LUANDA – President Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah has announced that the Namibian government is finalising a major trade and investment law aimed at strengthening the country’s economic appeal to both domestic and international investors. Speaking during the Invest in Namibia session at the U.S.- Africa Business Summit in Luanda, Angola, the President said the Namibia Investment Promotion...
Lahja Nashuuta The Ministry of Mines and Energy has been issued a disclaimer of opinion by the Office of the Auditor General, citing poor regulatory oversight and widespread non-compliance in managing gold mining licences. The audit covered the period from 1 April 2020 to 31 March 2023, focusing on the ministry’s oversight of three major...
Lahja Nashuuta Namibians will head to the polls on 26 November 2025 to elect their regional councillors and local authority representatives, the Electoral Commission of Namibia (ECN) has announced. Chief electoral and referenda officer Peter Shaama made the announcement during the launch of the regional and local authority electoral calendar in Windhoek on Tuesday. He...
WALVIS BAY – Agriculture, Fisheries, Water and Land Reform minister Inge Zaamwani said there is currently no targeted pilchard fishing taking place. She admitted that some of the bycatch could be a deliberate act. The minister made these remarks while defending the ongoing pilchard fishing moratorium. Zaamwani stated that recent landings are undermining efforts to...
Auleria Wakudumo ONDANGWA – The Ondangwa Regional Court slapped Julius Shinyama with a 40-year prison sentence after being convicted of raping his biological daughter five years ago. The court found out that Shinyama raped his daughter on two different occasions in 2020 and impregnated her. A baby whose gender was not revealed was born but...
Former minister of information and lifelong friend of Moses Amweelo, Joel Kaapanda, has described him as a “hero, fighter and intelligent man.” He said the news of Amweelo’s passing came as a shock to him, as he did not know that he had been sick. “I didn’t know he was sick. “Someone called me earlier...
RUNDU – The Rundu Magistrate’s Court yesterday denied bail to Maria Namutenya Neromba (48), who appeared before Rundu magistrate George Matali, on a charge of attempted murder. Neromba allegedly poured hot cooking oil on her husband while he was asleep. The police in the Kavango West region arrested Neromba on Tuesday after a case was...
Belinda Kulatau RUNDU – Cases of Gender-Based Violence (GBV) are on the rise in the Kavango East region. This was revealed during the regional activation of the #EndGenderBasedViolence Namibia campaign, held recently at the Kavango East Regional Council. Statistics shared during the event showed that, despite efforts by the police to combat this heinous crime,...
State Advocate Esekiel Ipinge yesterday urged Windhoek High Court Acting Judge Alfred Siboleka to impose life sentences on the men convicted of murdering renowned stock theft investigator Wilfred ‘Major’ Hiambepo Kazeurua. Ipinge also recommended a sentence of 15 years for the stock theft conviction and five years for defeating the course of justice. Judge Siboleka...
WALVIS BAY – NamWater confirmed a delay in the procurement of critical materials needed to restore the failing water infrastructure at the coastal town of Walvis Bay. The town has been battling water challenges due to ailing system, coupled with vandalism and theft that further worsen the situation. Walvis Bay primarily gets its water from the...