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The underbelly of New York City’s tabloid media industry was laid bare in a Manhattan courtroom on Tuesday. A famous publisher outlined a secret plan he had with Donald Trump and his personal lawyer Michael Cohen, calling it an “agreement among friends”. Prosecutors questioned former National Enquirer publisher David Pecker for nearly three hours. He […]
The US Senate has approved a controversial landmark bill that could see TikTok banned in America. It gives TikTok’s Chinese owner, ByteDance, nine months to sell its stake or the app will be blocked in the United States. The bill will now be handed over to US President Joe Biden, who has said he will […]
The Namibia Diamond Trading Company (NDTC) hosted its Enterprise Development Programme (EDP) graduation ceremony on Tuesday. The event, which took place in Windhoek, was launched in 2022 to help businesses in the diamond industry grow and expand through a sponsored business development programme. The aim of the programme is to develop citizen-owned cutting and polishing […]
Landless People’s Movement (LPM) leader Bernadus Swartbooi says that while some people may think his party is unstable because they have fired many of their leaders, they will not tolerate corruption. Swartbooi said this during an election campaign at Rundu in the Kavango East region over the weekend. He said where the LPM governs, alleged […]
… Food security significantly crumbling The Ministry of Agriculture, Water and Land Reform wants the government to declare drought a national emergency. This comes amid significantly deteriorating household food security. “Overall, based on the findings [of a ministerial report], it is recommended that the government declare a drought emergency at national level,” the ministry says. […]
Salambala Conservancy game rangers have been pumping water into a muddy pool in the Chobe River since last month to save about 200 hippos. The situation has been brought about by the prevailing drought, with the hippos having nowhere to go to find water. The hippos in the pool are from the Mutikitila area of […]
…as winter approaches Some Nankuntwe Combined School pupils sometimes sleep outside their classrooms on the school premises, because the tents they normally sleep in are in a dilapidated state. The school is situated on the floodplains in the Kabbe South constituency in the Zambezi region, which often becomes inaccessible due to floods. As a result, […]
Minister of health and social services Kalumbi Shangula says the shortage of medical equipment in hospitals does not equate to negligence or malpractice. Shangula was responding to Popular Democratic Movement parliamentarian Winnie Moongo on the shortage of cardiotocography (CTG) papers at Windhoek Central Hospital. “How does the ministry plan to address concerns regarding potential malpractice […]
Well-known banking executive and former Namibia Chamber of Commerce and Industry northern branch chairperson Thomas Indji (44) died on Tuesday morning at a Windhoek hospital. His death was confirmed by his widow Iyaloo Shiimi-Iindji, who says her late husband died following hospitalisation. “Further announcements will be communicated in due course,” she says. Indji, who worked […]
Former Namibian refugees who were repatriated in 1989 under United Nations Resolution 435 of 1978 are demanding to be resettled and rehabilitated after 34 years of independence, says Former Refugees Repatriation Association Namibia member Julias Nkuve.Nkuve said this yesterday while handing over a petition at the United Nations head office in Windhoek. “According to the […]