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FlyNamibia has announced changes to its flight operations aimed at improving connectivity and stimulating tourism in the Zambezi Region. In a media statement issued on Monday, the company announced that from 3 July, FlyNamibia’s Katima Mulilo flights will move from Eros Airport to Hosea Kutako International Airport. This will provide easier access to key destinations, […]
Malawian president Lazarus Chakwera has bashed media reports that he had called off a search and rescue operation around a defence force aircraft that went missing on Monday morning with the country’s vice president, Saulos Chilima, and nine others on board. According to a media statement by the Malawian Office of the President and Cabinet, […]
Kwilimba Street at Walvis Bay, where a woman and her daughter burnt to death last Wednesday, was sombre when visited by The Namibian this week. The Erongo police reported that Lineekela Ndeunyema (38) and Linea Kombada (16) were sleeping when their shack caught fire at about 06h18. Lineekela’s younger sister, Rachel Ndeunyema, this week recalled […]
A report by three officials from the Ministry of Mines and Energy says Chinese nationals working with locals in the Kunene region are conducting illegal lead mining exploration in villages in the Epupa constituency. The illegal mining activities are allegedly conducted at the Otwani, Etanga and Omurororwa villages. The 14-page report titled ‘Report on the […]
Violent altercations across the country over the weekend resulted in four individuals being stabbed, leaving three dead and one injured. In one of the incidents, a 31-year-old man was allegedly stabbed to death at Ongwediva by a 28-year-old man after an argument at a drinking hole on Saturday. According to a police crime report released […]
Independent Patriots for Change (IPC) finance executive Frans Taapopi has questioned the intentions of Swapo vice president Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah, after she promised to increase Namibia’s old-age pension grant to N$3 000 per month. “This proposal appears to be more about political opportunism than genuine concern for the elderly,” Taapopi said in a statement on Monday […]
An aircraft carrying Malawi’s vice president Saulos Chilima and nine others has gone missing, a statement from the president’s office has said. The Malawi Defence Force aircraft “went off the radar” after it left the capital, Lilongwe, on Monday morning, it added. The president ordered a search and rescue operation after aviation officials were unable […]
Venaani stands by inteligence political medling comments The Presidency says Popular Democratic Movement (PDM) president McHenry Venaani’s allegations that the Namibia Central Intelligence Service (NCIS) is involved in destabilising opposition parties is a futile attempt to seek sympathy and garner political support. While addressing the PDM’s central committee meeting at Opuwo on Friday, Venaani accused […]
… PM on how fraudster stole N$159 000 using daughter’s bank account Prime minister Saara Kuugongelwa-Amadhila last week told the police how a fraudster stole N$159 000 from her in a scheme that involved her daughter’s bank account. Kuugongelwa-Amadhila, a politician who served as finance minister for 12 years, made a statement to the police […]
… Homeless people demand land ahead of elections Mario Gowaseb (22), one of the homeless people sheltered at the Khomasdal Stadium, told The Namibian that for years they have been begging the government to hear their cries, but they keep falling on deaf ears. “We do not see the need to vote when we live […]