A 78-years-old man Joel Araeb and his family of 14 were left homeless after they were evicted from their house in Windhoek’s Otjomuise residential area by a businessman through dubious means. The family claims Desmond Henry, who is the employer of Araeb’s granddaughter, defrauded their house under the pretext of helping them out.

Affirmative Repositioning Movement’s leader Job Amupanda has announced his intention to enter local authority politics next year. Amupanda addressed a media conference and shared his vision on what he termed Windhoek Radical Transformation Plan.

The 84 refugees who arrived in the Zambezi from Dukwi refugee camp in Botswana have been transported to their respective villages. The group is part of the more than 800 Namibians who remained in that country after fleeing Namibia following a failed coup attempt in the then Caprivi Region by the secessionist movement.

The Environment and Tourism Ministry has reiterated that no environmental clearance certificate was issued to mine phosphate in Namibia. The Ministry says the matter of phosphate mining is currently before the High Court with two pending cases.

The Namibia Financial Supervisory Authority (NAMFISA) intends to implement the Microlending Act aimed at protecting consumers. This was revealed by Its Chief Executive Officer Kenneth Matomola when he launched the company’s 2019 Annual Report.

Unclear and inefficient reporting structures, as well as ignoring of violence and harassment cases at workplaces, remain a cause for concern in Namibia. This is contained in a report launched by the Ministry of Labour, Industrial Relations and Employment Creation in Windhoek.

The rise in oil price globally could also affect Namibia. The price surge follows a weekend attack on oil facilities in Saudi Arabia, that halted nearly half of that country’s oil production, which is 5% of the global daily oil supply.

The three people arrested in connection with the 2009 fraud scandal in which the Ministry of Finance bought security scanning equipment at alleged inflated prices from a Chinese company, Nuctech, were found not guilty on fraud and corruption charges. The trio are former Public Service Commission, Teckla Lameck, her business partner Jerobeam Mokaxwa and Chinese […]

Students at the Namibia University of Science and Technology (NUST) have been urged to venture into entrepreneurship programmes to transform themselves into businesswomen and men. The call was made at Entrepreneurship Day and the launch of the NUST Start-Up Club held under the theme ‘Transforming Lives through Entrepreneurship’.

Residents of Windhoek have been encouraged to continue adhering to water savings measures as the city is still experiencing a water shortage. The level of Von Bach Dam stands at 25% and the council warned that Windhoek could run dry if the situation does not improve in the next 12 months.