Year: 2021

A 38-year-old woman’s throat was slit with a panga by her boyfriend on Tuesday evening. 

The Rundu Magistrate’s Court granted bail to two Namibian men arrested for possession of a spotted genet skin, four python skins and two mineral stones.

The ministry of agriculture has advised communities to desist from scaring away idle locusts outside the crop fields as it hampers the ministry’s effort to trap and subsequently spray them.

The Namibian Correctional Service (NCS) this week launched a community service order programme at Otjiwarongo, which will allow minor offenders to carry out unpaid work for the benefit of the community as an alternative to imprisonment. 

The much-anticipated rollout of the Covid-19 vaccination campaign in the Oshikoto region has started, with governor Penda Ya Ndakolo and regional council chairperson Samuel Shivute being  among the first people to receive the vaccine. 

The Omuthiya Town Council has reconsidered its earlier decision to upgrade Kaniita informal settlement and to instead provide plots where the community can build their structures.

A police officer stationed at Rehoboth is being investigated for allegedly threatening to rape and murder several victims. The police this week confirmed that the officer is under investigation.

New Era Publication Corporation and the Omusati Regional Council recently met to discuss ways aimed at strengthening the existing relationship between the two parties.  

The trial of a Windhoek woman who is accused of hiring men to kill her husband is currently on hold to allow one of the accused to consult with his newly appointed lawyer.

Almost half of the N$62.7 million Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) budget has been earmarked for the investigation of 20 ongoing high-profile cases that will be prioritised by the anti-graft agency this financial year.