Some Walvis Bay residents walked out of the meeting which was called by the police to discuss recent arson attack on shacks at the town. Residents walked out after the Police Regional Commander urged them to refrain from participating in mob justice. However, despite the walkout by some, the meeting continued.

Investigations on whether the missing N$1,7 billion at the Namibia Students Financial Assistance Fund (NSFAF) is traceable or not, will be completed by March next year. The funds reserved for operations, were disbursed by the agency between 1997 and 2013.

The 16 Days of Activism against gender-based violence was launched in the Kunene Region. The day is meant to raise awareness of the fact that women around the world are subject to rape, domestic violence and other forms of violence.

Okahandja mayor Johannes ‘Congo’ Hindjou blames a handful of concerned residents for stalling the process of setting up the university. The concerned group’s argument at the time was that the building which Limkokwing University of Creative Technology intends to use is situated too close to a bar. Hindjou says the council rejects that argument on […]

Resistance by some Okahandja residents is delaying the setting up of an international university at the town. Malaysia’s Limkokwing University of Creative Technology announced plans to set up its Namibian branch about six years ago.

SWAPO will convene in Windhoek on Friday for its etraordinary congress at Ramatex. Top on the agenda for discussion is the amendment to the party’s constitution. President Hage Geingob is expected to open the meeting which will end on Saturday. The extraordinary congress will be attended by delegates to last year’s congress which elected the […]

The Namibian Police Force (NamPol) on Thursday confirmed the death of the owner and captain of the Nuevo Rumbo Algeciras vessel, Gonzalez Perez Jesus. According to a NamPol report issued on Thursday, Jesus, 46, died in a freak accident after reportedly falling into the vessel’s hull on Sunday. It is reported that the incident occurred […]

As widely anticipated in karate circles, the Namibia Sports Commission’s Chief Administrator, Freddy Mwiya, passed his Sixth Dan grading in South Africa over the weekend. The grading was internationally recognised by the Japan Karate Federation. Before the event in Cape Town over the weekend, Mwiya, who has been active in karate for over 35 years […]

Namibia’s national record holder over 400 metres, Tjipekapora Herunga, returned from Jamaica recently and has started training for next year’s competitions. The 30-year-old Herunga was part of the Vision 2016 sport programme that allowed a group of Namibian athletes to be based in Jamaica for a while. The programme had been sponsored by the Directorate […]

A sergeant in the Namibian Police Force (NamPol) at Ongwediva has been charged with murder after allegedly shooting a suspect to death at the town around 02h00 on Tuesday. Crime Investigations Coordinator for the region, Deputy Commissioner Hilja Haipumbu confirmed the incident to Nampa on Wednesday, saying it occurred at the Ongwediva Town’s New Reception […]