WALVIS BAY – The Anti-Corruption Commission is suspecting more companies could have paid bribes to two employees of the Ministry of Finance attached to the Inland Revenue department at Walvis Bay.
Year: 2020
Seven-month-old baby dies in his sleep
RUNDU – A seven-month-old baby boy died while sleeping with his mother at Sitopogo village near the Nankudu district hospital in Kavango West.
Fiscal prudence key for success
AROAB – Elsa Laubscher, the CEO of the Aroab Village Council, said there is not really a “magic recipe” that resulted in the town’s sound financial management and good administration.
Murder accused professes innocence
A Windhoek resident, accused of killing his girlfriend and mother of his then two-year-old son by stabbing her once in the chest with a knife, yesterday pleaded not guilty before High Court Judge Christie Liebenberg.
Skills upgrade
Speaker of the National Assembly Prof. Peter Katjavivi (centre, seated) poses for a group photo with parliamentary staff, KAS staff and German experts from the Bundestag at the end of a research training workshop.
Defaulting Endombo residents face eviction
OMUTHIYA – About 20 tenants of Endombo compound in Tsumeb were on Tuesday served with eviction notices under heavy police presence for failure to pay rent since 2017. Earlier reports suggested the number to be close to 300, but this figure was denied by the property owner, Christo Groenwald.
‘Grootfontein cops brutally assault inmates’
OMUTHIYA – The Internal Investigations Unit in Otjozondjupa region has launched an investigation into allegations against some officers stationed at Grootfontein police station that they are involved in bribery and have assaulted trial-awaiting inmates.
North braces for further flooding… some Oshakati residents refuse to move to higher ground
ONGWEDIVA – Flood-hit areas in northern Namibia are bracing for further downpours, while a hydrologist has advised people to prepare for the worst as water levels continue to rise.
Kahungu confirms extension of Kanime’s contract
City of Windhoek Mayor Fransina Kahungu yesterday confirmed that the city council had agreed to extend the employment contract of the City Police chief Abraham Kanime, a decision she said was taken at an extraordinary council meeting last Thursday.
Govt maintains it will not evacuate citizens from China
While some countries in sub-Saharan Africa are finally taking steps to repatriate citizens from the coronavirus-hit Chinese city of Wuhan, health minister Dr Kalumbi Shangula yesterday said Namibia would not evacuate its nationals.