OMUTHIYA - The police on Saturday through an undercover operation managed to apprehend four stock theft suspects.
They have been allegedly terrorising farms in the vicinity of Tsumeb over the past months.
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2020-05-182024-04-30Front Page News
Drugs, booze, cigarettes worth N$280 000 seized
OMUTHIYA – Police in the Oshikoto region have confiscated counterfeit alcohol, cigarettes and drugs worth N$280 900, while 94 fines valued at N$157 300 have been issued to individuals in just one week for violating the Covid-19 state of emergency regulations.
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2020-05-182024-04-30Front Page News
56 arrested for violating Covid-19 regulations
A total of 56 individuals, including well-known musicians, were part of people arrested in Windhoek over the weekend for contravening the Covid-19 state of emergency regulations. Khomas police chief Commissioner Joseph Shikongo confirmed to New Era yesterday that some of those detained paid a fine of N$2 000.
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2020-05-182024-05-07National
Poor families struggle to afford masks
OMUTHIYA - Many poor people in the remote areas of Oshikoto region say they are struggling to afford the mandatory face masks in order to curb the spread of Covid-19.
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2020-05-182024-05-07National
Family of missing woman seeks closure
The father of a 22-year-old woman who has been missing for over a month in Walvis Bay said they need closure. Shannon Darlikie Wasserfall’s father Tega Matheus said her daughter always communicated about her whereabouts when she goes out.
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2020-05-182024-05-07National
Ministry ordered to pay over N$100 000 for unfair dismissal
The ministry of safety has been given 10 days to pay more than N$100 000 to a police constable who was unfairly dismissed from work in 2018.
Sakeus Eden Inyemba was awarded a settlement of N$105 204 for salaries in arrears in 2019 when he received a default judgement against the ministry of safety and the inspector general of the Namibian police.
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2020-05-182024-05-07National
Locals urged to support hard-hit tourism industry
The Ministry of Environment, Forestry and Tourism has called on Namibians to support the local tourism sector, which has been crippled by the Covid-19 pandemic.
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2020-05-182024-05-07National
Niikondo named acting Nust vice chancellor
The Namibia University of Science and Technology (Nust) Council has appointed Andrew Niikondo as acting vice chancellor, effective 19 May.
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2020-05-182024-05-07National
NIP gets massive donation
Shot in the arm… The Namibia Institute of Pathology (NIP) last week received a much-needed donation of N$4.8 million from the Social Security Commission. The money will be used to procure reagents and other necessities to help scale up the country’s Covid-19 testing capability.
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2020-05-182024-05-07National
150 families receive food parcels
About 150 families, including a visually impaired woman, received food parcels from Motovac Namibia last week. The beneficiaries included 47-year-old Julia Shilongo who lives at Mix settlement on the outskirts of Windhoek. Motovac Namibia also donated food parcels to vulnerable families at Windhoek’s Havana, Ondangwa, Outapi, Ongwediva and Rundu.