Iuze Mukube State advocate Basson Lilungwe, on the onset of proceedings last Friday, accused the Namcor-rot crew of looting public funds for personal gain. He argued that the large sum involved in the economic crimes levelled against the accused are public funds that were embezzled for personal use and benefit. He said the substantial amount...
Four new cases involving murder and rape appeared last week before Windhoek High Court Deputy Judge President Hannelie Prinsloo for pre-trial procedures. Piet Retif Gamaseb made a first appearance before Judge Prinsloo on charges of murder and defeating the course of justice. It is alleged that he killed his common-law wife, Davie Bokkie Hannes, with...
PORT SUDAN – Sudan’s paramilitary Rapid Support Forces shelled a hospital in North Darfur’s besieged city of El-Fasher and abducted six women and two children from a displacement camp, rescuers and a medic said yesterday. El-Fasher, under RSF siege for over a year, is the last major city in western Darfur still held by the...
Taimi Haihambo ONGULUDHIYA – Seventy-six-year-old Reinhold Hensel left Germany nine years ago and settled in the Omusati region with one goal – that of transforming farming into a business and helping the community. While many of his old friends in Germany chose to spend retirement fishing by the sea, Hensel decided to follow his lifelong...
Charmaine Boois MARIENTAL – The Mariental Municipality has, since last month, been relocating informal settlers to properly designated erven to formalise years of illegal land occupation. The municipality’s Community Liaison Officer, Domingo Matesu, in a recent interview, informed Nampa that the residents being relocated had settled on municipal land illegally since 2012, with some erven...
OPUWO – Kunene regional heads of government departments, traditional leaders, community members and members of the regional council met with the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Poverty Eradication, Labour and Industrial Relations on Monday to discuss various projects in the region. The meeting focused on challenges with implementing the initiatives and explored ways to improve them,...
Herson Kapanga GROSS BARMEN – Namibia’s male cyclist Alex Miller and South Africa’s female rider Hayley Preen were crowned winners in the women’s and men’s categories of the Khomas100 African Gravel Championships on Saturday after dominating their respective categories. The Khomas100 cycling challenge, which features top riders from across the continent competing for UCI points,...
The president of the Chamber of Mines of Namibia George Botshiwe has cautioned that a potential increase in local ownership of up to 51% of mines operating in Namibia could have disastrous consequences for the domestic sector. His remarks are in response to a directive from Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Industries, Mines and...
Namibia’s own Elaine Engelbrecht, crowned Miss Teen Namibia 2024 in July in Lüderitz, is preparing to represent the country at the Miss Teen International 2025 pageant in India from 23 to 31 August. She is set to leave today for India today. Engelbrecht will be flying the Namibian flag high as she competes with teenagers...
Monika Amunyela Tangeni Keanu Romario Haraseb, also known as Kidd Mario Nam, is back with a single, ‘Tsu-Ta Ra’, a track rooted in Afrobeat and Damara fusion. ‘Tsu-Ta Ra’, a Damara phrase which means “I’m hurting”, the song is a raw and emotional story of a heartbreak, asking the piercing question, “Why are you leaving...