The Communications Regulatory Authority of Namibia (CRAN) recently launched a series of capacity-building training sessions with customs officials from the Namibia Revenue Agency (NamRA). This initiative, conducted under the agreement between CRAN and NamRA, seeks to deepen understanding and strengthen compliance with type approval regulations for telecommunications equipment. Type approval is a regulatory process that...
The central bank’s Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) unanimously decided to reduce the repo rate by 25 basis points to 7% yesterday. This move provides much-needed relief to consumers who have been suffering in a high-interest rate environment for too long. According to a Bank of Namibia (BoN) statement, issued by governor Johannes !Gawaxab, this decision...
Namibia has wholeheartedly welcomed a joint statement by the Republic of Botswana and the G7 Diamond Technical Team on 27 November 2024, announcing that Botswana will establish a certification point for diamond exports to G7 markets. Mines and energy minister, Tom Alweendo, this week stated that the establishment of export certification nodes in African countries...
For the first in the country’s post-independence history, Namibia has a female president-elect. Her name is Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah, who was the ruling Swapo Party’s presidential candidate in the just-ended elections. “Today, I’m saying to the Namibian people, as we have been telling you throughout the campaign, for us in the Swapo party and the team...
Lahja Nashuuta Leaders of the Affirmative Repositioning, Rally for Democracy and Progress as well as the Popular Democratic Movement are all calling for a rerun of the just-concluded Presidential and National Assembly elections. The three parties have described the elections as deeply flawed, citing logistical problems, a three-day voting extension at selected polling sites, and...
Rudolf Gaiseb Political commentators say voters in the just-concluded elections sent a strong message to political parties that if they do not pull up their socks, their dominance will continue to evaporate or disappear completely. The 2024 Namibian elections witnessed a fierce fight of political parties trying to remain in Parliament, the fall of some,...
Convicted killer Henok Negodhi (46) asked Windhoek High Court Judge Herman January on Monday to afford him time to apply for legal representation for his pre-sentencing procedure. He was convicted by Judge January in early November, of murdering his common-law wife by stabbing her at least 16 times with a knife on Christmas Day in...
Iuze Mukube The status hearing before acting Judge Moses Chinhengo, on Tuesday found that the absence of the lawyers, due to other engagements, will likely cause the long-overdue completion of recording pleas in the Fishrot corruption trial to be postponed. Prior to the hearing, the judge had directed the plea taking stage to commence immediately,...
The three men, accused of the murder and robbery of businessman Daniele Ferrari, pleaded not guilty to all charges in the Windhoek High Court before Judge Naomi Shivute yesterday. Kefas Iileka (36), Johannes Shetunyenga (35) and Antonio Muvua Cheme (28) are facing one count of murder, two counts of robbery with aggravating circumstances, alternatively receiving...
Chairperson of the Electoral Commission of Namibia (ECN) Elsie Nghikembua on Tuesday said a total of 14 552 votes were rejected in the just-concluded 2024 Presidential elections, representing 1.3% of the total votes cast. At the final official announcement of the Presidential and National Assembly elections results, the chairperson said 1 099 582 people had...