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.
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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.
Chinese businessmen robbed
The Khomas police are still pursuing six suspects who robbed a Chinese businessman of an undisclosed amount and goods worth N$1.4 million on Wednesday afternoon.
Fraud accused students remanded in custody
Two students of higher learning institutions in Windhoek appeared in court this week for fraud, and have been remanded in custody.
All systems go for by-election
All preparations for the Swakopmund by-election are set and in place as the Electoral Commission of Namibia readies itself for today’s by-election.
Councillor demands N$2m in damages
Katima Mulilo Urban councillor Kennedy Simasiku is demanding N$2 million in damages from three members of his constituency for alleged defamation of character.