The High Court has ordered the ||Kharas Regional Council to promote its employee, Barendt Both, to the position of Deputy Director of Administration. The order follows the council’s overturning of Both’s appointment against an interview panel as well as the Public Service Commission’s recommendation. The order was issued in a judgment delivered by the court […]
Members of the Swapo Party in the Grootfontein district are demanding the nullification of branch elections that began on April 16. Seventeen branches have reported unfair practices allegedly orchestrated by an eight-member special task team assigned by party headquarters. At a press conference held this afternoon in town, District Information and Mobilization Officer Susan Schwarz […]
Police in Khorixas have initiated an investigation after an unidentified man abandoned a baby girl, estimated to be between one and two years old, at the local Shoprite store on Thursday evening. According to a report filed at the Khorixas charge office, the incident occurred around 5:00 PM on Friday. A 13-year-old girl was seated […]
The Coastal Spinning and Drifting Club held an Easter bash to raise funds for the vulnerable and further keep young people off the streets in Swakopmund. Car spinning and drifting as a sport have been gaining momentum in Swakopmund over recent years. The Coastal Spinning and Drifting Club’s president says the participants rev their engines […]
Body of Christ Party leader and MP Festus Thomas has questioned the Ministry of Urban and Rural Development over reported restrictions placed on churches, particularly revival churches, by some traditional leaders in northern Namibia. Thomas raised the matter during the National Assembly’s session, questioning the basis of actions taken by traditional authorities who are reportedly […]
Onesmus Shikongo Akwenye, a veteran of Namibia’s liberation struggle, former educator, sportsman, and public servant, died aged 86 on Friday in a Windhoek hospital. Akwenye began his career as a teacher at the Rhenish Herero School in Windhoek, where he was also known as the captain of the Tigers Football Club during the 1960s. In […]
President Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah says the government will continue to look into the plight of those affected by the floods until they can stand on their feet. This is to ensure that they are able to fend for themselves, as the mahangu fields and houses were submerged, dashing all hopes of a bumper harvest until the […]
