Year: 2023

A delegation from Botswana’s parliament which was on an official visit to Namibia last week, praised the country for having a sizeable number of women and young representatives in the National Assembly.

A man accused of defrauding a local businessman of N$2.5 million while pretending to be Swapo vice president Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah had the personal details of the victim, which helped him in the scam.

Windhoek High Court Judges Christi Liebenberg and Herman January on Friday struck the bail appeal of former parliamentarian Steve Biko Booys from the court roll for lack of merit and late filing.

Walvis Bay municipal councillors were divided over a decision to sell residential erven in Kuisebmond to Tunacor [during a meeting in chambers on Wednesday].

Swapo vice president Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah has called on party leaders to be disciplined because the opposite will destroy the party.

Despite several reports across the country over the past two weeks of individuals refusing to be counted during the ongoing 2023 Population and Housing Census, the Zambezi region did not record any cases of people refusing to be counted.

Nearly 520 000 people in Namibia are suffering from at least one type of mental illness.

They say farming is not a job but rather a calling, and it takes passion and perseverance to be able to farm full-time. 

Poor intra-Africa airline connectivity, inadequate infrastructure and unclear policies, inconsistent regulations and rising aviation taxes and other statutory charges are preventing African economies from reaching their full potential.