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Namibia is preparing to host the 2021 World Press Freedom Day, which will mark exactly 30 years since the signing of the famous Windhoek Declaration on 3 May 1991 that paved the way for a free, independent and pluralistic press

The Executive Director in the Ministry of Gender Equality, Poverty Eradication and Social Welfare, Ester Lusepani, clarified at the weekend that government has no intention to continue building homes for the less fortunate using corrugated iron material. 

A team of senior detectives have left for Walvis Bay to lead the investigation into the mysterious disappearance and suspected murder of 22-year-old Shannon Wasserfall.

The Judicial Service Commission (JSC) and then head of state’s decision to recruit Martha Imalwa as prosecutor general nearly 16 years ago has come back to haunt them. 

The Namibian Defence Force (NDF) has deployed a plane to the Zambezi region to intensify the fight against the African migratory red locusts that have invaded the whole region and destroyed 500 hectares of grazing land.

An estate agent who was convicted of theft by conversion for stealing N$6.7 million from a Democratic Republic of Congo army general has told the Windhoek High Court he has no money left to pay a fine

The Women Action for Development (WAD) has once again petitioned government to consider scrapping value added tax on menstrual hygiene products, including sanitary pads.

WALVIS BAY – The family of Shannon Wasserfall has made an emotional call for justice and better protection of women and children as news about the discovery of her suspected remains produced an instant outpouring of grief. 

Popular Democratic Movement (PDM) parliamentarian Winnie Moongo has moved a motion in the National Assembly in which she has called on lawmakers to support the establishment of a sex offenders’ registry as part of a solution to curb sexual violence in society. 

The Affirmative Repositioning (AR) movement was dealt a hard blow by the Electoral Tribunal in Windhoek yesterday when their application in which they sued the Electoral Commission of Namibia (ECN) for failing to implement continuous voter registration, as required by law, was dismissed with costs.