Year: 2021

WALVIS BAY - Some players in the horse mackerel sector are finding themselves in a predicament that could result in further job losses due to the unavailability of wet quota.

Health minister Dr Kalumbi Shangula yesterday said his ministry has no power to authorise families to exhume bodies of their loved ones who have died due to Covid-19. 

Education minister Anna Nghipondoka has heaped praise on the class of 2020 for performing relatively well in last year’s Namibia Senior Secondary Certificate (NSSC) ordinary and higher level despite challenging circumstances. 

The prosecutor general’s decision on where and on what charges to arraign the six men accused of receiving bribes in the region of over N$103 million from Icelandic fishing company Samherji for horse mackerel quotas is expected today in the Windhoek Magistrate’s Court. 

The Kavango East-based St Boniface College continued its good run, with the school once again dominating the top of the Namibia Senior Secondary Certificate (NSSC) ordinary and higher level performances. 

The Namibian government has nominated the Cuban Medical Brigade for the 2021 Nobel Peace Prize, the ministry of international relations announced yesterday. 

Former Okahandja regional councillor and ex-parliamentarian Steve Biko Booys has been transferred to the Seeis police station holding cells following his maiden appearance in the Okahandja Magistrate’s Court on sex crime charges. 

Our Star of the Week is Namibia’s prolific striker 
Peter Shalulile,

ONGWEDIVA - Popular Democratic Movement (PDM) member of parliament Johannes Martin is pleading with the roads’ custodian, the Roads Authority (RA), to ease the process of issuing public transport permits until such a time that the permits become easily accessible.

Namibia has registered a drop in rhino poaching from 52 cases in 2019 to 31 since the beginning of last year.