Iuze Mukube Jandre Dippenaar, who was sentenced to 15 years imprisonment for the murder of six people in a fatal road collision in 2014, has been ordered to pay an amount of over N$4.7 million to a surviving family member. A High Court order on Tuesday directed the convict to pay an amount of N$4.7...
WASHINGTON – Full workplace equality does not exist anywhere in the world, and only a tiny fraction of women lives in countries with a labour market that comes close to it, the World Bank said on Tuesday. Even when workplace equality laws are passed by lawmakers, they are truly enforced in only about half of...
Bravery Kabula Heather Erdmann For street vendors Sondaha Nella and Johannes Kanyenga, whose survival is solely anchored on selling sweets, fruits, vegetables and other household perishables in the busy streets of Windhoek CBD, trading has become an intricate two interwoven contradiction. Kanyenga, Nella and dozens of other street vendors who operate in the vicinity of...
HAVANA – The US-imposed oil blockade on Cuba is upending the lives of everyday workers, who are switching jobs and ditching their cars to make do amid rolling blackouts and fuel shortages. Yixander Diaz jettisoned both his ride and his work when the father of two, a taxi driver, turned to bricklaying. “Times are tough,”...
Adolf Kaure Namibia is set to pioneer Africa’s first salmon farming industry with an aquaculture farm worth N$41 million at Lüderitz. The investment was made possible through the Norwegian company African Aquaculture Company (AAC). Speaking at the Namibia Industrial Development Agency (NIDA) investment conference in Windhoek on Tuesday, Deputy Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries, Water and...
SEOUL – South Korea has recorded its biggest annual birth rate bump in 15 years, official figures showed yesterday, but still far below the threshold needed to stop its population shrinking. The country has one of the lowest birth rates in the world, pouring billions of dollars into efforts to encourage citizens to have more...
Iuze Mukube An additional request by the State for a postponement in the bribery case against former agriculture minister Mac-Albert Hengari faced strong opposition yesterday. Mekumbu Tjiteere, representing Hengari, argued that the case against his client is turning into a persecution instead of prosecution. He pointed out that there have been numerous requests from the...
ADDIS ABABA – Ethiopia on Tuesday revoked the licence of independent online outlet Addis Standard, saying it harmed national interests, in the latest curb on press freedom. Africa’s second most populous nation, with around 130 million inhabitants, ranks 145th out of 180 in the press freedom index compiled by Reporters Without Borders (RSF). According to...
Lahja Nashuuta The Ohangwena Regional Council has failed to submit required financial statements and sufficient supporting documentation to account for funds allocated to the region for the financial years ended 31 March 2020, 2021 and 2022. This is contained in a report by the Office of the Auditor General, recently tabled in the National Assembly....
Auleria Wakudumo Mayola wodoolopa yaNdangwa Ester Auala okwa yandja omidjalo dofikola kovahongwa 30 okudja keefikola mbali da yooloka. Mayola okwa yandja omidjalo kovahongwa vokofikola Etambo Combined osho yo Olukolo Primary School. Mayola okwa kwafa ovanafikola ve li 15 kofikola keshe. Ovanafikola ova pewa omudjalo wodalaxa we lixwa po osho yo eepena dokushanga di li 120...