Students at the Windhoek Vocational Training Centre (WVTC), who cannot afford to make cash payments, will now be allowed to register. This follows a meeting between the Namibian National Students Organisation (NANSO) and the WVTC. NANSO says WVTC management used to send away students who could not pay in cash.
The Namibia Food and Allied Workers Union (NAFAU) has called for the planned retrenchment at the August 26 Textile to be stopped. If this process, which is undertaken by the mother company August 26 Holdings, go ahead as planned, more than 80 staff including management of the textile company stand to lose their jobs.
A man who was arrested on charges of attempting to bribe one of the investigating officers of the Fishrot scandal is set to appear in court on Wednesday, the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) said on Tuesday. The Director of the ACC, Paulus Noa, told NAMPA on Tuesday that the suspect attempted to bribe the investigating officer […]
The Ministry of Home Affairs and Immigration is reviewing the Immigration Control and Namibia Regulation Amendment Acts. A workshop, which is taking place at Otjiwarongo, aims to merge the acts with the draft of the Immigration Bill that was finalised last year.
Vendors next to the Windhoek Truck Port are calling on the municipality to provide them with stands, water and electricity. They have been operating in that area for more than 20 years, without basic services.
With the first games in the 2019/2020 coastal limited overs series having kicked off on Sunday, two games were scheduled, but only one was played. It was the Blue Waters outfit that started off their campaign in the sixth round with a win by beating Sparta Cricket Club’s second team, by four wickets. In an […]
The Directorate of Education in the Zambezi Region has completed the placement of learners at available schools in the region. Although all learners are said to have been placed, some are yet to turn up at schools, due to accommodation challenges.
Tourist arrivals in Namibia increased by 3,9% in 2018, compared to a growth of 2,1% in 2017. This is contained in the 2018 Tourism Statistical Report, which was launched in Windhoek. Environment and Tourism Minister Pohamba Shifeta says the statistics show that Namibia is a better tourism destination now than in years passed.
A suspect accused of cyber-fraud by swindling money amounting to N$720 000 from a businessman appeared in the Walvis Bay Magistrate’s Court today. The 30-year-old Ricardo Nestor was arrested on Saturday in Oranjemund for allegedly hacking emails of a local businessman in Walvis Bay, Mancino Jose Do Santos. The suspect, who was a former police […]
A toddler drowned in a bucket of water at Onambulanga village in the Omusati Region’s Onesi Constituency on Sunday. Warrant Officer Anna Kunga of the Namibian Police Force’s (NamPol) Community Affairs office in the region told NAMPA on Monday the girl, aged one year and three months, was identified as Kaheva Fernandu from Angola. “The […]
