Debmarine Namibia’s new N$7 billion diamond recovery vessel this week departed on its month long maiden voyage to the Port of Cape Town, South Africa, where it will be fitted with mission equipment before beginning operations off Namibia’s coast early next year.
Increasing mineral commodity prices around the world are good for the growth of Namibia’s mining industry and are expected to also increase government revenue from the extractive sector. Global commodity prices have surged higher in recent weeks as world economies have embarked on economic recovery following the devastating impact of Covid-19.
About 30 nurses this week received oxygen case management training at Katima Mulilo courtesy of the University of Namibia in partnership with the Cardiff University.
Members of parliament from the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Natural Resources and the Committee on Economics and Public Administration undertook site visits to various renewable and eco-friendly initiatives within the vicinity of Windhoek on Monday.
A 29-year-old woman from Aussenkehr, accused of murdering her six-month-old son by throwing him on the ground, thereby fracturing his skull, pleaded not guilty to a charge of murder on Monday before Windhoek High Court Judge Claudia Claasen.
A fire, which raged for four days in the Uuvudhiya constituency of the Oshana region, destroying thousands of hectares of grazing and claimed the life of an elderly man, was finally brought under control.
Despite government going all out to ensure access to Covid-19 vaccines, the uptake among Namibians remains worryingly low, which effectively scuppers the full reopening of the country.
Sofia Simuma Ndumba, who survived a deadly concoction allegedly administered anally by members of a church in rural Kavango West, gathered her strength to narrate a ghastly ordeal that saw three of her relatives die last week.
Farmers in the northern communal areas have thrown their weight behind calls to remove the infamous veterinary cordon fence, popularly known as the red line.
Three judges of the Supreme Court last week set aside a decision by former High Court acting judge Philanda Christiaans, holding the office of the prosecutor general liable for damages for the continued malicious prosecution of a former Caprivi treason accused.