Kaviveterue Virere A series of serious criminal activities, including wildlife poaching, theft and fraud dominated the police’s weekend report. In Windhoek, a 61-year-old Namibian man was robbed when an unidentified suspect allegedly stole N$23 137.92 from his bank account. Reports of the incident were made on Saturday. It is believed to occur at an unspecified...
Edward Tenete In response to Namibia’s ongoing suicide crisis, the Ministry of Health and Social Services is integrating and decentralising mental health services into primary healthcare through various means. This was confirmed by the health ministry’s spokesperson Walters Kamaya. He said primary healthcare and mental health integration deal with joining mental health services with primary...
Sawi Hausiku RUNDU – The Windhoek High Court has nullified the Rundu Town Council’s (RTC) decision to sell the erf currently occupied by the Namibia Mbangura Wood Carvers Cooperative. The judgment was delivered on 4 July 2025 in a case between the cooperative, as the applicant and the RTC. According to court documents, the cooperative...
Rudolf Gaiseb Veteran newspaper editor and media personality Asser Ntinda has been appointed special advisor to Prime Minister Elijah Ngurare. Ngurare confirmed the appointment last Thursday, effective from 1 July 2025. Ntinda is a former editor-in-chief of Namibia Today and has held various roles in the media industry, including acting editor of television news at...
Auleria Wakudumo OSHINYADHILA – A wave of shock and heartbreak has gripped the Oshinyadhila community following reports of multiple tombstones, headstones and grave ledgers stolen from Omakakala Cemetery in recent weeks. The cemetery, located in Oshinyadhila village in the Oshana region, has become a target for criminals allegedly stealing granite and marble memorials to resell...
Rudolf Gaiseb Labour minister Fillemon Wise Immanuel has invoked Section 80 of the Labour Act to suspend the voluntary separation (VS) program at Sinomine Tsumeb Smelter. The move comes amid ongoing tensions between mine management and the Mineworkers Union of Namibia (MUN), who have been at odds over the program since May 2025. Yesterday morning,...
HONG KONG – Stocks rose yesterday as traders cautiously welcomed Donald Trump’s extension of his tariff deadline and indication he could push it back further, though uncertainty over United States (US) trade policy capped gains. Days before the three-month pause on his “Liberation Day” tariffs was set to expire, the US president said he would...
When the headlines fade and justice is buried under bureaucracy, the wounds of gender-based violence remain open not only in the hearts of the victims but in the lives of the children they leave behind. These are the silent survivors. Children who go to sleep with unanswered questions. Who attends funerals instead of birthday parties?...
Auleria Wakudumo Omhagulilo moPretoria shaSouth Africa oya yandja ehandukilo lomido hetatu modolongo komukainhu Omunamibia weedula 30 oo a kwatelwe noingangamifi moshilongo osho. Otaku hokololwa Pauline Mbangula a kwatelwa pokapale keedila koOliver Tambo International Airport opo a hnagwa noupunda vococaine ve li 60. Mbangula okwa kwatwa eshi vati opolifi moSouth Africa ya vakelwa ko kodjo inai...
Taimi Haihambo Opolifi oya kwata po ovafekelwa vane mekwatafano lokudipaa nosho yo oku vaka oilyo yoifitukuti pehe na omikandapitikilo. Oshiningwanima eshi osha ningwa komukunda Otjimbudu mexuliloshivike efimbo longula. Opolifi oya hokolola tai ti umwe ovafekelwa omulumenhu weedula 41, okwa tulwa moipandeko eshi vati odipaa oshinamwenyo shomhundja imwe. Ota ku hokololwa kutya omufekelwa vati oshifitukuti okwe...