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Some casual workers employed by the Ministry of Health and Social Services in 2017, picketed at Katutura Hospital on Thursday, demanding permanent employment and handing over a petition to the ministry. Group spokesperson Isai Shapwa said they were all promised permanent jobs by the government, but that nothing has materialised to date. He said the […]
Faith Enkali (20), the Namibian student who went missing in the Western Cape in South Africa (SA) last Monday, has been found, said executive director of international relations and cooperation Penda Naanda on Tuesday morning. “Yes, indeed he has been found and the family has been informed,” Naanda said Enkali, who has only been in […]
The manifesto of former president Jacob Zuma’s uMkhonto Wesizwe party is probably the most radical assemblage of promises of any party likely to win a significant share of the vote in the upcoming general election. It promises to literally remove the Constitution and to dramatically increase the role of the state in the economy. It […]
A group of eight people were charged and sentenced on Monday by the South Gauteng High Court in Johannesburg after they defrauded the South African Revenue Service (Sars) a staggering R100 million. The National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) said that between 2009 and 2015, the group operated a VAT syndicate which involved fraudulently claiming Value Added […]
Sabreen was dead before she could look into the baby’s eyes or hold her. The young mother had carried her child through seven-and-a-half months of pregnancy. They were days and nights of constant fear, but Sabreen hoped the family’s luck would hold until the war ended. That luck vanished in the roar and fire of […]
South Africa’s battle-scarred former President Jacob Zuma is proving he still has a winning streak – recently scoring a hat-trick in the courtroom. For the third time in the last month the 82-year-old has thwarted attempts to stop him, or his new party, from contesting the general election at the end of May. His latest […]
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Two men were arrested at Ondangwa over the weekend for the possession of containers of petrol according to police inspector Pendukeni Haikali’s weekend report. A 39-year-old man was arrested after he was found in possession of eight 25-litre containers filled with petrol, with a total value of N$4 578. He was scheduled to appear in […]
A nurse and security guard were robbed at gunpoint at Lisikili Clinic at Katima Mulilo last Friday, according to inspector Pendukeni Haikali in the police weekend report. Two unknown men approached the clinic, claiming one of them had been bitten by a snake on the leg and when the victim opened the door to assist, […]
A 24-year-old man was arrested at Karibib after he allegedly kidnapped and raped a woman he had met for the first time, in the early hours of Friday morning. The two had earlier exchanged phone numbers, says police inspector Pendukeni Haikali in the police weekend report. Later the same evening, however, the suspect phoned the […]