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Some schools at Uis in the Erongo region have been forced to stop their pupils from attending class following a water shortage affecting the settlement over the past month. Pupils from Brandberg Primary School and Petrus !Ganeb Secondary School have not returned to school since the Easter break. The water shortage has been blamed on […]
Popular Democratic Movement (PDM) leader McHenry Venaani has promised that if elected as head of state this year, he will have desalinated water pumped from the Atlantic Ocean to the Kunene and Omusati regions. Venaani said this at a PDM meeting at Okalongo in the Omusati region on Saturday. Venaani said the water would be […]
A Windhoek pensioner hoping to enjoy his retirement years in his home, now faces the threat of losing the house he bought from SME Bank beneficiary and ex-deputy minister Engel Nawatiseb. Pensioner Godfrey Makumbi bought the house from Nawatiseb in November 2017 for N$1,2 million for his retirement. This was the same year the bank […]
Popular Democratic Movement (PDM) leader McHenry Venaani claims he caused the resignation of former defence and veterans affairs minister Peter Vilho. Venaani made the remarks at the PDM election campaign rally at Okalongo in the Omusati region on Saturday. “It’s me who pushed the former minister of defence to be fired. Vilho was fired because […]
Iran has launched hundreds of aerial drones and missiles at Israel, marking a widely anticipated reprisal attack. It is the first such direct clash between the two enemies, who have been engaged in a years-long shadow war, with Iran using proxy forces. The Israeli military said Israel and other countries had intercepted more than 300 […]
United Africa Group’s lawyer Boris Isaacks says the company’s founder, Haddis Tilahun, did not directly urge clients to stop business dealings with Erongo Petroleum. Isaacks was reacting to a report published in The Namibian on 10 April, titled ‘Ex-Namcor manager joins entity owing national oil company N$120m’. Isaacks also said they did not lose a […]
… EU still consulting after stern warning International relations expert and public policy analyst Marius Kudumo has slammed Swapo after its vice president, Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah, issued European Union (EU) ambassadors a stern warning against interfering in Namibia’s affairs. This comes after German ambassador Thorsten Hutter hosted a lunch in honour of Independent Patriots for Change […]
…IUM official confirms renting 10 cars out to IPC Independent Patriots for Change (IPC) president Panduleni Itula says his party will never disclose the names of those who support it in any form under the guise of transparency. His sentiments come at a time the party has failed to disclose who funded the acquisition of […]
A 10-YEAR prison term given to a Zambezi region resident after he was found guilty of possessing two elephant tusks was too harsh, two judges have ruled in an appeal judgement delivered in the Windhoek High Court. Fosta Maulu was found guilty of a serious offence, but when the value of the ivory he possessed […]
The office of the Judiciary has pleaded for more funds to address the “urgent” needs of its ageing infrastructure. Minister of justice Yvonne Dausab delivered the office’s plea to the National Assembly while motivating its N$445-million budget allocation this week. “To continue its mission of providing speedy and equitable justice, the judiciary requires adequate budgetary […]