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After growing up watching the benefits of Iraqi oil elude the Iraqi people, a young executive insisted that Norway do things differently. Oil-exporting countries generally have high rates of poverty, internal conflict, and corruption – a kind of chronic dysfunction known as the resource curse. Not Norway. Europe’s largest oil exporter and the world’s second-largest […]

Erongo police have confiscated drugs with a street value of N$718 860 in a series of raids at Swakopmund and Walvis Bay. Three men have been apprehended in connection with these seizures. They face charges related to drug dealing and possession. The most extensive operation took place at Kuisebmond, Walvis Bay, on Thursday, where police, […]

President Nangolo Mbumba joined Namibians in remembering Cassinga Day on Saturday. He said the massacre will forever stand out in Namibian history as a stark reminder of the brutality inflicted on Namibians by apartheid South Africa during the country’s long and protracted struggle for independence. Cassinga Day is commemorated annually on 4 May. Saturday marks […]

A faction within the South West Africa National Union (Swanu) yesterday held a demonstration at the party’s headquarters, demanding that the leadership organise an extraordinary congress before this year’s presidential and National Assembly elections. Former secretary general Issaskar Hiakaere, who led the protest yesterday, admitted the presence of disunity in Namibia’s oldest political party. “It’s […]

… N$3b plant launched Namibia and Belgium have committed to working together to drive the establishment of a green hydrogen hub set to improve trade relations between the two countries. During a visit to the green hydrogen plant at Walvis Bay yesterday, president Nangolo Mbumba told Belgian King Philippe that Namibia’s green hydrogen vision, as […]

Swapo member of parliament (MP) Gerhard Shiimi has called on the Ministry of Home Affairs, Immigration, Safety and Security to make more police vehicles available to combat crimes. Shiimi says there is a lack of vehicles at most police stations, which inhibits the police’s ability to fight crime. He said this in parliament while giving […]

Officials from the United States of America will be part of a team to investigate the aircraft crash that claimed the lives of three people in Pionierspark, Windhoek, on Friday. This was confirmed by Magnus Abraham, head of the Directorate of Aircraft Accident and Incident Investigations in the Ministry of Works and Transport. The aircraft […]

The Electoral Commission of Namibia (ECN) has identified 4 297 registration points in 121 constituencies in all 14 regions of the country for the general registration of voters before Namibia’s national elections in November. This was said on Friday in a media statement by Peter Shaama, the ECN’s chief electoral and referenda officer. “The registration […]

Three people were killed when a small aeroplane crashed in Windhoek’s Pionierspark residential area on Friday afternoon. The accident happened on Rieckmann Street when an aircraft with three occupants crashed into a house after taking off from Eros Airport. The occupants were two pilots and an aircraft mechanic who were carrying out a maintenance test […]

An aeroplane crashed in the Pionierspark area of Windhoek on Friday afternoon, causing damage to a house and two vehicles. The police are currently attending to the scene and have cordoned off the area. An eyewitness says a mechanic who was attending to two vehicles at the house is safe. According to preliminary information from […]