Iuze Mukube For the first time, ex-Cabinet minister Sacky Shanghala and his co-accused Ricardo Gustavo find themselves diametrically opposed on the way forward in the protracted Fishrot matter that has faced legal harbingers from the genesis. This week, the duo disagreed on the fitness of the presiding officer, Acting Judge Marilize du Plessis. On one...
The Namibian government and the African Development Bank (AfDB) yesterday launched a N$28.5 billion partnership designed to overhaul national infrastructure and break the country’s dependence on the mining sector. The 2025-2030 Country Strategy Paper, launched in Windhoek, serves as a five-year financial engine for Namibia’s Sixth National Development Plan (NDP6). In a keynote address read...
Evango tuna kutumbura asi Namibia Training Authority (NTA) mukurona gwazo pamberewa Erick Nenghwanya kageve maronmdoro asi nosure ndi mavango gana kugava erongo nye awo kapi valitjangesa mazuva gawo gokuvahagekesa gana siki, omu navakaza vakavapatese mavango gawo. Age kahuyungire nonkango edi posiruwo sokuzegurura evango lyawo mo 2026 lyokulirongera unkurungu lyomvhura zompe moVenduka sivike kasipwire. Silika esi...
TOKYO – A Japanese zoo caring for a baby monkey who has become an internet sensation was forced to issue a statement denying he was being bullied, following an outpouring of concern online. Punch, a seven-month-old baby macaque, was abandoned by his mother and shot to stardom after he began clinging to a plush orangutan...
BRAZZAVILLE – At the age of 82 and after more than 40 years in power, Denis Sassou Nguesso is the clear favourite to win Sunday’s presidential election in Congo- Brazzaville. With the opposition divided, sidelined and largely absent, observers say voter turnout could slump to a record low in the oil-rich but impoverished central African...
ACCRA – Tightly holding her citizenship certificate against her chest, Patrice Ann Robertson wiped away a tear; she’s now officially Ghanaian, nearly a decade after she started living in the West African country. “This is home,” the now Ghanaian-American, who lives in Ghana’s southeastern Volta region, told AFP at a ceremony in the oceanside capital...
Iuze Mukube Mecthilde Karomo (33), who is accused of murdering her ex-lover and his girlfriend by setting them alight in a shack whilst they slept, has denied setting the house on fire. Karomo was testifying on Tuesday before Windhoek High Court judge Claudia Claasen. She faces two counts of murder and one count of arson...
Lissony Njembo Twenty-five years ago, Mbakondja Upora was disconnected from her biological family, where she was subjected to wanton abuse and neglect. She was between two and three years old when she was unchained from the dreadful arms of her late aunt. She would go on to spend the next quarter of a century in...
Iuze Mukube A decision by the prosecutor general on Tuesday has set the stage for the continuation of the bribery case against former agriculture minister Mac-Albert Hengari. Hengari and his co-accused will now be arraigned in the Windhoek Regional Court before Magistrate Justine Asino. The two face three charges, including one of contravening section 34...
Heather Erdmann REHOBOTH – The Rehoboth Town Council has set aside at least N$70 million to replace conventional water and electricity meters with prepaid ones, a move aimed at improving revenue collection and preventing future arrears. The rollout, which started in specific areas with historically high non-payment rates, is now expanding to all suburbs. The...