Namibia’s ambitions to become a crude oil producer remain intact despite Shell’s announcement to write down US$400 million (approximately N$7.5 billion) on its offshore oil discovery in Block PEL39. The discovery, deemed commercially unviable, has sparked a global conversation about Namibia’s petroleum prospects. However, the country’s leadership and ongoing exploration activities suggest that this is...
Iuze Mukube The Roads Authority (RA) has been ordered to pay 28 of its employees a total of N$7.8 million. The Labour Commission’s Moses Mazambo made the order earlier this month. It resulted from a dispute involving three RA employees, being non-engineering middle-level managers, who alleged they were excluded from pay scale adjustments under the...
Rudolf Gaiseb Police supremo Joseph Shikongo is a worried man. This follows the concerns he raised over the disturbing rise in the exploitation of children through prostitution, and the alarming circulation of sexual-related content on social media. Addressing the media in the capital yesterday, the police inspector general emphasised the gravity of the situation, saying...
Aletta Shikololo Eba Kandovazu For weeks now, despair loomed over families displaced by floods in Windhoek’s informal settlements. Lives were uprooted, homes washed away, and possessions destroyed. But amidst the misfortune, a glimmer of hope has emerged at Farm 508 in the Goreangab informal settlement – a relocation site currently taking shape. The site is...
Isabel Bento SWAKOPMUND – A 42-year-old Zambian national died in a motor-vehicle accident after the truck he was driving reportedly swerved off the road. The Namibian Police Force (NamPol)’s senior inspector in the Erongo region, Hilda Shomongula, said the accident occurred at around 11h44 on Sunday on the B2 national road, some nine kilometres towards...
President Nangolo Mbumba has stressed collective resolve to accelerate the fight against climate change, following the unprecedented fires in California in the United States of America. Media reports revealed that at least 16 people have died, and more than 12 000 structures have been destroyed by the fires in the Los Angeles area since last...
ONGWEDIVA – The Ongwediva Town Council has undertaken road maintenance following significant damage caused by heavy rainfall recorded a month ago. The town’s spokesperson, Ottilie Shingenge, told Nampa yesterday that maintenance work began on Saturday, with the council’s technical team present on-site to officially witness and inspect the commencement of the project. “With the persistent...
Suzith Tjitaura KEETMANSHOOP – Residents of Keetmanshoop have suggested that the Namibian Police introduce curfews and set up CCTV cameras and mobile police stations to curb gangsterism and other gang-related crimes in the town. Residents during a community police engagement meeting here last Thursday, also suggested that the police consider deploying members of the Namibian...
NKURENKURU – A 63-year-old man was arrested at the Mururani checkpoint in the Kavango West region on Sunday after he was allegedly found in possession of a dry crocodile skin. According to Deputy Commissioner Elsavador Ndeunyema, the incident occurred around 10h00 during a routine stop and search conducted by the ministry of environment’s officials. The...
The Windhoek Magistrate’s Court last week postponed the bail hearing of Tjizake Murangi (22), who stands accused of murdering his 29-year-old ex-girlfriend Frieda Amadhila, to today. Murangi, a gym instructor, made a brief appearance in the Windhoek Magistrate’s Court on Friday. It is alleged that in April last year, he stabbed Amadhila eight times when...