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Two women who sued a pastor and an accomplice were granted damages of N$15 000 each by Windhoek High Court Judge Marlene Tommasi. 

A 38-year-old man from Aranos in the Mariental District on Wednesday denied that he intended to kill his 20-year-old girlfriend when he hit her with a stone during an argument.

Namibia’s Commonwealth Youth Team is busy at work preparing for the 2023 Commonwealth Youth Games Scheduled for Trinidad and Tobago from 4 to 11 August 2023.

Omukulupe gwedhina Martha Johannes, a yambukile momukunda Oluundje moshitopolwa shaShikoto okwa ti ota pumbwa ekwatho opo a paluthe nokuyambidhidha okatekulu ke hoka ke na uulema, kedhina Junias Atusheni Nafuka gwomimvo ntano. 

The US Federal Reserve was poised to announce a fresh quarter percentage-point hike to its benchmark lending rate on Wednesday to tackle inflation, while keeping the option open for more such moves in the coming months.

Anglo-Australian mining giant Rio Tinto said Wednesday it was unlikely to meet its 2025 greenhouse gas reduction targets, citing “underlying emissions growth” in parts of its business.

On 21 July, Nedbank Namibia officially opened the doors to their new in-store agency in Mariental.

Kuwait recorded its first surplus in nine years for the 2022-2023 fiscal year which ended in March, the finance ministry said on Wednesday, crediting last year’s surge in oil prices.

The controversial pension preservation clause of the Financial Institutions and Markets Act (FIMA) is intended to strengthen the regulatory environment to protect pensioners. 

Creating 18 000 direct employment opportunities, pumping N$60 billion into local procurement over a four-year construction period and paying annual land rental fees up to a maximum of N$330 million, the Hyphen Green Hydrogen Project in the //Kharas region holds significant potential as a catalyst for economic recovery.