Author: Staff Reporter (Staff Reporter )

African airlines’ air traffic increased by 71.7% in March 2023 versus a year ago, representing the second-highest increase among all global regions.

In 2022, Bank Windhoek financed 185 transactions valued at N$135 million in northern Namibia. This is according to Bank Windhoek’s Executive Officer of Retail Banking Services and Specialist Finance, James Chapman, who pointed out that Rundu accounted for 71 of the 185 transactions, and contributed N$55 million of the total N$135 million. 

The United Nations Human Rights Council Special Rapporteurs are requesting answers from both the Namibian and German governments regarding how they have been dealing with the issue of genocide, apology and reparations.

Okorukambe constituency councillor Rocco Nguvauva has bemoaned the growing trend of beneficiaries sub-leasing government resettlement farms to third parties, saying such tendencies undermine efforts to address the intense land question. 

Namibian Police deputy inspector general Elias Mutota announced an investigation into a case of murder against the police officers who shot and killed five men in Okahandja last Tuesday. 

Former fisheries minister Benard Esau has denied giving orders for funds to be transferred to the Sisa Namandje & Co and DHC law firms. 

Some Otweya residents who received houses after the devastating shack fire that left 174 Twaloloka families homeless are allegedly at risk of losing their homes. 

Prominent South African pastor John Anosike and Namibian-based apostle Jimmy Mwaba are at loggerheads over money raised during a three-day church crusade held in early April.

The infamous request by corruption-tainted former fisheries minister Benard Esau for a dual sim card iPhone, as depicted in a 2019 Al Jazeera documentary, is haunting him as he seeks to be released on bail.

Convicted rapists Russian national Alexander Krylov and his Namibian counterpart Anna Engelbrecht want the High Court to provide an opportunity for them to petition the Supreme Court over their convictions and sentences.