A man allegedly killed two women at Oshaango in the Ohangwena Region Friday afternoon by sliting their throats. Ohangwena Police Spokesperson Warrant Abner Itumba, confirmed the incident to NBC News. The suspect committed suicide after the incident. Warrant Itumba says the two women were sisters and one of them had a child with the now […]

Friends and families of 14 people killed in a car accident last Friday gathered in Windhoek for a memorial service. The accident occurred one kilometre west of Kalkfeld after a tyre burst.

Environment and Tourism Ministry is calling on all Namibians to turn up in their numbers at tomorrow’s national clean-up campaign countrywide. The national clean-up main day this year will be held in Rundu.

Political Analyst Christie Keulder says there is a need to train journalists as they are struggling to report accurately on technical issues such as research findings. Survey research is often used to assess thoughts, opinions, and feelings. The data collected can then be used by policy makers, legislators, NGOs, agencies, activists and journalists.

The City of Windhoek is in the process of nullifying the sales agreement between local businessman Desmond Howard and 78-year-old Joel Araeb. This was revealed by the City of Windhoek’s chief executive officer’s Robert Kahimise at a media conference briefing on the continuous trends of vulnerable people whose property are being sold through dubious means.

The Namibia Statistics Agency (NSA) has launched a digital Census Mapping survey. The new system is a digital field verification initiative that allows the agency to determine and identify location types of structures within each enumeration area before the commencement of the counting.

A group of disgruntled employees from Embwinda Fishing Company at Walvis Bay held a demonstration in solidarity with 22 supervisors who were dismissed in August. Close to 100 employees demonstrated in front of the company’s premises during lunch hour expressing their frustration with management and unfair mass dismissal of 22 supervisors.

Lack of incentives for local businesses and disconnect between various institutions are some of the issues contributing to high unemployment in the country, which now stands at 34%. Unemployment among youth is more than 40%. This was revealed at a two-day seminar on employment creation in Windhoek.

A 22-year-old man was arrested with a live pangolin at a service station in Okahandja during a police operation on Thursday. Spokesperson of the Namibian Police Force in the Otjozondjupa Region, Inspector Maureen Mbeha told NAMPA the suspect faces charges of possession of and dealing in, protected and controlled wildlife. “The pangolin, with an estimated […]

A 31-year-old police officer allegedly shot his ex-girlfriend in Walvis Bay on Thursday. The Namibian Police Force’s Crime Investigations Coordinator for Erongo, Deputy Commissioner Erastus Iikuyu in a crime report issued on Friday said the officer, who was on duty, allegedly shot the 22-year-old woman in the chest and twice in the arms with a […]