Crime has been constantly increasing, due principally to the level of poverty and inequality. Robbers broke into a Miracles Centre Church Thursday night and ransacked the church property looking for money and valuable items.
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Know your civil servant – Cleaning for health and wellness
A big benefit of a clean school is that it guarantees parents that their children are learning in a healthy environment. The advent of Covid-19 has reminded many of how crucial cleanliness is, and how illness can spread if places of work and learning are not kept sparkling.
High Court dismisses murder conviction appeal
Windhoek High Court Judge Naomi Shivute and Judge Herman January dismissed an appeal against the conviction for murder and the 18-year sentence a Rundu resident lodged.
Farewell stranger with a helping hand
I have memories of the Sunday school teacher, teaching us about beings with helping hands and hearts – beings with white wings – who stay far away from humans but close to the source.
City circus continues…as IPC battles for survival
The battle for survival at the bolshie Windhoek municipal council has intensified after the Independent Patriots for Change councillors threatened to interdict a special meeting.
Katjavivi recalls last moments with wife
While grappling with pain and grief for losing his wife, speaker of the National Assembly Peter Katjavivi yesterday narrated the last moments of his wife Jane.
Kandjoze to represent Omaheke at Swapo congress
Swapo in Omaheke has endorsed Aminuis treasurer Obeth Kandjoze, who also serves as the director general of the National Planning Commission, as one of its delegates to the watershed ruling party congress slated for November.
Trauma hospital land sale gets the nod
The City of Windhoek has approved the sale of a N$21 million plot in Katutura where the Motor-Vehicle Accident (MVA) Fund plans to establish a trauma and rehabilitation
centre.
State appeals 10-year suspended murder sentence
The prosecution is appealing the 10-year wholly suspended sentence of a Windhoek resident who stabbed his colleague to death in 2015.
Woman guilty of killing baby boy
A woman was convicted by the High Court yesterday of killing her six-month-old baby by hitting him multiple times on the floor in 2019.