Veteran public service administrator Andrew Ndishishi is the new chairperson of the third Employment Services Board that resorts under the Ministery of Labour, Industrial Relations and Employment Creation.
Year: 2020
AR wants public interviews for PG position
The Affirmative Repositioning (AR) movement leader, Job Amupanda, has called on the Judicial Service Commission (JSC) to hold public interviews for candidates shortlisted for the position of prosecutor general.
Geingob lauds Norway for Fishrot probe aid
President Hage Geingob has commended Norwegian Prime Minister Erna Solberg for her government’s cooperation in the ongoing criminal investigations into the Fishrot scandal, which has led to the arrest of former ministers and businessmen.
Farmers count veld fire losses
With swathes of grassland destroyed and hundreds of livestock burned to death, wildfires have brought misery and anguish to communal farmers in the Omaheke region.
Police identify remains as missing man
WALVIS BAY – Human remains found this week outside Uis are those of one of the three men reported missing in March this year, the Erongo police said yesterday.
‘Heckmair murdered over lover’
A previous romantic relationship involving one of the Americans accused of murder has been cited as a possible cause of the fatal shooting of Namibian Andre Heckmair in Windhoek during 2011.
Geingob praises global effort to recommit to education
President Hage Geingob said Namibia stands ready to support better coordination and strengthening of mechanisms to accelerate the implementation of Sustainable Development Goal 4 in the context of the Covid-19 pandemic and beyond.
Mom has high hopes for baby born without limbs
An unemployed mother to a 14-month-old baby girl, who was born with a rare condition, where she has no bones in her arm and leg, hopes to see her daughter lead a normal life.
Cabinet takes stand against gender violence
To stem out gender-based violence from the Namibian society, Cabinet at its 16th decision-making meeting has resolved for the government to declare the scourge as a threat to humanity.
Woman raped at gunpoint in Kuisebmond
WALVIS BAY – In the latest incident of sexual and gender-based violence in Namibia, a 29-year-old woman was allegedly raped at gunpoint by a stranger in the Kuisebmond township area.