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A NAMIBIAN Defence Force member stationed at Rundu Military Base was found dead in a hospital toilet on Tuesday morning, Kavango East acting regional commander deputy commissioner Eino Nambahu says. The deceased has been identified as Isai Kanhuku (33). Nambahu says Kankuhu had been admitted to the hospital on Saturday. According to Nambahu, nurses at […]
OSHANA regional police commander commissioner Naftal Sakaria yesterday said they will not confiscate mahangu illegally imported from Angola anymore. His call comes after president Nangolo Mbumba recently asked the police to allow people to import mahangu from Angola to avert hunger. Namibia Revenue Agency spokesperson Tonateni Shidhudhu yesterday said the agency could not comment on […]
Jameelah’s room was once a morgue; Faldilah’s was a bathroom; Bevil’s – the doctor’s office where he came to collect his diabetes medication. All of them are squatting in a derelict hospital in the South African city of Cape Town, protesting at what they see as the government’s failure to deliver affordable housing. The end […]
A Windhoek High Court judge has ordered social activist Michael Amushelelo to pay Namib Mills’ legal costs in a case about threats to shut the food-producing company down, made by Amushelelo. In a judgement delivered yesterday, judge Hannelie Prinsloo said Amushelelo made inflammatory statements against Namib Mills on social media and his threats can potentially […]
Ministry of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) spokesperson Shoki Kandjimi is inviting sponsors to join the eighth national ICT summit. Kandjimi announced this in a statement released yesterday. The ministry is planning to host a sponsorship breakfast at FÜrstenhof Protea Hotel on 6 June to provide potential sponsors with an overview of the available sponsorship […]
Minister of environment, forestry and tourism Pohamba Shifeta is currently engaging in national consultations to determinie the success of Namibia’s biodiversity efforts. Shifeta attended an event celebrating International Day for Biological Diversity at Lüderitz in the //Kharas region last Wednesday. He said the region is blessed with both terrestrial and aquatic biodiversity, but is also […]
THE Economic Policy Research Association (EPRA) says the decision by the government to impose a visa regime on 37 tourist market countries will push up unemployment figures as the tourism industry loses numbers. Cabinet slapped a visa regime on countries not reciprocating Namibia’s visa on arrival policy. Tourism is the country’s top foreign currency earner. […]
The ANC is likely to lose its majority in the National Assembly after the 29 May poll. Parliament, once a theatrical disguise for the true centre of power at Luthuli House, will suddenly be thrust back into the limelight. What then? To a large extent, the future will be determined by how far the ANC slips […]
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has urged Western leaders to pressure Russia into peace using “all means” necessary. Speaking in Spain, Mr Zelensky said there needed to be “tangible coercion of Russia” , which was seeking to “destroy Ukraine and move on”. Mr Zelensky has long said he will not negotiate with Russia directly until Moscow’s […]
Kenya’s President William Ruto has come in for widespread criticism after saying the private jet he used to fly to the US last week was cheaper than using the national airline. He did not, however, say how much the jet had cost, or how much it would have cost on Kenya Airways. “The facts that […]