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Katutura Residents Committee spokesperson Shaun Gariseb has thanked the Ministry of Mines and Energy for cancelling the planned electricity tariff hike. Electricity Control Board (ECB) chief executive Robert Kahimise recently announced that the 8% electricity tariff increase planned effective 1 July was cancelled after the government made N$365 million available to subsidise consumers’ electricity costs […]
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Workers of the Namibia Industrial Development Agency (Nida) yesterday went on strike to demand salary increments and better working conditions. The workers alleged the organisation has the funds available to hire new management, but fails to increase workers’ salaries. The Namibia Food and Allied Workers Union (Nafau) yesterday on behalf of the workers said they […]
Chief justice Peter Shivute has paid tribute to former Zambian chief justice Annel Silungwe, who also served as a judge of Namibia’s High Court, following his death on Sunday. Silungwe died at the age of 88 after a period of illness, Shivute said in a statement issued by the Office of the Judiciary on Tuesday. […]
One of the men charged in the second Caprivi high treason trial, Diamond Samunzala Salufu, has died after more than 20 years in jail. Salufu died on Thursday last week at Katutura Intermediate Hospital in Windhoek, lawyer Ilse Agenbach confirmed yesterday. Salufu was 74 years old. He had been in ill health since last year […]
The Namibian authorities arrested 654 people linked to 389 wildlife-crime cases registered in the country last year. This is according to a 2023 national report on wildlife protection and law enforcement in Namibia completed by the Ministry of Environment, Forestry and Tourism. The report shows that 96 wildlife-crime court cases were finalised. Twelve cases involving […]
Residents of Khomasdal in Windhoek were left in shock on Wednesday morning upon discovering the body of an unidentified man on top of a NamPower electricity pole. Police chief inspector Katrina Naukushu has confirmed the incident. She said the man was discovered by a passer-by at around 07h00, who then alerted the police. Police investigations […]
The German government has for the first time in 120 years admitted that the 1904-1908 massacre that killed more than 60 000 Nama and Herero people should be classified as a genocide. Initially, the two governments acknowledged, in a joint declaration, that by today’s standards, the massacres would be classified as a genocide. The descendants […]
… Amushelelo says party failed to account for public funds Namibia’s electoral commission says it has been begging the Namibia Economic Freedom Fighters (NEFF) for its financial statements since 2021. The NEFF was deregistered by the Electoral Commission of Namibia (ECN) due to the party not submitting financial statements as required by law. ECN senior […]
The Government Institutions Pension Fund (GIPF) is raising concern about a large number of eligible employees not being enrolled in its pension plan. “Despite the requirement for all permanent employees to be admitted to the fund, we are currently experiencing a large number of unadmitted employees from participating employers,” says GIPF spokesperson Edwin Tjiramba. He […]