A fatal shooting at the Global Fund Directorate of the Ministry of Health and Social Services has left one person dead and another in a critical condition. It was not business as usual at this City Centre building when a former employee of the Global Fund Directorate allegedly visited his former workplace and shot two […]

Namibia is unlikely to legalise abortion anytime soon. This despite calls made in recent years to legalise abortion due to continuous cases of baby dumping and illegal abortions. Abortion in Namibia is illegal with the exception of rape cases, or in life or death situations.

The Namibia Food and Allied Workers Union (NAFAU) and Atlantic Chicken Company (trading as KFC Namibia) have signed an agreement on wages and conditions of employment ahead of an intended strike. Speaking during an interview on Good Morning Namibia, General-Secretary of NAFAU Jacob Penda confirmed that the strike was called off after the union and […]

A two-week training workshop on Geoscientific Information Management has kicked off in Windhoek. The workshop is being attended by 21 professionals from 13 African countries’ Geological Survey Organisations as part of the PanAfGeo Programme.

Young people at Dordabis settlement believe lack of employment and recreational facilities at the village is the main contributing factor to violence and alcohol abuse.

Residents of Dordabis have called for the Ministry of Education, Arts and Culture to open a secondary school at the settlement.

A 17-year-old boy is in the dock after he reportedly raped his 11-year-old neighbour at Karibib on Saturday. Namibian Police Force crime investigations coordinator for Erongo, Deputy Commissioner Erastus Iikuyu confirmed this incident in a report on Sunday afternoon. It is alleged that between the hours of 09h00 and 15h00, the victim was alone at […]

It is alleged that a former employee of the Ministry of Health and Social Services visited to his former place of work where he shot two of his former colleagues. One has died while the other sustained injuries and was rushed to the Roman Catholic Hospital. The suspect escaped the scene but handed himself over […]

Veteran Zimbabwean musician Oliver Mtukudzi was laid to rest at his village Madziwa in Zimbabwe over the weekend. Mtukudzi was the first musician in Zimbabwe to have received a hero’s burial. The legendary musician reportedly died of diabetes last Wednesday. He has recorded 66 albums over 40 years and was 66 at the time of […]