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The Namibian police have arrested a total of 112 suspects in drug-related matters in June alone. This was announced by police spokesperson deputy commissioner Kauna Shikwambi in a media release yesterday. Among the arrested suspects, 106 are Namibian, one is Angolan, two Tanzanian, one Zambian and two are Zimbabwean nationals. The seized drugs include cannabis […]
Swapo is set to elect its 96 prospective members of the National Assembly for 2025 to 2029 in September. The party’s electoral college will take place from 6 to 8 September, according to a circular from the office of Swapo secretary general, Sophia Shaningwa. According to the circular, delegates to the electoral college are all […]
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The City of Windhoek has described an employee who died in an ambulance accident on Sunday as a team player who always lended a helping hand to his colleagues. According to City of Windhoek spokesperson Lydia Amutenya, the employee Methusalah Simataa Khama joined the City of Windhoek as a trainee firefighter on 3 March 2008. […]
Four men prosecuted in connection with a fatal armed robbery committed at Walvis Bay eight years ago have been found guilty on six charges, including a count of murder. Judge Dinnah Usiku convicted the four men – Panduleni Gotlieb, David Tashiya, David Shekundja and Elly Hinaivali – at the end of a lengthy judgement delivered […]
President Nangolo Mbumba has urged village headmen, pastors and regional councillors to ensure drought relief is distributed fairly and transparently. Mbumba said this when he addressed the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Namibia (Elcin) Etumo Festival held at Omandongo village in the Oshikoto region on Saturday. “Due to the drought affecting the country, any food aid […]
Members of anti-poaching units are sometimes involved in poaching or trafficking themselves, a latest report shows. This is according to a protection and law-enforcement report released by the Ministry of Environment, Forestry and Tourism last week. Moreover, the report says 83 people have been arrested in connection with poaching and conspiring to poach rhinos and […]
Three of the accused in the Fishrot case want proceedings in their trial to stay halted until the Supreme Court has given a ruling on a set of legal questions from them. The three accused – former attorney general and justice minister Sacky Shanghala, his business partner James Hatuikulipi and Pius Mwatelulo – plan to […]
Lawyer and Swapo central committee member Sisa Namandje says same-sex marriage is not in line with Namibian law and the sodomy challenge should have been dismissed. In a public lecture on Saturday, Namandje spoke under the theme ‘Can there be a Constitutional Court-made law or principle having no roots in the language and scheme of […]
The Namibia Competition Commission (NaCC), the Swakopmund municipality, Rent-A-Drum and a Finnish company, Molok Oy, are set to reach a settlement after findings of anti-competitive behavour in the deep waste collection business. NaCC spokesperson Dina Gowases says accusations are that as part of its long term relationship with Rent-A-Drum, the municipality exclusively makes use of […]