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Landless People’s Movement (LPM) chief whip Utaara Mootu says the party is not using Michael Amushelelo to attract northern voters. Mootu made these remarks at the LPM headquarters in Windhoek yesterday while welcoming Amushelelo as a party member. “It is not going to be a northern issue or northern gimmick that we’re going to try […]
On Sunday morning around 06h40 Kupaha Uazukuami received a distress call. The call informed the deputy chief of the City of Windhoek’s emergency and disaster risk management that two of his firefighters had been involved in a crash upon returning from responding to an emergency. Methusala Simataa Khama Upon arriving at the scene, Uazukuami learned […]
The Scouts of Namibia has filed an appeal against a High Court judgement ordering it to pay N$2,2 million to the mother of a boy severely injured in an attack by a vicious dog at its premises four years ago. Lawyer Nafimane Halweendo, who is representing the Scouts of Namibia, has filed a notice stating […]
Executive director of education, arts and culture Sanet Steenkamp has asked principals to address toxic workplace environments. Sanet made these remarks on Desert Radio in a welcoming message to principals, teachers and members as the ministry embarks on the last semester. “We urge all our principals to continuously foster a positive workplace culture with trust, […]
Earth has broken temperature records for 13 consecutive months, a new report says. The planet registered temperatures of 1,5 degrees Celsius higher than pre-industrial averages every month, it says. Every month since June 2023 has been hotter than the one preceding it, making the global average temperature between July 2023 and June 2024 1,64 degrees […]
Fossils of a huge, extinct swamp creature with a toilet seat-shaped skull have been discovered in Namibia. The species Gaiasia jennyae existed around 280 million years ago – about 40 million years before the first dinosaurs evolved – and offers a glimpse into the early evolution of tetrapods, or four-limbed vertebrates. Its skull was more […]
Two men were arrested at Oshakati on Thursday after the police received intelligence that they were allegedly attempting to go on a robbery spree. Oshana police regional commander commissioner Naftal Sakaria told The Namibian that the two men, who are suspected to be part of a criminal gang, were arrested on charges of attempted robbery […]
Oshigambo High School in the Oshikoto region has announced that it might not open its doors for the second semester next week if the Oshikoto education directorate does not pay its subsidy to the school by Friday. This was announced by the school board chairperson, Simon IItula, on Thursday.This comes after two pupils were suspended […]
Political parties have demanded that liquidators disclose how they spent N$100 million to recover N$130 million siphoned from the SME Bank. This comes after liquidators Ian McLaren and David Bruni revealed on Tuesday that they recovered N$130 million, but spent N$100 million of it to trace the funds through forensic investigations and lawyers. In total, […]
Namibians intending to marry in future will have to approach the home affairs ministry three months before tying the knot. This is to confirm that neither party is in a civil marriage. This is contained in the marriage bill currently being debated in parliament which aims to prevent bigamy. Bigamy is a crime associated with […]