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Zambezi regional police have launched an investigation into the death of one of the inmates who escaped from the Katima Mulilo Police Station holding cells last week. Katima Mulilo Police Station commander chief inspector Charles Mayumbelo yesterday said they were alerted by the public on Saturday about the body of a male found along a […]
New Era Publication Corporation chief executive Christof Maletsky says he is not in a position to discuss the suspension of the state-owned newspaper company’s finance manager, Jonisiu Kambwale, and procurement officer Amon Shangano. Kambwale and Shangano were suspended last week on allegations of using a vehicle without the company’s authorisation. “I can’t discuss our internal […]
Walvis Bay’s youth will benefit from the Bloomberg Philanthropies Youth Climate Action Fund, which was launched on 10 April. The fund will provide technical assistance and funding for 100 mayors to activate young people between 15 and 24 years old to design, produce, and govern urgent climate solutions in their cities. These cities are from […]
Kih’Nyiah McKay may be just 11 years old, but she is keenly aware of the climate crisis. She knows the loss of trees reduces oxygen and that dumped garbage kills the sea turtles that keep the ocean around her healthy. “Young people need to save the Earth,” she says with a solemnity that belies her […]
A Northern Regional Electricity Distributor (Nored) employee, Ananias Iiyambo, died at Okongo in the Ohangwena region after being electrocuted on duty on Saturday. Nored spokesperson Simon Lukas confirmed the incident on Sunday. “We, however, cannot comment further as we are awaiting a formal report from the team on site investigating. “Let’s not jump to conclusions […]
Early last year Theofilus Nghishidibwa (12) and his cousins left home to collect firewood one Thursday afternoon. But Nghishidibwa did not return. His family and neighbours started looking for him, and found his footprints at a sandpit not far from his home. The next day, the boy’s body was discovered in one of the oldest […]
Larger-than-life restaurateur Fortunato Mazzone is on the road, heading northwest from his Pretoria home to faraway places where adventure and mystic sunsets await. He’s sharing his diary with us. Day 2. My next missive is curtailed by the world’s slowest WiFi in the Kalahari. Some points: It’s hot. Very hot. And dry. The vegetation is […]
Five Gobabis municipality councillors owe the town over N$650 000, while the services of residents with accounts in arrears are being suspended at the same time. Gobabis chief executive Sophia Eises yesterday confirmed that the municipality has been cutting off services to residents in arrears.“This is an ongoing activity. We normally cut services [sic] that […]
Businessman Shapwa Kanyama has again failed with a court bid to stop competitors from supplying antiretroviral medication to the Ministry of Health and Social Services. This is the third time he has attempted to get a favourable judgement in the High Court. A judgement delivered in the Windhoek High Court on Tuesday, sealed Kanyama’s company […]
Namibia Students Financial Assistance Fund (NSFAF) acting chief executive Kennedy Kandume says the fund will start paying its beneficiaries on a monthly basis on 26 April. This comes after the Students’ Union of Namibia (SUN) yesterday proposed the immediate commencement of non-tuition payments to students by the end of April. “This payment is a tripartite […]