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For nearly fifteen months, Evan Gershkovich has been locked away in a Moscow jail. Today the Wall Street Journal (WSJ) reporter went on trial a thousand miles from the Russian capital in Yekaterinburg: the city where he was arrested on espionage charges while on a reporting trip for the Wall Street Journal. We were among […]
… Jumbos give names to each othe-Research ‘Elephants are chatty, using a wide range of sounds – from trumpeting to infrasound. By using AI to sort their varied soundscape, researchers have found they address one another by name, something it was thought only humans do.” Being addressed by name was considered exclusive to humans – […]
A persentence hearing in the trial of Jandre Dippenaar, who has been convicted on six counts of murder in connection with a road collision near the end of 2014, is scheduled to take place in the Swakopmund Regional Court on 20 August. Magistrate Gaynor Poulton postponed the presentence hearing in Dippenaar’s trial yesterday, after she […]
After 11 months with no pay or benefits over alleged misconduct, three Independent Patriots for Change (IPC) councillors will resume their duties in the Omuthiya Town Council. The three councillors – Nghipudilo ya Shiindi, Moses Amukoto and Beata Josef – will attend their first council meeting on Thursday. This is after urban and rural development […]
A man (39) from at Sikali village in the Kavango West region allegedly took his own life by drinking car battery acid, after he was called in by a village headman and elders of the Kahuti village for allegedly impregnating his niece (27). The deceased was reported to the traditional authority by the pregnant niece’s […]
Lawmaker Maximalliant Katjimune wants the parliament to reconsider the procurement awarding system to share million-dollar tenders among more than one small or medium enterprise (SME). Katjimune on Wednesday tabled a motion to the parliamentary standing committee on economics and public administration to investigate the challenges of SME financing in Namibia. The standing committee on Wednesday […]
An EU-funded project “Empowering the San: Legal Capacity Building for Human Rights” was officially launched following a successful two-day workshop. This initiative aims to strengthen the legal rights and capacities of San communities across Namibia, marking a significant step towards social justice and inclusivity. The workshop, held in Windhoek on 19 and 20 June, gathered […]
Presidential spokesperson Alfredo Hengari says president Nangolo Mbumba will not give in to pressure to remove justice minister Yvonne Dausab from her position. This comes after an organisation against homosexuality and same-sex marriage called for Dausab’s removal or resignation as justice minister within 48 hours. “Individuals are not appointed on the basis of their sexual […]
The Ministry of Education, Arts and Culture will no longer recruit graduates whose qualifications do not indicate a specialisation for teaching the junior primary phase (pre-primary to Grade 3). This also affects graduates with teaching qualifications not specifying the medium of instruction a teacher was trained and certified to teach in. This comes after the […]
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has recommended that Namibia make all petroleum agreements between the government and oil companies publicly available. According to the High-Level Summary Technical Assistance Report by the IMF, making this information public would help prevent corruption in the sector, as seen in other countries. “Namibia should pre-empt such challenges by adhering […]