Year: 2021

Social welfare minister Doreen Sioka has cautioned beneficiaries of the ministry’s income generating activities (IGAs) to use the equipment and materials properly or else the ministry will repossess them.

The trial of a Gobabis resident, who is charged with murdering a woman after allegedly stabbing her at least nine times during July 2019, has been postponed to Monday next week. 

Lay litigant August Maletzky, who is accused of fraud, corruption and forgery, will either have to fork out for a private lawyer or handle his own defence. 

Tensions remain high between unionists and the Namibian Broadcasting Corporation (NBC) management as workers continue to participate in a protected industrial action. 

The floods from neighbouring Angola cause some destruction across northern Namibia, but they also bring along bountiful fish, which end up in the Oshitutuma floodplains in Omusati.

The ombudsman has filed a contempt of court application against gender equality minister Doreen Sioka for failing to honour a court order issued on 22 December last year. 

The Windhoek High Court has declined a request to have Benin-born businessman Ernest Adjovi, who is a key witness in the controversial legal battle involving over N$23 million of taxpayers’ money, give evidence in trial by video conference. 

Namibia has joined the international community to put pressure on manufacturers who are facing demands from liberal activists and global leaders to suspend intellectual property rights on the vaccines as the Covid-19 pandemic surges. 

Former Namibia Football Association (NFA) driver and general worker Werner ‘Kapepe’ Shikwambi has dragged the local football federation to the Office of the Labour Commissioner, where is he seeking to have his dismissal overturned.

The chairman of the MTC Kilimanjaro Boxing Club Joseph Benhard has expressed concern over the lack of adequate tournaments for amateur fighters countrywide, saying it robs promising boxers of an opportunity to showcase their God-given talents.