At a time when resources are stretched and development projects take time to complete, the Samora Machel constituency stands out as a special case. Over the past four years, constituency councillor Nestor Kalola has initiated progress without waiting for big government budgets. At the heart of his achievements are strategic land acquisitions for essential public...
Lahja Nashuuta The Ministry of Information and Communication Technology (MICT) has announced that a significant portion of its N$898.5 million budget for the 2025/26 financial year will be allocated to the Namibian Broadcasting Corporation (NBC) and government’s efforts to bridge the digital divide. There is a deliberate focus on rural areas, MICT minister Emma Theofelus...
LUDERITZ – Starting from the bottom of the food chain as a waitress 10 years ago at Diaz Coffee Shop and Restaurant, Ndemtila Paulus (36) traversed through stormy waters and ultimately reached the pinnacle. Today, she is a restaurant owner. Not even multiple rejections from commercial banks for a loan deterred her from soldiering on. ...
SWAKOPMUND – Three more Independent Patriots for Change (IPC) heavyweights resigned from the party on Monday. They joined the ruling party, Swapo. The trio are Antonius Muremi, a member of the national executive committee, as well as the couple Launa and Imanuel Garosab, who also served in the same committee. The couple, in a letter...
Zebald Ngaruka OTJIMANANGOMBE – Hundreds of Ovambanderu and other sympathisers are expected to descend on Okahandja this weekend to bid farewell to their revered leader, Gerson Kunomundu Katjirua. Katjirua, who was an Ovambanderu traditional authority’s senior councillor, died on 27 April and will be buried on Sunday. The burial ceremony will be the last in...
Iuze Mukube Windhoek High Court Judge Naomi Shivute this week found two former farm employees guilty of the gruesome murder of an elderly couple in Gobabis in 2018. Bernadus Afrikaner (37) and Salathiel Unaeb (49) faced 11 charges in relation to the murders of Armin Siegfried Riedel (68) and his wife Brunhild Riedel (66). The...
A Windhoek resident, who was accused of breaking into a shack in the Goreangab informal settlement and raping two women, was found not guilty last week on all counts by Windhoek High Court Judge Philanda Christiaan. The judge found that the forensic and medical evidence did not link Moses Salele conclusively to the commission of...
President Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah has urged the defence ministry, through the Namibian Defence Force (NDF), to safeguard the country’s new military assets for future generations. Her statement follows the official unveiling of two newly acquired Shaanxi Y-9E aircraft on Wednesday at the Hosea Kutako International Airport. Speaking after a high-level inspection ceremony attended by Vice President...
Sawi Hausiku RUNDU – Over 20 mothers who receive their child support money at the Rundu Magistrate’s Court have expressed frustration over payment delays. The Maintenance Act 9 of 2003 mandates financial support for children, but the mothers say its implementation has not been effective, leading to delays and difficulties.“We have been struggling and fighting...
Lahja Nashuuta Swapo Member of Parliament Austin Samupwa has called for an increase in funding for Namibia’s Judiciary to enable the country to fulfil both national and international legal obligations. He was making his input to the ministry’s N$600 million budget debate following its tabling by justice minister Fillemon Wise Immanuel. Immanuel said the funds...