WINDHOEK - Hendrick Uirab, a resident from Mariental who confessed to stabbing his girlfriend and mother of his young son, will be sentenced on September 25, Windhoek High Court Judge Dinnah Usiku said yesterday.
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Oshikoto residents buying N$50 water from privileged farmers
OMUTHIYA – Some residents in Oshikoto are paying up to N$50 for a 25-litre container of water from privileged farmers who have tanks in the area, as the drought continues to ravage communities here.
Govt to auction impounded illegal vehicles
WINDHOEK - Cabinet has approved the proposal by the Ministry of Finance to auction impounded illicit second-hand vehicles diverted into the country from foreign markets without proper customs clearance.
Two ‘Namibians’ killed in Botswana over poaching
WINDHOEK - Two suspected poachers believed to be Namibians were shot and killed by Botswana Defence Force (BDF) on Sunday while tracking a rhino they had shot in Moremi Game Reserve in northern Botswana, the media reported.
City denies plan to evict Goreangab residents for road project
WINDHOEK – The City of Windhoek has confirmed asking some residents in the Goreangab area to shift their structures out of the way for a planned multi-million dual carriageway planned in the area.
Namibian trucker nabbed for trafficking two DRC teens
WINDHOEK - A 36-year-old truck driver appeared in Katima Mulilo Magistrate’s Court on Tuesday for allegedly trafficking two teenagers from Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) into the country on Saturday.
The children are a 13-year-old girl and 16-year-old boy. The suspect is identified as Chris Mujani.
German economic minister expected today
WINDHOEK – German Minister for Economic Cooperation Development Gert Müller is expected in the country today, the German Embassy in Windhoek said in a statement.
NovaNam/Lalandii and Nasawu strike golden deal
LÜDERITZ - The management of NovaNam/Lalandii fishing company and the Namibia Seamen and Allied Workers Union (Nasawu) representing its employees recently reached consensus over conditions of services for the next three years.
Farmers resort to dumpsites to save livestock
ONGWEDIVA - Desperate farmers, particularly those who live on the outskirts of towns in the northern parts of the country, have resorted to collecting cardboard boxes and papers from dumpsites as fodder for their drought-hit animals.
Baby body discovered at Ongwediva dumpsite
ONGWEDIVA - Police in Oshana Region are pulling out all the stops to arrest the mother of a baby boy whose body was discovered yesterday at a dumpsite in Ongwediva.