Year: 2021

A 48-year-old man was on Monday fined N$6 000 or 18 months imprisonment after he was found in possession of an unlicensed AK47 assault rifle.

A trainee doctor at the Katutura Intermediate Hospital was arrested Monday for allegedly raping an 18-year-old male patient on Sunday.

Opposition parties say they expect President Hage Geingob to reassure the nation on government’s fight against corruption as well as how the country will navigate its way through an economy, which like many, has been battered by the Covid-19 pandemic. 

A highly classified audit report has revealed some employees of the Grootfontein municipality have been receiving car allowances while they do not even own vehicles.

Staff from the National Housing Enterprise (NHE) expressed outrage yesterday when the institution’s board chairman Sam Shivute informed them of the reappointment of the beleaguered CEO, Gisbertus Mukulu.

Former National Council member Steve Biko Booys, who is accused of raping his biological daughter, was denied bail yesterday.

MTC management yesterday moved swiftly to rubbish allegations of corruption, discrimination and victimisation levelled against it by one of the company’s employees, who claimed to be fearing for his life and job as a result of the alleged abuse.  

Chief administrator of the Namibia Sports Commission (NSC) Freddy Mwiya yesterday burbled and waffled as he tried hard to explain how the blunders that marred the 2020 MTC Namibia Youth Games came about and how the NSC’s capacity was outweighed by the magnitude of the event.

President of the Namibia National Olympic Committee (NNOC) Abner Xoagub has expressed satisfaction with the growing number of Namibian athletes who have qualified for the upcoming Tokyo Olympic Games, which will take place from 23 July until  8 August 2021 in Japan.

Oshipupudilo shopombada shoIUM otashi katungilwa ongulumambo. Eshi osha tongwa komukulunhu-wiliki woIUM Prof. David Namwandi koshindingili shali koshitayi shoIUM mOngwediva Etitano landja ko.