Author: Staff Reporter (Staff Reporter )

In an effort to attract foreign investment and high net-worth individuals into the country, the Namibia Investment Promotion and Development Board (NIPDB) is working with the home affairs ministry to finalise a Golden Visa programme, as envisaged in the second Harambee Prosperity Plan (HPP II). 

The number of heart diseases among Namibian children and adults has been increasing steadily over the years, and the lack of infrastructure and skilled professionals has delayed the process of tending to these patients.

Opposition parties have highlighted high unemployment, debt, costly living and the adaption to green energy amidst the country’s recent oil and gas discoveries as matters which received short shrift from finance minister Iipumbu Shiimi in the 2023/24 Appropriation Bill.

The Ministry of Home Affairs, Immigration, Safety and Security has made further progress in improving service delivery when it launched online applications for passports and short-term employment permits yesterday.

An inmate at the Mariental Correctional Facility is claiming N$650 000 in damages from the Minister of Home Affairs, Immigration, Safety and Security for an assault that left him unable to get an erection.

After months of flooding in the northern parts of the country, the waters have finally receded in many places. However, hundreds of families remain displaced and uncertain of their future.

A total of 101 persons have been arrested on drug-related matters between 1 and 28 February this year.

A man who poured petrol on his girlfriend and 13-month-old baby girl and set them alight on 1 January 2020, was convicted of murder with direct intent and attempted murder on Monday by Windhoek High Court Judge Christie Liebenberg.

Olympian Gaby Ahrens, who is one of Namibia’s most-decorated shooters, was at the weekend elected as the new chairperson of the Association of National Olympic Committees of Africa (ANOCA) Athletes’ Commission (AC) in Algiers, Algeria.