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…69 children subjected to abuse from January 2023 to March 2024 When Weckson Amunyela (8) vanished after school, his disabled father Timoteus Amunyela (44) feared the worst. As the sun went down at Okalale village in the Omusati region on Friday, 3 May and Weckson had still not returned, Amunyela worried that he had drowned […]
The Namibia Economic Freedom Fighters (NEFF) has expressed solidarity with Julius Malema’s Economic Freedom Fighters ahead of South Africa’s national elections, taking place later this month. The NEFF claimed on Saturday that South Africa’s ruling African National Congress does not stand a chance of winning this year’s elections due to its failure to turn around […]
Minister of agriculture, water and land reform Calle Schlettwein has come under fire for saying cooking with wood or charcoal is unhealthy and contributes to global warming. He posted these remarks on X on Wednesday. This has received mixed reaction by social media users and politicians. Schlettwein said fuel emits more carbon dioxide than the […]
…N$10,4 billion paid out in refunds The Namibia Revenue Agency (Namra) says it has achieved a gross revenue collection of N$86,9 billion as of March 2024. This was revealed by Namra commissioner Sam Shivute in the agency’s May newsletter released on Wednesday. Shivute said in addition to the revenue collected, refunds paid out for the […]
The Ministry of Information and Communication Technology, through the Communications Regulatory Authority of Namibia, has committed N$13 million to the deployment of 14 radio access network towers across the country. This was announced on World Telecommunication and Information Society Day by deputy information minister Modestus Amutse on Thursday. “This initiative aims to bridge the digital […]
A high Court judgement on the criminalisation of sexual acts between men has been postponed by a month. The judgement, which was postponed to Friday this week (17 May) at the end of a hearing before three judges of the Windhoek High Court at the end of October last year, has been rescheduled to 14 […]
CCTV FOOTAGE has emerged appearing to show rap mogul Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs attacking singer Casandra ‘Cassie’ Ventura in a hotel hallway in 2016. The video, aired by CNN, has surfaced in the wake of allegations by Ventura about her ex-boyfriend and producer in a lawsuit last year. She has not commented, but her lawyer said […]
At least 33 construction workers are confirmed to have died when the five-storey luxury apartment building collapsed on 6 May. But 29 survivors were pulled from the debris. The building will now be handed over to investigators to establish the cause of the accident. South Africa’s President Cyril Ramaphosa, who toured the site on Thursday, […]
Forty-year-old Mpumalanga woman, Ntombelanga Pretty Labane, has appeared before the Amersfoort Magistrate’s Court after she was arrested by the Directorate for Priority Crime Investigation, also known as the Hawks. Provincial spokesperson for the elite crime-busting unit, Captain Dineo Sekgotodi, said Labane was apprehended by members of the Secunda-based serious commercial crime investigation unit on charges […]
A fellow at the Namibia Media Trust’s NXT Journalism Hub won the Newsroom Challenge at the All Africa Summit in Nairobi, Kenya, last week. Winner Nelago Johannes says: “My idea stemmed from an unlikely source in this competition – law. “Despite not being entrenched in the media or technology sectors, I found myself drawn to […]