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Agriculture, water and land reform minister Calle Schlettwein does not want money returned to the treasury due to budget under expenditures. This comes after the media recently reported on the ministry returning money to the treasury that was meant to carry out ministerial projects. “Therefore, I would not be happy to hear money [is] returned […]
Deputy commissioner Kauna Shikwambi raises concern over the high number of crimes committed by young people in the Khomas, Kavango East and Omaheke regions, saying young people are terrorising communities in those areas. This happened when a parent reached out to The Namibian after their minor son was arrested on 12 April at Epako. “At […]
A police officer at Keetmanshoop, Uakuta Japuhua (37) , who attempted to take his life by setting a police vehicle alight, was denied bail in the Keetmanshoop Magistrate’s Court on Monday. Japuhua was charged with malicious damage to state property on Saturday. ||Kharas regional crime investigations coordinator Nicodemus Mbango says it is alleged that Japuhua […]
Three million children in Haiti are in need of humanitarian assistance as continuing gang violence hampers aid delivery, the head of the UN children’s agency, Unicef, has said. Catherine Russell said the situation in gang-wracked Haiti was “catastrophic” and growing worse “by the day”. She told a meeting of the UN Security Council that in […]
Police in the Omusati region arrested and 87 year old man after he allegedly raped his 14 year old granddaughter. The incident happened at OshikuShomunkete village, Oshikuku. Police reported that the suspect who was arrested on Monday and is a grand father to the victim had forceful intercourse with the girl after he invited her […]
An unemployed couple from Havana informal settlement in Windhoek says they are finding it hard to survive and provide for their six-week-old triplets. The triplets were delivered prematurely at Windhoek Central Hospital on 18 February. Ester Nghipewa (28) says it’s hard to breastfeed on an empty stomach. Because she is unable to produce milk for […]
National Unity Democratic Organisation (Nudo) president Ester Muinjangue has endorsed her vice president, Peter Kazongomuinja, to stand as party president at the party’s upcoming congress. The event is scheduled for 12 to 13 July. This comes after Kazongomuinja told Desert Radio on Tuesday that Muinjangue will not stand for a second term as party president. […]
The Khomas region and China’s Jiangsu province’s foreign affairs office yesterday signed a work plan agreement focusing on six programmes for the next five years. The Chinese delegation, which includes the governor of the Jiangsu provincial government, Ma Xin, is in Namibia for the twinning partnership this week. Khomas regional governor Laura McLeod-Katjirua said the […]
The three dams that are major sources of water for Windhoek are now filled to only 18,7% of their combined storage capacity, the Namibia Water Corporation (NamWater) reported yesterday. NamWater reported in its weekly update on dam levels countrywide that the Swakoppoort, Von Bach and Omatako dams, from which water is supplied to Windhoek, Okahandja […]
The Namibian Police are working with officials in neighbouring countries and members of the public to apprehend the remaining suspects who escaped from the Katima Mulilo Police Station last week. They have called on the public to assist the police by providing information that may aid the investigation. On Sunday, the station commander chief inspector […]