While receiving national documents, shack fire victims at Walvis Bay urged the education ministry to speed up the issuance of duplicate education documents, as they are struggling to secure or apply for jobs.
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Top learners live in abject poverty
A teacher is pleading with government to intervene and improve the living conditions of some of her best pupils.
Husband kills wife, commits suicide
A woman from Oshihepo village in the Ohangwena region who had endured regular assaults by her husband was allegedly shot and killed by him.
Stock theft accused remanded in custody
A former Brave Warriors and African Stars footballer and four other co-accused, who were arrested last week over stock theft charges in the Dordabis area, have been remanded in custody, following their court appearance last Friday.
Authorities destroy over 5 000 weapons
Weapons linked to murders, robberies as well as other illicit crimes were reduced to ashes on Saturday when the Namibian armed forces destroyed 5 532 firearms and 209 933 ammunition at a shooting range outside Walvis Bay.
New MP wants more female politicians
Popular Democratic Movement parliamentarian Yvette Araes has cited the lack of women in politics as the major failure, resulting in women’s voices not being heard and taken seriously.
NEFF labels RCC acting CEO appointment ‘greedy’
Acting CEO of the Roads Contractor Company Maria Nakale has come under fire from the Namibian Economic Freedom Fighters for allegedly being “greedy and self-centred” by working two jobs and collecting two salaries in a country where high unemployment is the norm.
Sinvula summoned for DC hearing
The Grootfontein municipality has issued a notice for a disciplinary hearing on numerous charges of misconduct against its CEO, Kisco Sinvula.
NMH wins appeal in defamation case
The Namibia Media Holdings and one of its former editors have succeeded in having a High Court ruling to pay damages to a Mariental farmer Johan Lombaard and his company Golden Game CC for defamation overturned.
Killer mom ‘ready for jail’
A 27-year-old woman, who was accused of murdering her newborn son by feeding him methylated spirit and later burning his body in the mahangu field, has pleaded guilty on counts of murder and defeating or attempting to defeat the course of justice.