Rail and road services operator TransNamib last Thursday received a letter of demand from now defunct Belgian company, Challenge Air, to pay more than N$160 million (9.863 million euros) for a botched lease agreement with Air Namibia in 1998.
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Hengari’s N$7.5 million lawsuit rumbles on
Namibia Wildlife Resorts and the tourism and public enterprises ministers have asked the court to be absolved from the N$7.5 million defamation suit filed against them by former NWR managing director, Zelna Hengari.
Alleged Russian paedophile blames victims
Russian national Alexander Krylof testified this week in his own defence after Acting Windhoek High Court Judge Claudia Claasen ordered that he and his Namibian counterpart Anna Katrina Engelbrecht must answer the 42 counts of rape and child trafficking, in addition to a charge of supplying minors with cigarettes.
Blessings from the ocean
The Walvis Bay lagoon was a hive of activity as local residents today flocked there to collect their day’s meal when hundreds of fish washed ashore.
Unam Wolves, Sparks win Independence Cup
The Khomas Basketball Association (KBA), as per its yearly tradition, hosted a successful Independence Cup in the capital, which saw local sides sweating it out for supremacy and honour.
Astute Observations with Alisa Amupolo – Risk Management 101
Risk management is one of the core pillars of running a business.
DBN young artisan finance opens door for Erongo welder
The Development Bank of Namibia (DBN)’s facility for skills-based finance has provided finance to Muudhigu Investments CC.
Namibia’s debt stock stands at N$125.8 billion …owes China N$2.1 billion, shy of 2% of total debt portfolio
Namibia’s total debt stock currently stands at N$125 824 705 809. Of that amount, 26% is foreign debt while 74% is domestic debt.
Opinion – Political opposition should be relevant
In their thoughtful book, ‘An Introduction to Politics’ Garner, Ferdinand and Lawson (2020), eloquently imply that one of the paradoxes about democracies is that on the one hand there is near unanimity on the indispensability of political parties.
Opinion – Tribute to my cousin, the late Gideon Nestor Mufenda
It is with a heavy heart that I write about my kamentu (cousin), the late Gideon Nestor Mufenda who departed this earth a few days ago. He was my cousin and we are of the lion totem.









