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Early last year Theofilus Nghishidibwa (12) and his cousins left home to collect firewood one Thursday afternoon. But Nghishidibwa did not return. His family and neighbours started looking for him, and found his footprints at a sandpit not far from his home. The next day, the boy’s body was discovered in one of the oldest […]
Larger-than-life restaurateur Fortunato Mazzone is on the road, heading northwest from his Pretoria home to faraway places where adventure and mystic sunsets await. He’s sharing his diary with us. Day 2. My next missive is curtailed by the world’s slowest WiFi in the Kalahari. Some points: It’s hot. Very hot. And dry. The vegetation is […]
Five Gobabis municipality councillors owe the town over N$650 000, while the services of residents with accounts in arrears are being suspended at the same time. Gobabis chief executive Sophia Eises yesterday confirmed that the municipality has been cutting off services to residents in arrears.“This is an ongoing activity. We normally cut services [sic] that […]
Businessman Shapwa Kanyama has again failed with a court bid to stop competitors from supplying antiretroviral medication to the Ministry of Health and Social Services. This is the third time he has attempted to get a favourable judgement in the High Court. A judgement delivered in the Windhoek High Court on Tuesday, sealed Kanyama’s company […]
Namibia Students Financial Assistance Fund (NSFAF) acting chief executive Kennedy Kandume says the fund will start paying its beneficiaries on a monthly basis on 26 April. This comes after the Students’ Union of Namibia (SUN) yesterday proposed the immediate commencement of non-tuition payments to students by the end of April. “This payment is a tripartite […]
The path to the May 29 polls is proving to be a rocky one. The gloves are off, with SA’s political parties accusing one another of poster theft, acts of physical violence and intimidation, and much more. With the elections less than six weeks away, bad blood and allegations of dirty tricks are swirling between […]
The Namibian Broadcasting Corporation (NBC) on Saturday reported that the body of one of the trial-awaiting inmates who escaped from the Katima Mulilo prison on Monday was found along a highway. Katima Mulilo police station commander chief inspector Charles Mayumbelo told the national broadcaster that eight of the 12 inmates who escaped have been recaptured. […]
Business owners operating in Namibia since 2012 who owe the Business and Intellectual Property Authority (Bipa) for annual levies and penalties have one more chance to pay their dues following the extension of the waiver programme to the end of June. The Bipa waiver programme is designed to get businesses registered in Namibia, regardless of […]
The Swakopmund Municipality has appealed to residents and visitors to consider making donations to registered soup kitchens, rather than giving money to street children. According to the municipality, many people, especially children, are going through challenges and appear hungry, leading them to beg on the streets. However, providing money to street children can worsen the […]
A memorial service for the chairman of FNB Reho Falcon Rugby Club, Ettienne Coetzee, and his two sons, Edmando and Ethan, is set to take place on Sunday. The memorial service will be held at the Dr Lemmer High School sport field at Rehoboth. Coetzee and his sons died in a car accident on the […]