KEETMANSHOOP – The Municipality of Keetmanshoop needs to increase its running finances by 20% compared to the budget of the 2024/2025 financial year. This was revealed by Desere Boois, strategic executive for finance, during a community meeting in the southern town earlier this week. “The council has a staff complement of 253, of which only...
Zebaldt Ngaruka GOBABIS – The Namibia Football Association (NFA) has lifted the suspension of Young African FC head coach Maleagi Ngarizemo with immediate effect after he was suspended for alleged misconduct on 25 May 2025. Ngarizemo’s suspension stemmed from the allegations of misconduct that were levelled against him, of which he was accused of physically...
Lahja Nashuuta Swapo leader Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah has dismissed reports suggesting a strained relationship between her and party secretary-general Sophia Shaningwa. Quoting Founding President Sam Nujoma, Nandi-Ndaitwah said: “A people united, striving to achieve a common good for all the members of the society, will always emerge victorious.” This, she said, is the mantra she embodies,...
TSUMEB – Dressed in a grey jersey and faded blue skinny jeans, a 22-year-old woman sits silently outside her grandmother’s house in Tsumeb. Her right foot tucked onto a plastic chair, the other resting on the dusty ground, her black shoes are worn, give a glimpse into the life of Charlotte Gutases. Her hand supports...
A parliamentary committee has cautioned against a hasty and careless passing of legislation seeking to regulate, if not entirely ban, the ownership of land by foreign nationals. The Parliamentary Standing Committee on Natural Resources said the proposed law in its current form is in direct conflict with the supreme law of the land. The proposed...
The Namibia College of Open Learning (Namcol) is facing accusations of unfair labour practices and withholding salaries after retrenching over 100 staff members. The affected employees were on fixed-term contracts. The move has sparked outrage among affected employees, some of whom claim to have served the institution for the past 20 years. Mutarere Nguvauva, a...
WALVIS BAY – The Walvis Bay Municipality has received a massive financial boost of N$75 million from the Ministry of Urban and Rural Development for the development of Green Valley, also known as Farm 37. As a result, the current CEO, Victoria Kapenda, approached the line ministry to accelerate council plans for Farm 37. Making...
Chief Justice Peter Shivute and his deputy, Petrus Damaseb, introduced the concept of plea bargaining in Namibia on Wednesday during a conference on alternative dispute resolution held in the capital. The Judiciary heavyweights hosted the conference with a delegation from Ghana, led by its Chief Justice Alfonse Ghigamoy Owiny-Dollo and accompanied by several senior judges. ...
A total of 13 898 inmates have benefitted from the Namibian Correctional Service’s (NCS) evidence-based rehabilitation programmes between 2017 and April 2025. This marks a significant shift from punitive incarceration toward rehabilitation and reintegration. This was revealed in a speech delivered on behalf of President Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah by Prime Minister Elijah Ngurare during the pass-out...
Katima Mulilo – A fierce land ownership dispute has erupted in the heart of Katima Mulilo between a local businessman Harris Maswau and a Chinese investor operating under the company Wenxi Investment. Both parties are claiming rightful ownership of a lucrative commercial plot between the Natis and Petrosol service station. The two parties are all...