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BARBARA USHER, NOMSA MASEKO and BASILLIOH RUKANGA South Africa’s Cyril Ramaphosa has been sworn in for a second full term in office as president, despite failing to secure a majority in last month’s election for his African National Congress (ANC). Lawmakers re-elected him as president last week, following a deal between the ANC, its long-time […]

The Popular Democratic Movement (PDM) has expressed concern over a recent decision by the Zambian cabinet for Zesco, Zambia’s state-owned power utility, to recall at least 100 megawatts of power from the export market to meet local needs. The decision was made by the country’s cabinet on Tuesday. In a media statement on Wednesday, PDM […]

The Bank of Namibia has maintained the repo rate unchanged at 7,75 per cent. Announcing the decision on Wednesday, the central bank’s Monetary Policy Committee says the decision was made following a comprehensive review of domestic, regional and global economic developments. The central bank says the decision is meant to safeguard the peg between the […]

South Africa’s Cyril Ramaphosa is due to be sworn in for a second term in office as president, despite failing to security a majority in parliament in last month’s election for his African National Congress (ANC). Lawmakers re-elected him to stay on as president last week, following a deal to form a coalition government between […]

A total of 341 855 vulnerable households are living on food assistance under the government’s current comprehensive nationwide drought programme. Of the total number, 33 105 are marginalised households, and 1 835 are affected by malnutrition. This has resulted in deputy prime minister John Mutorwa summoning all heads of diplomatic missions and development partners to […]

The death toll in the B1 road accident that occurred on Tuesday has risen to nine. Police confirmed on Tuesday that a woman who was transported to the Otjiwarongo State Hospital was pronounced dead on arrival. Initially, eight people were reported dead in a head-on collision involving a sedan and a Toyota Fortuner. The accident […]

Part of the R6 million allegedly stolen from Ongwediva businessman Shamil Dirk was reportedly spent on a Golf 6 GTI, a plot, clothes, expensive shoes, iPhones and Gucci perfume. The money, all of which was South African rands, was allegedly stolen from Dirk’s car, which was parked inside the yard of his Ongwediva home in […]

A Windhoek resident arrested on a rape charge involving one of her grandchildren denied in the Windhoek Magistrate’s Court yesterday that she has ever sexually molested her grandson. “I’ve never done that. Never,” the woman said when public prosecutor Seredine Jacobs told her that her seven-year-old grandson has alleged that she touched and stimulated his […]

Two men were trampled to death by elephants on Monday. In the first incident, an elephant trampled a man (46) to death at Kambangula cattle post at Tsandi in the Omusati region. According to the police, a bull elephant trampled professional hunter Gert van der Walt to death. Van der Walt was allegedly trophy hunting […]