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The Namibian Competition Commission (NaCC) has accused several banks and the Payment Association of Namibia (PAN) of working together to set fees for debit and credit card transactions. According to the NaCC, PAN, First National Bank of Namibia and Standard Bank Namibia adopted a payment clearing house card schedule, setting interchange fees since 2014. The […]
Olympic 200m silver medallist Christine Mboma says her enforced hiatus from athletics took a toll on her mental health, but continuing to train stopped her losing hope. The 20-year-old has not raced competitively for 20 months after a change to the rules for athletes classed as having differences in sexual development (DSD). The Namibian has […]
Kenya’s military chief general Francis Omondi Ogolla died after a military helicopter crashed in the west of the country on Thursday, the president said. Ogolla – Kenya’s highest ranking military officer – was in the helicopter alongside 11 other military personnel. Only two people survived. In a news conference, president William Ruto said it was […]
Namibia Progressive Party co-founder Penda Negonga says he is better qualified to run for president because his opponents lack the required intellectual capacity. Speaking to Desert Radio on Friday, Negonga said Swapo vice president Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah and Popular Democratic Movement president McHenry Venaani have low intellects. “Nandi-Ndaitwah has a small brain […] it doesn’t matter […]
A Polish man has been arrested and charged with planning to co-operate with Russian intelligence services to aid a possible assassination of Volodymyr Zelensky, authorities said. Polish prosecutors said the man, named as Pawel K, was allegedly tasked with collecting information about an airport in Poland used by Ukraine’s president. The arrest was made on […]
Kenya’s military chief, Gen Francis Omondi Ogolla, has died after a military helicopter crashed in the west of the country, the president said. Ogolla – Kenya’s highest ranking military officer – was in the helicopter alongside 11 other military personnel. Only two people survived. In a news conference, President William Ruto said it was a […]
The prosecution has not been able to disclose crucial details on the charges faced by a couple arrested last month in connection with an alleged illegal cryptocurrency investment scheme, a magistrate remarked before granting bail to the couple in the Windhoek Magistrate’s Court yesterday. During the hearing of a bail application by Coenraad (‘Coenie’) Botha […]
The City of Windhoek says the proposed affordable housing development at Brakwater being steered by businessman/activist Michael Amushelelo will not take off until he complies with the requirements of the Water Resource Management Act and lays out a clear plan on how the sewer reticulation system will work. Amushelelo has been collecting money from interested […]
Mines and energy minister Tom Alweendo says local companies should play a part in shaping the new oil regulating policy that will guide the industry. He was speaking at the ongoing Namibian Local Content Conference yesterday at Lüderitz, where he also urged local businesses to take full advantage of the emerging oil and gas sector […]
Martin Gebhard (24) is traumatised after a gas explosion at his workplace left him with burn injuries on his body. In addition, Gebhard says his employer reportedly abandoned him following the accident. The gas explosion occurred at a Dordabis farm he worked at in early November last year, he says. His injuries have left him […]