Former Gobabis mayor Liberius Kalili has denied claims by current mayor Elvire Theron that “corruption” in the eastern town of Gobabis has stalled the town’s 1995 twinning agreement with the Smallingerland municipality in the Dutch province of Friesland.
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Frederick optimistic about development projects
//Kharas governor Aletha Frederick said the region has the potential to address socio-economic challenges, such as youth unemployment and the prevalence of widespread poverty in the region.
Uutoni backs traditional courts expansion
The minister of urban and rural development, Erastus Uutoni, is in support of the idea to decentralise traditional courts in order to manage and reduce the overwhelming piles of cases at tribal headquarters.
‘Indisposed’ prosecutor stalls alleged serial rapists’ trial
The rape, assault, attempted rape and attempted murder trial of a Windhoek resident, who is accused of 23 offences, including the mutilation of a 10-year-old girl in 2018, was postponed yesterday as the prosecutor is “indisposed.”
Walvis Bay to finally sell unoccupied houses
The empty houses constructed under the Massive Urban Land Servicing Project (MULSP) at Walvis Bay will finally get owners. This follows after the Ministry of Urban and Rural Development gave the Walvis Bay municipality the go-ahead to sell the houses.
De la Harpe remains positive about the future
Despite going down 47-12 against the South African Blue Bulls, Namibia’s senior rugby team assistant coach Darry de la Harpe remains optimistic about the future and says a lot of positives were taken away from the defeat.
Samaria: We still have a chance
The Brave Warriors began their 2023 Africa Cup of Nations (Afcon) qualifiers with an uninspiring one-all draw against Burundi in the opening game of their Group C game at FNB Stadium on Saturday.
Resuscitating Oviritje
The first annual Oviritje Music Awards were launched in Windhoek on Friday in an effort to return the genre to the top of the Namibian music charts and onto the lips of everyone.
MariusD to drop first EP soon
Multi-genre artist Mathew Marius, who goes by the stage name MariusD, is set to drop his first EP on 25 June 2022.
Trade ministry brings AGOA capacity building in focus
Last year, Namibia launched its AGOA Utilisation Strategy with the objective of diversifying and increasing its exports to the United States of America under the African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA).









