Year: 2023

Works and transport minister John Mutorwa has concurred with Munkwe constituency residents who demand the upgrade of a stretch of 19km gravel road from Bagani village to the Muhembo border post in the Mukwe constituency.

An Ongwediva resident who has been at loggerheads with the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Namibia (Elcin) for over 32 years over a piece of land, said he is not fighting
over it, as he is the rightful owner.

The trial of a man, who allegedly operated a Ponzi scheme and allegedly ended up defrauding 79 persons of N$4.3 million, is currently embroiled in a trial-within-a-trial over bank statements.

A resident from the Mix settlement north of Windhoek on Monday pleaded not guilty to a charge of murder, read with the provisions of the Combating of Domestic Violence Act. 

The police in Zambezi region continue to confiscate illegal goods smuggled into Namibia from neighbouring Zambia via ungazetted entry points.

The land grab which took place in Omaruru over the weekend could have been politically motivated, and exacerbated by the relocation of over 30 families from the town’s single quarters.

President Hage Geingob yesterday told the world that Namibia will no longer export unprocessed mineral products. 

Large stockpiles of lithium ore are amassing at the Port of Walvis Bay, ready to be exported by a vessel that is scheduled to dock in the country next week. 

Okahandja residents occupying unserviced municipal land in the fast-growing informal settlement of Five Rand have resorted to using wastewater from the NamWater industrial pipeline flowing into the riverbed that is adjacent to the settlement.

Green hydrogen (GH) could hold the most industrial potential to foster a meaningful structural transformation of Namibia’s economic base.