Rudolf Gaiseb The body of 87-year-old Theodor Volker was retrieved on Tuesday night from a riverbed in Dorado Park. It is alleged that on the same day at approximately 15h37, a small hatchback vehicle with driver Volker and two women, aged 47 and 49, was swept away by strong flash floods. “The driver was on...
Zebaldt Ngaruka EPUKIRO – In response to the increase of lumpy skin disease cases in the Omaheke region’s Otjinene constituency, livestock movements have been restricted, effective 4 February 2025. In a statement released by the Otjinene State Veterinarian Dr Pakaa Kapimbua the restrictions are in line with the Animal Health Act 1 of 2011 and...
Suzith Tjitaura KEETMANSHOOP – Two South African nationals, who stand accused of defrauding the Engen service station at Noordoewer of N$3.6 million, made their first court appearance at Keetmanshoop on Tuesday. The accused persons, 45-year-old Antoinette Arp and 47-year-old Henry George Arp, made their court appearance before Magistrate Erich Dandu. The case was postponed to...
The police in the Erongo region are investigating the deaths of three people, whose bodies were discovered in separate locations after they were reported missing last year. The incidents, classified as unnatural deaths, occurred at Tubusis, Otjimbingwe and Okombahe. Erongo police spokesperson Ileni Shapumba on Wednesday said the decomposed body of an unidentified man,...
Iuze Mukube The bail application of a 44-year-old man, accused of illegal wildlife hunting, was dismissed last Wednesday in the Katutura Magistrate’s Court by Magistrate Jozanne Klazen. The accused, Mukobela Lasken Mukobela, a police officer, was arrested on 10 December 2024 for his alleged involvement in a poaching syndicate. This came nearly two years after...
Namibia’s ambassador to China Elia Kaiyamo has called on African countries to invest in information access, and thus close the digital divide. He said this during an online workshop on innovation, science, technology and the contemporary world on Friday. The workshop took place under the theme ‘Innovation, Science and Technology in a Contemporary World’. It...
OMUTHIYA – The Ministry of Environment, Forestry and Tourism has reported two separate lion sightings in the Oshikoto region on Saturday morning. A press statement issued by the ministry’s spokesperson Romeo Muyunda on Saturday said a female lion was spotted between Tsumeb and Oshivelo. Another lion was spotted at Oromowa on the western periphery of...
Michael Mutonga and Hâbatte Doëses were last Thursday sworn in as appointed commissioners in the Public Service Commission (PSC) of Namibia in the capital. The duo fill the PSC’s previously-vacant spot as well as the position vacated by commissioner Florence Munyungano, who retired after 15 years of service. The PSC is an independent body that mainly...
OMUTHIYA – A 29-year-old man allegedly raped a 24-year-old woman in Onyaanya area in the Oshikoto region on Friday. A crime report issued by regional commander Theopoline Kalompho-Nashikaku stated that the incident occurred at 22h00. A case has been opened against the suspect, an Angolan national. Kalompho-Nashikaku said the suspect allegedly escorted the victim from...
Namibia’s infant mortality rate declined by just over 3% over the past two years, the Ministry of Health and Social Services has reported. The infant mortality rate declined from 27.248 deaths per 1 000 live births in 2023 to 25.414 deaths per 1 000 live births in 2024, representing a 3.06% decrease. This follows a...