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Retiring police chief Sebastian Ndeitunga says his 17-year and four-month journey as the country’s top cop has not been easy but added he executed the task with honour, dignity and dedication.

Lawyers representing prosecutor general Martha Imalwa say the law does not permit her to take the witness stand in civil proceedings. 

A German family and a South African pilot have been identified by police as victims of the Impalila Island plane crash on Monday afternoon.

Oshakati High Court acting Judge Danie Small last week convicted a resident of northern Namibia on a charge of arson and murder.

A forex trader, accused of defrauding 79 people of over N$4 million, will be going on trial in November.

In an emotional and tense meeting on Tuesday, words such as “leave our resources alone and go explore in your own countries” came out loudly from disturbed community members who are concerned with uranium exploration activities in Omaheke region.

The Skorpion Zinc mine and refinery in southern Namibia is currently under care and maintenance, which is a mining terms used to describe processes and conditions when a mine is closed, but where there is potential to recommence operations at a later date. 

Rössing Uranium launched its 45-year legacy book in Swakopmund earlier this month.

Nabirm is an oil and gas explorer focused on projects in politically stable and technically de-risked countries.  The company’s main focus in the immediate term is on exploration of the conjugate margin of the offshore Namibian continental shelf and onshore basins. 

A Russian company, Uranium One, exploring for uranium in the Omaheke region, continues to ruffle the feathers of local farmers. The company is expected to use the in-situ leaching (ISL) method to extract uranium.