Year: 2021

The Namibian manufacturing sector declined by almost 20% last year as it bore the brunt of the impact of Covid-19 and associated lockdown measures. This means that during 2020, several local manufacturers were forced to stop or minimise operations. 

The recently constructed 923-metre-long rail and road Kazungula bridge, linking Zambia and Botswana, was inaugurated on Monday in an effort to boost bilateral and regional trade.

The Katima Mulilo Town Council has resolved to temporarily make use of the Bukalo dumpsite after the environment ministry shut down the local authority’s landfill last week. 

Two suspects, accused of raping a 17-year-old girl, were denied bail in the Ondangwa Magistrate’s Court on Monday. 

The trial hearing of two men, who stand accused of attempting to divert N$1.1 million from Air Namibia in 2017, was postponed on Monday to allow one of the suspects to obtain legal representation. 

Six of the initial 50 plots at Extension 31, earmarked for the Build Together project, were handed over by the Minister of Urban and Rural Development Erastus Uutoni to beneficiaries in Katima Mulilo on Monday.

Convicted student murderer Victor Elia is set to be sentenced this morning in the Windhoek High Court. The 40-year-old was convicted of murdering his student girlfriend and dumping her remains along the B1 road in January 2017.

Hamweyi headman Reinold Mangundu says his village still lacks basic services such as electricity, and residents walk long distances to access potable water. 

In its quest to plough back to the community in which Northern Regional Electricity Distributor (Nored) operates, the electricity distribution company yesterday awarded bursaries to three students worth N$460 000.

The Landless People’s Movement (LPM) claims Swapo’s “corrosive” political interests captured the judiciary.