Year: 2019

WALVIS BAY – Police and rescue officials were despatched to Kuisebmond beach yesterday morning to guard the humpback whale that washed ashore on Wednesday.

WINDHOEK - A week ago, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) hosted a five-day workshop that helped improve the financial management skills of CDC partners in Namibia and five other countries in the region. 

WINDHOEK - The 5TH Session of Children’s Parliament, a platform facilitating the participation of young people in the democratic process, was officially opened early this week by the Speaker of the National Assembly, Professor Peter Katjavivi. 

Our Star of the Week goes to eye surgeon Dr Helena Ndume and five other ophthalmologists from Namibia and the United States of America (USA). Notable for her charitable work amongst sufferers of eye-related

WINDHOEK – The Ministry of Justice Legal Aid Directorate has instructed former magistrate, turned defence lawyer, Jermaine Muchali to defend murder accused Panduleni Gotlieb in his murder trial in the Windhoek High Court at the Windhoek Correctional Facility before Judge Dinnah Usiku.

WINDHOEK – The former girlfriend of a man accused of the murder of his employer in Swakopmund in August 2017 yesterday effectively put him on the murder scene when she identified a cap the accused was wearing on the day of the murder.

NKURENKURU - Social ills affecting the daily lives of Kavango West communities were laid bare on the table during a recent human rights campaign held in Nkurenkuru.

SWAKOPMUND - A man was shot in the left foot on Wednesday morning by undercover police in Omaruru for apparently resisting arrest and for assaulting a police officer after he tried to sell a live pangolin.

WINDHOEK – Over 900 students received their qualifications at the Namibia College of Open Learning, from 10 professional programmes, yesterday.

WINDHOEK- Auditor-General Junias Kandjeke discovered that some staff members previously employed by the finance ministry have benefited from the MetHealth medical aid scheme, despite them having resigned.