Year: 2022

The trial of a man from Ariamsvlei in the Karasburg district, who is accused of pouring petrol over his girlfriend and setting her on fire in 2020, was postponed yesterday until February 2023.

Negotiations in the defamation matter between expelled Independent Patriots for Change member Ciske Smith-Howard and party member Sifried Junios //Garoëb have reached a deadlock. 

The long-drawn-out confusion over the infamous ‘Helmut amendments’, which appeared to have limited prospective candidates’ chances of contesting for the top four positions in Swapo, has seemingly been put to rest. 

Former Deputy Prime Minister Libertina Amathila has challenged a call by the deputy minister for marginalised communities Royal /Ui/o/oo to establish a ministry of indigenous affairs, saying there is no need for such a ministry.

Political analysts have urged the country’s political parties to follow Independent Patriots for Change’s model in how they handle party officials accused of engaging in questionable business or committing crimes.

A 22-member vessel crew battled rough sea in their desperate attempt to rescue a fisherman who had gone overboard on Tuesday morning. 

Landless People’s Movement (LPM) parliamentarian Henny Seibeb on Tuesday moved two separate motions that seek to address strategies to permanently write off water and electricity debts of local authorities.

A resident of the Zambezi region handed himself over to the police after he had allegedly killed his wife with an Okapi knife at Shungu village in the Kongola area.

Deputy youth minister Emma Kantema-Gaomas says Africa’s foremost resource is its youth, and Namibia is particularly not lacking in that regard as the majority of the population consists of young people.

Higher education minister Itah Kandjii-Murangi wondered whether Namibia has the right technological solutions for the developmental challenges on the ground - spanning from green energy, healthcare, food shortages, climate change and youth unemployment - to digital exclusion.