The Fishrot trial has been adjourned to 4 February 2025 due to ongoing legal disputes and representation issues. Justice Moses Chinhengo urged the accused, including former ministers Sakeus Shanghala and Bernhard Esau, to secure legal representation to ensure a fair trial. The accused have challenged the judge’s appointment, arguing it is unconstitutional, but Justice Chinhengo […]
Oshakati Town Council has commissioned the construction of an underground sewer network and water reticulation for Oshakati North Extension 12 and a portion of Extension One. Another upgrade is the Natis Extension 3 – NHE road to bitumen standard, phase 1, in Oshakati East. The gravity sewer network and water reticulation, to be completed in […]
Swapo Party Vice President and President-elect, Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah, reminded members of the party’s central committee of their duty to serve the people. Nandi-Ndaitwah says the Namibian people have entrusted the party to run the country for the next five years, and it is not going to be business as usual. While the party has won […]
The Chief Executive Officer of the Namibian Society of Composers and Authors of Music, NASCAM, Albert Nicanor, has issued a warning against broadcasters that fail to pay their royalties. The society is currently working on renegotiating standardized licenses for all broadcasters. Nicanor stressed that the issue of noncompliance will be addressed once the agreements are […]
The Windhoek Central Hospital Forensic Unit received a donation of cosmetics, clothes, Christmas hampers, gardening tools, and sweet treats from the Namibian Automated Clearing House, Namclear. The donations are meant to provide warmth, care, and comfort, whereas the gardening tools donated symbolize a therapeutic activity that encourages hands-on healing to provide opportunities for patients to […]
A researcher at Integrity Namibia, Tileni Monghudi, says people at the grassroots level must first understand what corruption actually means before they can fight it. The Institute of Public Policy Research (IPPR), through its anti-corruption project, Integrity Namibia, has been going around the country, educating locals on how to fight corruption. “I’ve realized that there […]
The Keetmanshoop Town Council elected Councillor Annelize Knaus of the Landless People’s Movement (LPM) as the new mayor during today’s annual mayoral election. Councillor Easter Isaak nominated Knaus for the mayor position, and former Mayor McDonald Hanse seconded the nomination. Knaus, a Landless People’s Movement councillor, is taking over from her LPM predecessor, Hanse. Councillors […]
The Namibia Meteorological Service says most parts of the country will continue to experience extremely hot conditions due to the heatwave in South Africa. Temperatures will rise to more than 40 degrees Celsius. Chief Forecaster of the Namibia Meteorological Service, Odlilo Kgobesti, said, “Over the interior, it will remain extremely hot in most parts of […]
