SWAKOPMUND – Attorney General Festus Mbandeka has asked the High Court to dismiss an application brought by the Okapare Fishermen Association, arguing the applicant lacks locus standi. In law, locus standi refers to the right or capacity to bring an action or to appear in court. The Okapare Fishermen Association has dragged the agriculture and...
Lissony Njembo Two brothers in Okahandja’s Nau-Aib are continuing their late father’s legacy by running a family welding workshop that has supported them since time immemorial. Gerson and Charles Tjaveondja are co-owners of the workshop previously owned by their late father and later by their late elder brother, a well-known welder, Katjirumendu Tjaveondja. Katjirumendu and...
Corruption remains one of the most persistent threats to governance, development, and public trust across many jurisdictions, including Namibia. Her Excellency, Dr. Nandi-Ndaitwah, the President of the Republic of Namibia, through her anti-corruption advocacy, befittingly categorised corrupt practices as treasonable acts, given corruption’s dire multi-faceted consequences. To combat corruption, governments and oversight bodies are increasingly...
JOHANNESBURG – Police in South Africa yesterday said they had arrested anti-Western activist Kemi Seba, who is wanted in Benin for “inciting rebellion” after he supported a foiled coup in December. Seba, whose real name is Stellio Gilles Robert Capo Chichi, heads the NGO Pan-Africanist Emergency and is known for his tirades against France and...
WASHINGTON – US President Donald Trump said the leaders of Israel and Lebanon were set to speak yesterday in what would be a historic first, but there was no confirmation from either side. Trump’s announcement comes as Washington pushes to ease hostilities following the first direct talks between the two countries in decades this week,...
A proud product of the Roman Catholic St. Theresa Secondary School, holed up in Tses, a tiny village town sandwiched between Mariental and Keetmanshoop, in the southern part of the country, Allu Hummel was a polished diamond. The Mariental-born afro-haired lad arrived in the city of bright lights, Windhoek, in the mid-70s to join forces...
YAOUNDÉ – Pope Leo XIV is to arrive in Cameroon on Wednesday, the second stage of an African tour shadowed by insults from US president Donald Trump and suicide attacks in Algeria on his first day. The pontiff is to meet Cameroonian President Paul Biya at the start of his four-day visit to the mainly...
Sirongo saNamibia ngesi selkie sina kara asi kuna kutuma ndi asi kwakurandesa nyama kosirongo sa United State of America (USA), China, Norway ntani koyirongo yaEuropean Union omu nye yaretamo yimaliwa yokusika koN$2.1 biliyuna moyimaliwa yokutjindja neyiponze zosirongo momvhura 2025. Eyi yangesi kayihuyungire ministera gonondima, nomfi, mema ntani ewapukururo evhu Inge Zaamwani, ogu nye kahuyungire posiruwo...