Year: 2023

The Damara speaking people in Oshana region on Friday launched their traditional dress (horokhoes) at Ongwediva.

Learners from various schools around Oshakati and Ongwediva, who flooded the Ongwediva Annual Trade Fair, expressed excitement about the popular event.

Deputy Minister of Industrialisation and Trade Verna Sinimbo officially opened the 22nd Ongwediva Annual Trade Fair on Sunday, saying trade fairs and expos offer businesses the opportunity to create networks and relationships that can ensure their survival.

The Swakopmund Heritage and Culture Committee will host this year’s main Namibian Heritage Week celebrations from 18 to 24 September, with several activities lined up.

The National Disability Council of Namibia will hold a consultative meeting from today to 30 August 2023 at the MTC Dome Hotel in Swakopmund to deliberate on issues around the exclusivity of persons with disabilities in the country.

A taxi driver who spent 10 years in police custody before the court ordered his release was awarded N$65 000 as compensation for his vehicle, which was in the police’s care during his stint in prison.

Hunger and poverty have pushed a destitute Ovatjimba family in Otjikojo, a village some 25km west of Okangwati in the Kunene region, into scavenging for goat skins to feed themselves. 

The University of Namibia is investigating Affirmative Repositioning movement head Job Amupanda, a lecturer at the university, over alleged misconduct.

A man from Macaravani East in the district of Katima Mulilo was sentenced to an effective 30 years in prison on Friday last week by High Court Judge President Petrus Damaseb at the Circuit Court in Katima Mulilo.

Windhoek-based lawyer Dirk Conradie and friend Sara Damases scored a minor victory in their long-running fraud and corruption trial in the Windhoek High Court on Thursday before Judge Thomas Masuku on Friday last week.