A Swakopmund man, who is on trial for allegedly killing his 78-year-old employer in August 2017, has blatantly denied guilt, saying he was forced by the investigating officer to admit guilt.
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Authorities probe dumping of medical waste
Highly infectious medical waste comprising of needles and syringes, circumcision blades, dirty linens and contraceptive implants were discovered about 50 metres from houses in Windhoek’s Goreangab area.
Four pit latrines serve over 2 000 people
OMUTHIYA - Over 2 000 residents of Kaniita informal settlement in Omuthiya are still without proper ablution facilities.
Residents make use of four pit latrines that are filthy and smelly.
LPM wants ministers’ fishing rights revoked
The Landless People’s Movement (LPM) said it will table a motion in the National Assembly in which it will seek to have fishing rights of ministers and members of parliament revoked.
PG expands Amushelelo money laundering probe
The prosecutor general has ordered the investigating officer dealing with the case of self-proclaimed forex trader and activist Michael Amushelelo to further investigate the matter.
Ondalu ya geya monooli
ONGWEDIVA - Sho omwiidhi tagu kukuta nombepo ya ninga oyindji, omulilo monooli yoshilongo otagu tsikile okufika po iilya piipale nokuhanagula po omaulithilo giimuna momikunda odhindji monooli.
Doctor dismisses virus cover-up fears… ‘there is no underreporting of coronavirus infections’
The health ministry’s specialist physician Dr Ishmael Katjitae has dismissed fears that government might be deliberately underreporting coronavirus cases.
Gawanas rekindles abortion debate
Namibia’s Bience Gawanas, who has been elected to the International Planned Parenthood Federation (IPPF) board of trustees, said the country should continue the debate on whether abortion should be legalised or not. Gawanas was at the weekend elected to the IPPF board.
Tjihuiko fined for ‘embarrassing’ chief
The Ovaherero Traditional Authority (OTA) has ordered former parliamentarian Arnold Tjihuiko to pay a fine of one cow for supposedly embarrassing Ovaherero Paramount Chief Vekuii Rukoro during a WhatsApp altercation recently.
Four nabbed for stock theft
OMUTHIYA - The police on Saturday through an undercover operation managed to apprehend four stock theft suspects.
They have been allegedly terrorising farms in the vicinity of Tsumeb over the past months.