A very relieved Gustav Pienaar punched his fists into the air after Windhoek High Court Judge Christie Liebenberg on Friday acquitted him on charges of murder and assault by threat and defeating or attempting to defeat or obstruct the course of justice.
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Minor girl dies in car accident
A seven-year-old girl died last week in a car accident while travelling to Swakopmund from Windhoek.
I have lost a sister – Geingob
In the late deputy minister of higher education Veno Kauaria, President Hage Geingob said he has lost a sister, comrade and confidant.
Gobabis suspends 5
The Gobabis municipality last week suspended three managers and two junior employees for alleged misconduct, bringing the total number of employees on suspension at the local authority to six.
‘Migrate for survival or die’…starving Angolan migrants living on the edge
Years of drought have eroded the lives of thousands of subsistence farmers and recently, the economic fallout from the Covid-19 pandemic has forced hundreds of Angolans to leave their homes to search for food while those remaining barely get by, foraging for wild berries.
Cable theft leaves thousands without water
Stolen cables at pumps connecting a local water treatment plant have left thousands of residents in the Zambezi region without water. As a result, residents in the region have been flocking to the Zambezi River for water.
Illegal Covid test kits flood market
Health minister Dr Kalumbi Shangula has expressed concern over the mushrooming use of unauthorised and unreliable Covid-19 test kits in the country.
Geingob heaves sigh of relief … as Covid infections decline
President Hage Geingob has expressed a sigh of relief over the declining Covid-19 infections as well as hospitalisations and deaths.
Seal factory dying a slow death
A seal products factory is finding itself in a financial predicament that not only threatens its existence, but also that of several households depending on the seasonal jobs created through the processing of seals and by-products.
NamRA boss denies hefty salary packages
The Namibia Revenue Agency (NamRA) has refuted claims that it has proposed hefty employee salary packages to its board of directors.
