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A Pensioner from Swakopmund spent a day filling potholes with sand and gravel in Windhoek on Friday. John Hopkins (73), who regularly visits family in Windhoek, noticed that there was an increasing number of potholes on Windhoek streets, prompting him to take the matter into his own hands. Hopkins told the Namibian on Tuesday that […]
Walvis Bay municipal workers discovered the body of a newborn boy at the town on Monday. Erongo police spokesperson warrant officer Tuyenikelao Tashiya said the body was discovered while the workers were emptying rubbish bins at Kuisebmond. They reported the matter to the police, who first transported the body to Walvis Bay State Hospital for […]
An information commissioner and his or her deputy are expected to be appointed in Namibia by the end of June. Speaking to Desert Radio on Wednesday, deputy minister of information and communication technology Modestus Amutse said the envisioned information commission should be occupied by a head and a deputy. “By June, ideally, we should have […]
The Erongo police have arrested five male suspects in connection with theft of 18 goats at Usakos, valued at N$27 200. Erongo police spokesperson warrant officer Tuyenikelao Tashiya said that the goats were stolen from a kraal at Spook Camp in the district of Usakos on Saturday. “The case was reported by a 59-year-old female […]
…works department wants N$789m The Department of Transport in the Ministry of Works and Transport wants parliament to approve a budget of N$3,2 billion for the 2024/25 financial year. Delivering a motivation statement in the National Assembly on Thursday, works and transport minister John Mutorwa said the department has six programmes to which the budget […]
… gives him N$1 000 ‘for job well done’ Namibia Economic Freedom Fighters (NEFF) deputy president and member of parliament Longinus Iipumbu has defended the man who slapped a Swapo member at a party event at Mix Settlement in Windhoek on Saturday. Iipumbu (41) told The Namibian yesterday Moses Ndjene did the “right thing” and […]
SWAPO deputy secretary general Uahekua Herunga says Swapo has never labelled Independent Patriots for Change (IPC) president Panduleni Itula an agent of imperialism. He was responding to allegations levelled against Swapo by Itula at IPC rallies at Ondangwa and Oshakati over the weekend. Speaking at his party’s election campaign at Oshakati on Saturday, Itula accused […]
Over 40% of Namibians do not have enough nutritional food. This means that over 1 million Namibians are undernourished. This was recently revealed by the World Food Programme (WFP) in its latest annual country and strategic plans. “With 42% of its population undernourished and high rates of stunting, wasting and underweight children, the country concurrently […]
South Africa’s former president Jacob Zuma is free to run in May’s general election after an electoral court overturned a ban on his candidacy. Last month the electoral commission barred him over a contempt of court conviction. It argued the constitution barred people from holding public office if convicted of a crime and sentenced to […]
Eight men accused of involvement in an attempt to overthrow the government in the Zambezi region and secede the region from Namibia will have to wait another three and a half months for the verdict in their long-running trial in the Windhoek High Court. The verdict in the eight men’s trial was scheduled to be […]