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Former justice minister and attorney general Sakeus Shanghala on Friday said a cage-like enclosure of the dock in the High Court at Windhoek Correctional Facility violates his and other accused persons’ dignity when they appear in court. Shanghala made the remark while telling acting judge Moses Chinhengo that he objected to the presence of a […]
This week in Oshana has seen a mix of criminal activity, with reports of livestock theft, a hit-and-run accident and a drug bust, a crime report by Oshana police spokesperson chief inspector Thomas Aiyambo says. According to Aiyambo, a resident of Uukwedhidhi village in the Okatana constituency reported the theft of two goats between Thursday […]
The Conservative Party has said it would bring back mandatory national service if it wins the general election. It said 18-year-olds would have a choice of either joining the military full-time for 12 months, or volunteering one weekend every month carrying out a community service. The party is proposing a Royal Commission to consider the […]
It had all the promise of an only-in-America blockbuster trial, brimming with salacious detail and a former president in the dock. In fact, it’s hard to imagine a bigger courtroom drama, tailor-made for the media, than one that stars Donald Trump, once the world’s most powerful figure and someone vying to be so again, forced […]
Authorities in the Brazilian state of Rio Grande do Sul have confirmed 54 cases of the waterborne leptospirosis disease after the region experienced unprecedented floods in the months of April and May. Four others have died after contracting the illness, which is transmitted through water contaminated with infected animals’ urine, like rats. As many as […]
At least 11 people have been killed and many others wounded after Russian forces hit a supermarket in the northern Ukrainian city of Kharkiv with two glide bombs, local officials say. A large fire could be seen raging at the Epicentr K home improvement store on the northern outskirts of the city. Ukrainian President Volodymyr […]
The Cessna 406 aircraft, which crashed and claimed three lives in Windhoek’s Pionierspark earlier this month, seemed to have a malfunctioning left-hand side engine. The Cessna 406 aircraft before it crashed in Windhoek earlier this month. Photo: Olga Ernst & Hp.Baumeler The plane’s right-hand side engine was replaced just before the accident, which took place […]
Walvis Bay fishermen formally represented by the Namibia Fishing Industries (NFI) union say they were not informed that the union was going to be deregistered and were shocked that the president registered another union on their ticket. NFI former coordinator Sakeus Shikongo says he and the workers were shocked at a Trade Union Congress of […]
The government has produced a report which outlines a plan to create a ‘super media company’. This will be done by combining New Era Publications Corporation (NEPC) and the Namibia Press Agency (Nampa) – a move that could cost taxpayers millions of dollars through highly paid executives and state officials. The decision to merge NEPC […]
Independent presidential candidate Ally Angula says she will not support same-sex marriages under her administration if voted into power in this year’s Presidential and National Assembly elections. She aired her views on the rights of the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer and intersex (LGBTQI+) community on Desert Radio yesterday. “No. For me marriage should have […]