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The Joint United Nations Programme on HIV-AIDS (UNAIDS) has commended the High Court’s decision to declare the common law crimes of sodomy and “unnatural sexual offences” of Namibia as unconstitutional and invalid. In a press statement issued on Friday morning, UNAIDS said the court found the law incompatible with the constitutional rights of Namibian citizens. […]
The criminalisation of sexual acts between men in Namibia was declared unconstitutional and invalid by the High Court in a landmark judgement on Friday. The common law crimes of sodomy and “unnatural sexual offences” are unconstitutional and invalid, the court declared in a joint decision by judges Nate Ndauendapo, Shafimana Ueitele and Claudia Claasen. The […]
Political parties and analysts have raised concern over the slow pace at which the Electoral Commission of Namibia (ECN) is conducting the voter registration exercise that started on 1 June and will end on 1 August. ECN chief electoral officer Peter Shaama yesterday said the commission has so far registered 366 036 voters. He said […]
The Financial Intelligence Centre (FIC) says it is taking steps to counter potential money laundering and proliferation financing in the country’s booming oil, green hydrogen and betting industries. “The industries are nascent industries in Namibia. Be mindful that all industries, especially new ones, come with associated risks and money laundering is no exception,” FIC director […]
A medical doctor accused of raping his son over a period of about six years says the boy’s mother has accused him of bribing a psychologist and a doctor consulted by him and his then wife after she suspected their son was being sexually molested. The doctor (36), who was arrested on a rape charge […]
The Ministry of Home Affairs, Immigration, Safety and Security has commenced with the printing of biometric ID cards for refugees. This was revealed by deputy home affairs minister Lucia Witbooi at a World Refugee Day event at Osire refugee settlement in the Otjozondjupa region yesterday. The theme for this year’s event was ‘For a World […]
An attack that reportedly killed over 100 soldiers on an army base in Burkina Faso has snowballed into speculation about unrest in the security forces, in a country where the military has been in power since 2022. The leader of the military junta has since appeared on state TV in an attempt to debunk the […]
Vladimir Putin has warned South Korea it would be making “a big mistake” if it arms Ukraine in the war against Russia. His comments come after Seoul said it was considering such a possibility, in response to Russia and North Korea’s new pact to help each other in the event of “aggression” against either country. […]
The Inkatha Freedom Party’s Velenkonisi Hlabisa believes the public spat between ANC secretary-general, Fikile Mbalula, and chairperson of the DA’s federal council, Helen Zille, was merely teething problems. Hlabisa said the party has taken note of the ongoing disagreements between Mbalula and Zille pertaining to Clause 24 of the Government of National Unity (GNU) statements […]
Former president Jacob Zuma’s uMkhonto weSizwe Party (MK Party) has appointed former Western Cape judge, John Hlophe, as the party’s chief whip in the National Assembly. Despite the party not formally announcing his appointment, an internal document disclosed that he was already appointed. In the May 29 elections, the MK party amassed 58 seats in […]