The Namibia Special Risks Insurance Association (NASRIA) has recorded its strongest financial performance in history. Total assets climbed to N$869 million, with net profit surpassing the N$100 million mark for the first time since the institution’s inception. This was confirmed by NASRIA’s managing director John Uusiku at the Broker Awards, who described the 2024 financial year as a ‘historic milestone’...
GIPF unlocks N$900m for home loans
The Government Institutions Pension Fund (GIPF) announced on Monday that GIPF has unlocked pension access for housing, with up to N$900 million committed to helping members buy or build homes. Members can now borrow up to one-third of their pension benefits to purchase or construct houses through First Capital Housing Scheme and Kuleni Financial Services. “The scheme has come a...
Chaos mars 2024 elections – SEOM …‘shambolic’ ECN threatens voter confidence
Namibia’s 2024 general elections were held in a calm and peaceful atmosphere. However, the SADC Electoral Observation Mission (SEOM) has warned that serious logistical and administrative failures by the Electoral Commission of Namibia (ECN) risk damaging public confidence in the country’s democratic process. While voters turned out in large numbers across all 14 regions in a stable political environment, the...
Swapo & UDF in drought relief, alcohol brawl
Lahja Nashuuta As the Regional Councils and Local Authority elections draw closer, so does the battle for dominance in Kunene grow, with both Swapo and the United Democratic Front recently trading blows. Recently, Swapo member Vipuakuje Muharukua, who is also the region’s governor, accused the UDF, which alongside the Popular Democratic Movement dominates the Kunene Regional Council, of using drought...
State on ‘Namcor-rot’ fishing expedition – Namandje … suspect vanishes into thin air
Iuze Mukube Prominent lawyer Sisa Namandje, who is representing some accused in the Namcor corruption saga, accused the State of not only having a weak case but also barking at the wrong door. Yesterday, Namandje fired a barrage at the State’s handling of the Namcor scandal case, arguing that the matter is being wrongly criminalised when it is in fact...
‘Danger to society’ … Slain farmers’ killers sentenced to 25 years
Iuze Mukube Twelve years later, the family of Gobabis’s stock theft investigator Hiambepo ‘Major’ Kazeurua finally found a measure of closure. This is after the custodial sentences to his killers were delivered last Friday in the Windhoek High Court. Acting Judge Alfred Siboleka has sentenced three men to 25 years in prison each for the murder of Kazeurua (57) on...
Erongo rejects ‘PR handouts’
SWAKOPMUND – Erongo governor Nathalia /Goagoses has urged industry players and decision-makers to stop reducing corporate social responsibility (CSR) to “handouts” for optics but instead invest in sustainable solutions that uplift local communities. Speaking at a capacity-building workshop for the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Natural Resources on Monday in Swakopmund, she said many residents in the region continue to live...
Prosecutor cleared on rape charges
A public prosecutor stationed at Mariental was exonerated on a charge of rape on a section 174 application. Regional Magistrate Stanley Tembwe granted the application lodged by prominent criminal defence lawyer Mbanga Siyomunji on behalf of public prosecutor Romeo Goagoseb. Goagoseb was accused of having had sexual relations with a woman in Mariental without her consent on 27 October 2022....
‘I carried my child 16km to school‘ …says mother of a child with disability
Auleria Wakudumo For 36-year-old Alma Iiyambo from Iipanda-Ombathi village in the Omusati region, taking her six-year-old daughter to school meant walking 16 kilometres daily, carrying her on her back. Her daughter, Fransina Mutilitha, was born with a clubfoot disability, making it impossible for her to walk long distances on her own. Despite the physical demands and daily challenges, Iiyambo remained...
Cabinet Briefs – Cabinet Decisions of the 12th Cabinet Decision-Making Meeting held on the 8th of July 2025:
• Cabinet approved the recommended amendments to the National Policy on Disability of 1997. The amendment will be published in the Government Gazette by the Prime Minister on behalf of the Vice President, in line with the National Disability Council Act, Act 26 of 2004. Cabinet further approved the Costed Implementation Action Plan for the revised policy. The Office of...