Year: 2021

The police in Ohangwena have arraigned an Angolan woman whose suspected child’s remains were discovered in a well at Omunyekadi village in the Ondobe constituency last week.

The home affairs ministry has introduced an SMS notification service for identity document (ID) application services in pursuit of improving service delivery to the public. 

Health minister Dr Kalumbi Shangula has reiterated calls for Namibians to make themselves available and get vaccinated against Covid-19. 

The sound of laughter and dust fills the air, as a group of children at the settlement of Dordabis play soccer in the streets. Amongst them is 11-year-old Timotrio !Auxab. 

Namibians are grieving the passing of the late businessman and Windhoek’s first black mayor Matheus Shikongo, who succumbed to Covid-19 last week.

Some Namibian men are reportedly shying away from applying for child support against mothers defaulting on their maintenance obligations. 

The State has proposed a payment of N$10 000 to a transgender woman who is suing the minister of safety and security after she was allegedly unlawfully arrested and assaulted by a police officer in July 2017. 

Police in South Africa are still investigating the circumstances that led to the death of Namibian musician, Maria Tuna-Omukwathi Uushona, popularly known as Tunakie.  

Defence lawyer Mbanga Siyomunji has accused deputy prosecutor general Innocencia Nyoni of ambush after she introduced untested evidence during the bail application of alleged serial rapist Gavin Gawanab. 

Windhoek High Court Judge Naomi Shivute said there is a real possibility that a Gobabis man, who was released from custody on parole on a previous murder conviction, will re-offend if released on bail pending his trial on another murder charge.