SWAKOPMUND – The Ministry of Industries, Mines and Energy (MIME) has embarked on a crucial four-day strategic retreat in Swakopmund. It is aimed at defining its direction for the next six years, and reinforcing its commitment to national development. The retreat is focused on crafting MIME’s 2025/26–2030/31 strategic plan and the annual plan for 2025/26, as well as performance agreements...
Ngungula flows amid despair
OSHIKANGO – The rising water levels of rivers dividing Angola and Namibia as well as floods have brought life to a halt in some parts in the north, but fuel smugglers remain unshaken in their resolve to continue. Sources revealed that Angolan nationals involved in smuggling fuel into Namibia risk their lives by crossing flooded rivers with 25-litre fuel containers...
B2Gold pays N$2.4b in taxes
B2Gold Namibia announced that it contributed a total of N$2.4 billion in direct taxes to the government in 2024. This represents 57% of its N$4.1 billion profit before tax. When combined with indirect taxes and corporate social responsibility (CSR) spending, the company’s total contribution to government reached 61% of its pre-tax profit. The mine last year retrenched 138 workers, of...
Slain Major Kazeurua’s killers convicted
Iuze Mukube Judge Alfred Siboleka on Monday convicted four men on counts of murder, stock theft and defeating the course of justice. The charges relate to the murder of stock theft investigator Hiambepo ‘Major’ Kazeurua on 28 December 2012 in the Gobabis district. Stockley Kauejao, Matheu Kakururume, Muvare Kaporo and Afas Kamutjemo stood trial on these charges. Kauejao, Kakururume and...
Science needed to tackle climate change
Rudolf Gaiseb Namibia remains one of the driest countries in sub-Saharan Africa, with water scarcity affecting over 60% of the population. Deputy Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries, Water and Land Reform Ruth Masake says adaptive and science-based solutions to climate challenges are just not necessary, but urgent. She spoke yesterday at the Southern Africa Science Service Centre for Climate Change and...
Parents eat children’s leftovers at Rundu hospital
Sawi Hausiku RUNDU – Only caregivers of children seven years and below are eligible for meals at the Rundu State Hospital, the Ministry of Health and Social Services has said. The ministry’s public relations officer (PRO) Walters Kamaya said this last Thursday following enquiries and media reports that mothers who are admitted with sick children are not provided with food,...
Kavango West: 56 illegal fences flagged
Lylie Joel NKURENKURU – The Kavango West Communal Land Board has recorded a total of 56 cases of illegal fencing. One such case has been submitted to the line minister’s office for actual removal as the perpetrator has not removed it voluntarily, said Deputy Director for Kavango West Communal Land Board, Justine Milinga, in an interview with Nampa yesterday. He...
Man ‘kills’ uncle, attacks cousin
OSHAKATI – A 30-year-old man has been arrested for allegedly hacking his 94-year-old uncle to death and seriously injuring his 17-year-old cousin at Onekwaya West on Monday. Warrant Officer Andrew Nghiyolwa of the Namibian Police Force’s Community Policing Sub-division in the Ohangwena Region told Nampa the incident occurred around 10h00. The deceased elder has been identified as Josua Kirus, while...
‘I will kill you’ … husband convicted of wife’s murder
Iuze Mukube “You have killed me” were the last words of Fransiska Ngeve Simaho, who died at the hands of the man who was supposed to protect her. Andreas Kapepo Kudumo was on Monday found guilty of killing his wife by stabbing her with a knife before hitting her head with an iron rod. The incident occurred on 21 November...
Police seize drugs worth N$3.5 million in March 2025
The Namibian Police Force (NamPol) said it has seized drugs worth over N$3.5 million in the month of March this year. NamPol in a media statement issued yesterday said the drugs seized were cannabis weighing 312 560 kilogrammes valued at N$3 125 600 and 3 965 Mandrax tablets valued at N$475 800. Cocaine powder of six and a half grams...