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Taxis at Oshakati would need to register with the town council from 1 July to continue operating within the town’s jurisdiction. This was announced by the Oshakati Town Council on Monday. The council said the registration of taxis is in accordance with the Local Authorities Act and the Road Traffic and Transportation Act. “Every taxi […]
Debmarine Namibia handed over haemodialysis equipment at the Oshakati Intermediate Hospital on Monday worth N$1,5 million. The donation includes three haemodialysis machines, three overbed tables, three dialysis chairs and one reverse osmosis machine. Speaking at the handover ceremony, minister of health and social services Kalumbi Shangula said the donation complements the ministry’s ongoing efforts to […]
Gobabis mayor Melba Tjozongoro and Omaheke governor Pijoo Nganate allegedly made a land donation deal involving a 250ha farm without ministerial and council approval. The Local Authorities Act states that donations should get prior approval in writing from the minister of urban and rural development, Erastus Uutoni and the regional council. Tjozongoro and Nganate allegedly […]
…wheelchair using barber says condition does not mean disability Amid the bustling vendors selling cellphone covers, tomatoes and onions and the cuca shops that dot the dusty streets of Ondangwa, proudly stands the Better Hope Barber shop. The name is hard to miss in big, bold black letters across the side of a tiny corrugated […]
Parliament has cancelled all travel and lodging plans for former president Jacob Zuma’s MK Party members following the party’s announcement that it will not be attending the sworn-in ceremony this week. Chief Justice Raymond Zondo has announced on Monday that the President and speaker of the National Assembly will be elected on Friday 14 June […]
Swapo presidential candidate Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah has promised to increase the pension grant to N$3 000 once elected. This was a promise also made by late president Hage Geingob during his New Year’s message this year. Geingob said: “Before I leave office, I hope that the old-age pension grant would be increased to N$2 000, or […]
A woman’s body was found recently in a mahangu field at Kahenge in the Kavango West region. According to the police weekend crime report, it is suspected that she died due to the cold weather. She allegedly left a local cuca shop on Saturday evening but never arrived at her home at Mankete village. She […]
The Namibian Police have reported two cases of rape over the weekend. This was noted in the police crime report by spokesperson Kauna Shikwambi. In the Otjozondjupa region on Saturday, it is reported that a girl (14) was allegedly raped by a suspect (23), who was caught in the act by an eyewitness. The suspect […]
Seven of the men charged in the Fishrot fraud, corruption and racketeering case faced a setback after attempting to reverse the prison authorities’ decision to move five of them to a different section of the Windhoek Correctional Facility. An urgent application by the seven accused was struck from the court roll in the Windhoek High […]
Mobile Telecommunications Limited (MTC) has become the first telecommunications company in Namibia and the Southern African Development Community (SADC) to achieve full certification from the International Organisation for Standardisation (ISO). ISO is an independent organisation that sets internationally recognised standards for businesses of all sizes and sectors. According to a statement issued by the company […]