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A judge of the Windhoek High Court has ordered social activist Michael Amushelelo to pay the legal costs of the food-producing company Namib Mills in a case about threats by Amushelelo to shut down the company. In a judgement delivered on Monday, judge Hannelie Prinsloo said Amushelelo made inflammatory statements against Namib Mills on social […]
Police spokesperson Kauna Shikwambi says they have recorded three apparent cases of suicide at Otavi, Eenhana and Okahao on Friday. This is according to the weekend crime report. Van Petrus (28) died due a self-inflicted gunshot wound at Otavi. Valde Haikali’s (77) body was found at Eenhana. His next of kin have been informed, and […]
A 13-year-old female was allegedly raped by her counsin at Okahwakakahungu village, says police spokesperson Kauna Shikwambi in the weekend crime report. The minor and the victim both live in the same house. The post Minor raped over the weekend appeared first on The Namibian.
A fight between two brothers at Leonardville on Friday resulted in the death of one of them after he was hit by an iron bar. “It is alleged that the deceased, Piet Namseb, died on the spot,” police spokesperson Kauna Shikwambi says in the weekend crime report. The next of kin have been informed, and […]
Political scientist Rui Tyitende has described president Nangolo Mbumba’s decision to ask the international community to donate food to Namibia and avert the effects of the drought as a “colossal national embarrassment”. He says the government has continuously overspent on drought relief and underspent on agricultural investment. “How can a rich country like Namibia beg […]
A new political outfit, the Action Democratic Movement, has expressed its intention to register with the Electoral Commission of Namibia (ECN) in time for the November presidential elections, but some of its founders are already pulling out. In a letter dated 24 May 2024, one Naeman Namwandi instructed the ECN chief referenda officer Peter Shaama […]
Getting access to the former president’s tax records will turn unwarranted secrecy on its head. It was early 2019 when Warren Thompson, a journalist working at the Financial Mail, first hit upon the idea of tilting at a long-standing tax principle that had evolved into widely accepted economic dogma. “It was quite a specific time,” […]
South Africa’s social media influencers, popular with the youth, have been stepping into a new role ahead of this week’s general election – political mobilisers. With 42% of registered voters under the age of 40, the younger demographic could have a big role to play in Wednesday’s election. Nestled in between videos of jokes about […]
Madhu Bai says she is like a rainbow. She rose from a storm, fleetingly spread joy and then returned to the sky. The 44-year-old made history in 2015 when she became the first trans person to be elected a mayor in India. She won in Raigarh, a small town in the central state of Chhattisgarh. […]
Dozens of people have been killed or injured in a blast at a refugee camp in the Rafah area, the Hamas-run health ministry in Gaza has said. Videos from the scene in the southern Gaza Strip showed a large explosion and intense fires burning. The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said it had targeted two senior […]