this week’s general election – political mobilisers. With 42% of registered voters under the age of 40, the younger demographic could have a big role to play in Wednesday’s election. Nestled in between videos of jokes about […]
Madhu Bai says she is like a rainbow. She rose from a storm, fleetingly spread joy and then returned to the sky. The 44-year-old made history in 2015 when she became the first trans person to be elected a mayor in India. She won in Raigarh, a small town in the central state of Chhattisgarh. […]
Dozens of people have been killed or injured in a blast at a refugee camp in the Rafah area, the Hamas-run health ministry in Gaza has said. Videos from the scene in the southern Gaza Strip showed a large explosion and intense fires burning. The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said it had targeted two senior […]
Namibia Investment Promotion and Development Board (NIPDB) chief executive Nangula Uaandja says the decision by the government to impose a visa regime on about 31 countries from the traditional tourist markets of Europe is ill-timed. She told The Namibian yesterday that a new visa regime mooted by the government on countries that are not reciprocating […]
Fisheries and marine resources minister Derek Klazen says the Employment Redress Programme Government (Gerp) has encountered several challenges, with some being genuine, while others appear to be influenced by political opportunism, personal gratification and other interests. He issued a statement while at a meeting with fishermen from the Iyaloo Women Investment Group and Walu Fishing […]
One of the men charged in the Fishrot case, Tamson ‘Fitty’ Hatuikulipi, has another three months in jail ahead of him before his latest bail hearing will continue in the Windhoek High Court. Hatuikulipi’s bail hearing was postponed to 20 August on Friday, after Hatuikulipi completed his evidence in chief in support of his second […]