Eba Kandovazu Alternative dispute resolution in criminal matters through plea bargaining has received acceptance from all sectors of the criminal justice sector and is set to gain momentum in 2026, Chief Justice Peter Shivute said on Thursday. Shivute, in his address at the opening of the 2026 Legal Year, said the national conference on...
Adolf Kaure Khomasdal’s Rand Street is set to be renamed to honour former ambassador and politician, Joshua //Hoëbeb (90). The street’s renaming was approved during the latest City of Windhoek Council’s ordinary meeting on Friday. Rand Street is a distributor road which is approximately 2.1km in length and strategically traverses sections of both Khomasdal and...
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Adolf Kaure The Minister of Home Affairs, Immigration, Safety and Security Lucia Iipumbu, said providing members of the public good service is non-negotiable during a staff address held in Windhoek on Friday. According to the minister, mediocre service delivery undermines trust in the State. “When we perform poorly—when we delay, when we send people...
Abraham Mwanyekange OSHAKATI – Eeshoke Chula Chula and King Kauluma (K.K.) Palace played a tense game on Sunday at Oshakati Stadium, which ended in a 0-0 draw. The match had few opportunities, but neither team capitalised on them. Chula Chula had early chances, but they were effectively stopped by KK goalkeeper Leondro Pana Mundingi. In...
Mulisa Simiyasa OTJIWARONGO – Otjiwarongo mayor Leonard Simushi has called on his fellow local authority councillors to be accessible to the electorate and prepared to explain decisions taken at council meetings on behalf of the public. Simushi made the call during the first council meeting of the year held at the Otjiwarongo Municipality council chambers...
SYDNEY – Sydney police deployed pepper spray and scuffled with protesters yesterday as a rally against a visit to Australia by Israel’s president Isaac Herzog turned violent. Herzog’s tightly secured, four-day visit was aimed at consoling Australia’s Jewish community in the wake of the December shooting at Sydney’s Bondi Beach that killed 15 people at...
MOSCOW – The Kremlin yesterday accused the United States of using “suffocating measures” against Cuba, a traditional Russian ally, as an energy crisis on the socialist Caribbean island worsened under US sanctions. Cuba is reeling from a US-ordered halt in oil shipments from Caracas after American troops captured Venezuelan leader Nicolas Maduro last month. The...
Zebaldt Ngaruka Omaheke footballer Apollo Hangero parted ways with the Namibia Football Premier League (NPFL) outfit, Khomas Nampol FC, after a 12-year stint at the club. The 32-year-old defender, a club legend, joined Khomas Nampol FC in the second division and helped the team earn promotion to the elite league. His contribution led to a...
MANDERA – For nearly a year, repeated misdiagnoses of the deadly kala-azar disease left 60-year-old Harada Hussein Abdirahman’s health deteriorating, as an outbreak in Kenya’s arid regions claimed a record number of lives. Kala-azar is spread by sandflies and is one of the most dangerous neglected tropical diseases, with a fatality rate of 95% if...