Safety and security minister Lucia Iipumbu this week confirmed 52 criminal cases committed within police holding cells. They include 17 incidents of extortion, 24 cases of sodomy or rape and 11 cases involving the smuggling of contraband into police holding cells, with the highest number reported during the 2024/2025 financial year. Iipumbu was responding to...
Rwanda’s post-conflict model of unity, zero tolerance for corruption and technology-driven security governance offers concrete lessons. Namibia can adopt it to strengthen oversight, national security and service delivery. These are the sentiments of the chairperson of the Parliamentary Standing Committee on International Relations, Defence and Security James Uerikua (Swapo). The Members of Parliament led a...
Auleria Wakudumo The health ministry says some community members are choosing to use mosquito nets instead of allowing indoor residual spraying (IRS) in their homes. Health executive director Penda Ithindi said the resistance to indoor spraying is mainly caused by myths and misunderstandings. “Some people believe mosquito nets work better than spraying, while others think...
RUNDU – The long-awaited Rundu Bulk Water Supply project is rapidly nearing the finish line, with overall progress officially reaching 79%. The N$665 million initiative is set to transform water security for thousands in the Kavango East and West regions by its expected commissioning in August. The project is under the Namibia Water Corporation (NamWater). Critical pipeline...
Rudolf Gaiseb Landless People’s Movement leader and chief change campaigner Bernadus Swartbooi said President Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah’s intentions to heighten oversight and control over the petroleum industry appear bona fide. He said this is in support of the Petroleum Amendment Bill insofar, as it seeks to establish a petroleum council in the Ministry of Mines and...
Oil-rich United Arab Emirates (UAE) is ready to explore new business opportunities in and sign trade agreements with Namibia. This was confirmed by the visiting UAE minister of foreign trade yesterday. Speaking at the Namibian-UAE Business Forum in Windhoek yesterday, the UAE minister of foreign trade Thani bin Ahmed Al Zeyoudi said “We are ready...
A storm is brewing at the Windhoek Correctional Facility as it faces both critical staff shortages and overcrowding pressures that threaten safety and rehabilitation efforts. The Windhoek Correctional Facility, designed to hold 174 inmates, is battling severe staff shortages and overcrowding, with 682 posts currently vacant and several housing units operating above capacity. This was revealed...
Namibia reached a remarkable milestone with the first phase of the national polio immunisation campaign, which ran from 26 to 29 January, vaccinating over 800 000 children across the country. With the nationwide immunisation campaign having reached well over 800 000 children during the first phase, this marks a vaccination coverage rate of 91% and...
Rudolf Gaiseb Transport minister Veikko Nekundi says funds are simply not enough to construct all roads needed in the country. This comes after questions about when the ministry will upgrade the MR112 road between Okahandja and Okondjatu to a bitumen standard. Nekudi told Parliament last Thursday that the upgrade was delayed due to a lack...
MAYENZERE – In the quiet corners of Kavango West, what began as a modest effort to put food on the table during the 2020 Covid-19 lockdown has transformed into a thriving poultry empire. Josephine Kapango Da Costa, the founder of Jostaria Trading CC, is proving that with grit and a bit of “chicken sense”, grassroots businesses can...