RUNDU – The Namibian Police has urged communities living along national borders to work with them to combat crime. Police stated that most illicit activities happen at ungazetted entry points, including illegal crossing points, especially along the Kavango River and other rivers and cutlines across the country. Commissioner David Indongo, the head of the border...
The Financial Sector Conduct Authority (FSCA) of South Africa has set aside a fine of more than R216 million and a 10-year debarment of Namibian businessman Coenraad Botha. Botha owns CBI X SA, a bitcoin investment entity, and is the founder of Coin-Based Innovation Global, also known as CBI Association. He was investigated by the...
Charles Ndeumane A 31-year-old male resident of Omindaba village in Omusati region was allegedly attacked by two male suspects, who repeatedly hit him with stones on the head. The victim succumbed to injuries a day later. The police in Omusati reported that 31-year-old Paulinis Shiwana Immanuel was brutally attacked by two suspects on Saturday evening...
Rudolf Gaiseb The Electoral Commission of Namibia (ECN) has rejected the applications of three independent presidential candidates Ally Angula, Jeremiah Kaambo and Elsie Chen. The announcement was made at the commission’s public sitting yesterday at its headquarters. They extended the sitting until today, giving the candidates time to correct their mistakess. The extension will also...
President Nangolo Mbumba has urged Namibians to unite in the fight against poverty, emphasising the importance of decent work and social protection as key pillars in improving the lives of all citizens. “I urge all Namibians to play their part in lifting one another. Through unity and collaboration, we can realise a poverty-free Namibia,” he...
Barry Rukoro, the president of a National Unity Democratic Organisation (NUDO) breakaway group, has insisted that his faction’s newly-formed coalition with Swanu will not cripple Nudo. The marriage will also have no bearing on the party’s operations nor will it affect Nudo’s relevance, the former football administrator said. Rukoro provided the surety to his followers...
KATIMA MULILO – Health minister Kalumbi Shangula said Namibia has made strides and progress in areas like reducing maternal mortality. In a speech read on his behalf by Zambezi governor Lawrence Sampofu during this year’s belated World Population Day celebration last week, he referred to the latest data of 2020,which indicates that the maternal mortality...
ONGWEDIVA – Several traditional leaders, church leaders and psychologists have spoken out on the prevalence of rape incidents in Namibia. In most cases, minors, pensioners and men have all become victims of rape at the hands of their guardians, or those who ought to be protecting them. Another strange phenomenon has taken centre-stage. It involves...
Himba mother Jakarisiua Tjiurua said she does not sit idle at home while her children languish in poverty. She has decided to take on the gruelling task of copper stone mining at Ohungumure village near Opuwo. Traditionally seen as men’s work due to its physical demands, mining has become a lifeline for Tjiurua and her...
OUTAPI – As the hot sun beats down relentlessly, a group of vulnerable pregnant and sick women have found solace under the shade of thorn trees which have shedleaves. This is about 400 metres from the Outapi District Hospital in the Omusati region. Among the expecting mothers housed under thorn trees is Selma Malakia from...