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RedForce Debt Management has decided to bring an urgent application in the Windhoek High Court for an order to stop the termination of its contract to collect debts on behalf of the Municipality of Walvis Bay. This comes in the wake of a decision by Walvis Bay town councillors to opt out of a five-year […]
The Ministry of Mines and Energy has announced a fuel price increase of 70 cents per litre of petrol and 40 cents per litre of diesel, with effect from Thursday (2 May). The new fuel prices at Walvis Bay will be N$23 per litre of petrol, N$22,17 per litre of diesel 50ppm and N$22,37 per […]
An exclusive IOL investigation has revealed allegations of bribery and sexual favours in exchange for teaching positions in KwaZulu-Natal. Recordings obtained by IOL appear to confirm these claims. In one recording, an official, allegedly from a school governing body in northern KwaZulu-Natal, is heard demanding 30,000 rand in two instalments from a graduate teacher seeking […]
Iraq’s parliament has passed a bill criminalising same-sex relationships with jail terms of between 10 and 15 years. Transgender people could also be sent to prison for between one and three years under the new law. Supporters of the changes say they will help to uphold religious values in the country. Rights groups say they […]
Hamas has published a video showing the first proof of life of two more hostages being held in Gaza. In undated footage filmed under duress, Omri Miran says he has been held for 202 days and Keith Siegel mentions this week’s Passover holiday, indicating the clips were filmed recently. Both were captured when Hamas launched […]
Disgraced movie mogul Harvey Weinstein has been hospitalised just days after his 2020 rape conviction in New York was overturned, his lawyer has said. Arthur Aidala said he was moved to a Manhattan hospital on Friday. He remains in jail after being separately convicted of rape in Los Angeles. Mr Aidala said his client was […]
Record-breaking heat means ice cubes now cost more than bread and milk in parts of Mali. “I’ve come to buy ice because it’s very hot now,” says 15-year-old Fatouma Yattara as she visits her local vendor in the capital, Bamako. With no working fridge due to prolonged power cuts, she resorts to using ice cubes […]
Opinions differ wildly about whether the uMkhonto Wesizwe party and its leader, Jacob Zuma, should be taken seriously. Some believe its manifesto is a joke, but others say it will attract many voters. One thing is certain, though: in KwaZulu-Natal, all bets about possible election outcomes are off. Thirty years after Nelson Mandela swept the […]
… lawyer guarantees constitutional fight if assented Swapo backbencher Jerry Ekandjo says Namibia should not allow Western culture to influence its citizens by accepting homosexual acts. He yesterday asked how far the speaker’s office was with processing his proposed anti-gay bills in the parliament. Ekandjo reminded the house that he tabled the bills in the […]