Our Star of the Week is Hilma Ujaha, 29, who found the five-year-old girl who was kidnapped and raped by 50-year-old Jeremia van Wyk, last week.
Year: 2019
Defence overspent by almost N$90 million
WINDHOEK – Although treasury approval was obtained to utilise some expected savings on the defrayal of expenditure through virements during the 2018 financial year, the Ministry of Defence still exceeded four
Drunk injures three during shooting spree
ONGWEDIVA -The police in Omusati Region are investigating a case of attempted murder against a suspect who allegedly injured three people in a shooting spree at Oshipambu location in the Anamulenge
Drought beneficiaries want more maize meal
NKURENKURU- Some among the hundreds of drought relief beneficiaries in Ncamagoro Constituency in Kavango West have urged government to increase the number of maize meal bags distributed to them as
Four years imprisonment for man convicted of vicious assault on ex-lover
WINDHOEK – The Windhoek Regional Court yesterday sentenced a man to an effective four years imprisonment for carrying out an attack in 2013 that left his former lover with a speech impairment.
New-born baby found at Walvis dumpsite
WALVIS BAY – The Namibian police in Erongo are investigating a case of murder and concealment of birth following the discovery of the corpse of a new-born baby boy at the Walvis Bay dumping site on Wednesday
Afrikaners want 400 000 hectares in Khomas
WINDHOEK - /Hoa /Ara //Aixa //Aes Traditional Authority Chief Edward Afrikaner has pleaded with government to avail 400 000 hectares of land in the Khomas Region to serve as a communal area for his
Napwu, NUNW without mandates ahead of Swapo electoral college
WINDHOEK – Leaders of the country’s largest trade union federation National Union of Namibian Workers (NUNW) and its two public service affiliates Nantu and Napwu have been operating without membership
Govt supports more than 900 marginalised learners
WINDHOEK – The division of marginalised communities within the Office of the Vice President revealed that the government has so far assisted about 900 marginalised learners enrolled at various tertiary institutions.
Namibian author fights justice system
WINDHOEK – Through his book ‘Kangaroo Justice’ Namibian author and ex-reporter Victor Angula tells a story of how he was sentenced to jail for 13 years for a crime he allegedly didn’t commit and how he has