Author: Staff Reporter (Staff Reporter )

The Ministry of Mines and Energy has officially endorsed Energy Invest: Namibia 2023 – the official investment report for Namibia’s gas, petroleum, power and mining sectors – produced by Energy Capital & Power (ECP).

Oshana regional director of education Hileni Amukana expressed her surprise and admiration that rural schools are performing better than those in urban areas. She was speaking last week during a regional awards ceremony at the Nengushe Secondary School.

The High Court last week set aside a wholly suspended sentence of 10 years imposed on a Windhoek resident, who killed a fellow security guard on 13 August 2015 and replaced it with a sentence of 18 years.

The long wait for a substantive CEO at the country’s biggest municipality, the City of Windhoek, could be over, as Moses Matyayi, the runner-up in the protracted recruitment process for the position, finally received the offer from the council last Monday.

Two judges of the High Court reduced the 30-year sentence a man received in the Katima Mulilo Regional Court for rapes.

The Directorate of Aircraft Accident Investigations listed a multitude of factors which played a role in the aircraft crash on Impalila Island, Zambezi region on 30 August 2022, claiming the lives of the pilot and her four passengers.

Namibian workers employed at the lithium mine owned by Long Fire Investments and Xinfeng Investments are subjected to inhumane living conditions at the mine site while their Chinese colleagues live comfortably.

The Namibian Police has recorded two murder cases. In one of the cases, a 25-year-old man was stabbed to death at Nkurenkuru, Kavango West. In the second case, a 27-year-old woman was stabbed to death at the Oshaampula village in the Oshikoto region.

Allowances for councillors at the Ongwediva local authority have remained unchanged for the 2023/2024 financial year. This is as the town’s service tariffs have also remained unchanged.

President Hage Geingob has expressed concern over the recent increase in the number of Covid-19 cases. Geingob said it is worrisome, especially when the country’s economy is still recovering from Covid’s devastation.