National

In a grand celebration of Malaysia’s 66th Independence Day on Wednesday, Acting High Commissioner Dato Dr. Mohamad Rameez Yahaya welcomed dignitaries, diplomats and friends of Malaysia at the High Commission of Malaysia in Windhoek.

Plans are underway to formalise and register local taxis and tour operators at the coast with the local traffic regulators as well as the Namibian Tourism Board to operate in an orderly manner when dealing with tourists arriving via cruise ships.

An attempt by three of the alleged Fishrot kingpins to get High Court Acting Judge Jacobus Miller removed as presiding officer in the upcoming trial fell flat on Friday.

High Court Judge David Munsu on Friday postponed the bail hearing of former fisheries minister Bernardt Esau and Fishrot minnow Nigel van Wyk to 9 October for a status hearing on the availability of the transcribed record.

Menzies Aviation’s never-say-die attitude is alive and well. 

The second edition of the Tsjaka exhibition show concluded on Friday in the Omaheke region. 

With about N$12 million already spent by the National Assembly’s parliamentary committees on travelling, only a paltry N$3 million remains for the current financial year. 

The owner of international food-processing company Tönnies Holding ApS & Co plans to open a company in Namibia specialising in the slaughtering, butchering, processing and refining of pork and beef.

South Africa’s electricity minister, Kgosientsho Ramokgopa, is alive to weaponisation of the country’s energy crisis against the ruling African National Congress.

Works and Transport Minister John Mutorwa has said the erection of the Trans Kalahari Corridor Secretariat offices in Windhoek aims to facilitate trade and propel the development agendas of Namibia, Botswana and South Africa.