WINDHOEK - Former CEO of the Road Contractors Company, Kelly Nghixulifwa has petitioned the Supreme Court to challenge a decision by Windhoek High Court Judge Christi Liebenberg to refuse to squash eight of the 11 charges that he faces.
Year: 2019
Cannabis accused awaits judgement
WINDHOEK - Windhoek Regional Court is set to deliver judgment in the case of Makono Victus on trial for dealing in Cannabis worth more than N$200 000.
Towards alternatives to imprisonment
WINDHOEK - As African correctional facilities continue bursting at the seams due to overcrowding, the Commissioner-General of the Namibian Correctional Service (NCS) Raphael Tuhafeni Hamunyela, is
Improperly registered private school shut down
ONGWEDIVA – The education directorate in Oshana has vowed to assist in placing 300 learners from the Bin Six Vocational Training School that was ordered to cease operations until it is properly registered.
Kavango West lacks proper sports infrastructure
NKURENKURU – The lack of proper sports facilities in Kavango West adversely impacts on the region’s sports performance particularly when it wants to compete at different levels and it undermines the region’s capabilities of developing sports.
Health director condemns traditional circumcisions in Kavango
RUNDU - The Director of Health in Kavango East and Kavango West Timeya Ngwira has condemned the practice of traditional circumcision reported to be high in the two regions.
Keeping children away from school prosecutable
ONGWEDIVA - The Director of Education in Oshana Region Hileni Amukana said parents who send their children to unregistered schools could face the prospect prosecution.
PM restless over wage bill, corruption
WINDHOEK- Prime Minister Saara Kuugongelwa-Amadhila has expressed concern over reported incidences of corrupt practices in the public sector, saying whether real or perceived, the practice continues to be ‘very worrisome’.
Nangombe refutes rats and cockroaches claim
WINDHOEK – Executive Director in the Ministry of Health and Social Services Ben Nangombe yesterday refuted claims that the Katutura hospital swarms with cockroaches and rats.
Food imports sky-high – Kavhura
WINDHOEK - Ndonga Linena Constituency Councillor Petrus Kavhura has expressed concern that Namibia’s food import is still sky-high, as a result of lack of local food production in the country.