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Namibia has stepped into an unprecedented scale of corruption. On a weekly basis, we see disturbing headlines – from theft, murder, suicide, lawsuits and entitlement.

State Advocate Timo Itula on Friday conceded that the State did not prove the two men on trial for the murder and robbery of an elderly Swakopmund couple killed Siegfried.

A rare Namibian diamond will soon be showcased around the world to bring further prominence to the country’s diamonds. 

There appears to be no light at the end of the tunnel for communal farmers in the Zambezi region, as they continue to lose their livestock at the hands of progressively ferocious cattle rustlers, mainly from Zambia, who continue to cross borders illegally to steal cattle in Namibia.

Various Ovaherero and Ovambanderu chiefs vowed on Friday to step up their fight against Germany by appealing for assistance from African nations as well as well-meaning progressive international solidarity groups.

A Swakopmund resident was hailed a hero after he saved a young woman from a burning shack on Wednesday.

The multi-million-dollar state-of-the-art Namibia Financial Assistance Fund headquarters in Eros, an affluent Windhoek suburb, has no owner.  

*Nandi-Ndaitwah says she still has the capacity to lead
*labels corruption as treason
*respects Geingob’s decision to not endorse her

Former Nkurenkuru constituency councillor Damian Nakambare, who was last week denied bail by the prosecution on grounds that he has demonstrated a propensity to commit similar crimes, was yesterday granted bail of N$5 000 during a formal bail application in the Rundu Magistrate’s Court.

The Supreme Court has set the date for Prosecutor General Martha Imalwa’s appeal against the release of Fishrot accused Ricardo Gustavo on bail.