The Executive Director in the president’s private office, Moses Pakote was shot by armed men at his residence late in the evening of 8 September 2019. The Presidency has confirmed the incident and that Pakote is in recovery. Police investigations into the case are underway.

President Hage Geingob announced his 10 nominees for the National Assembly (NA). Some of the party’s old guard, including former youth minister Jerry Ekandjo, are also part of the nominees. The first on President Geingob’s list to head to the National Assembly, is the 78-year-old Peter Katjavivi, the Speaker of the lower chamber, followed by […]

The Popular Democratic Movement (PDM) has started preparing to hold its electoral college on 28 September. PDM secretary-general, Manuel Ngaringombe, says the party is working to have the youth and women from all regions of the country elected onto its list. He says the party expect three-of five nominees to the college to be women […]

A 69-year-old pensioner has been left homeless after his two-bedroom shack burned down in Freedom Square residential area of Windhoek on Sunday afternoon. By the time NBC News team arrived at the scene, the fire had already been extinguished and items burned to ashes and the frames of the shack could be seen. The owner, […]

A 40-year-old suspected rhino poacher on Sunday exchanged gunfire with a team of 15 Namibian Police Force (NamPol) officers and members of the Namibian Defence Force (NDF) for nearly two hours on a farm outside Otavi. The Otjozondjupa Regional Crime Investigations Coordinator, Deputy Commissioner Naukalemo Andreas, in an interview with NAMPA on Monday, said the […]