The Anti-Corruption Commission’s Acting Director-General has expressed appreciation to the private sector in the Erongo Region for their efforts in support of the fight against corruption in the country. Erna Van Der Merwe was speaking on Friday at the unveiling ceremony of an Anti-Corruption Billboard, at Yianni Savva police station, at Walvis Bay.

By Kavii Vezemburuka Businessman Peter Shambo has donated 150-thousand dollars to the northern-based Shokonawa marathon academy, to help boost its operations. For years, the academy has played an integral role in promoting and uplifting athletics in the remote rural areas of the region. This is primarily why the business man deemed it necessary to fund […]

A Steve Hofmeyr concert, scheduled for 28 December in Swakopmund, has stirred up controversy, with some advocating for authorities to ban the South African singer from performing in the country. Some Namibians have signed an online petition that labels Hofmeyr as an apartheid apologist and a racist.

Namibians have called on the ministry of Home Affairs and Immigration to refuse Hofmeyr entry into the country. In an online petition started on Monday, the call is on government to show zero tolerance for racist and any divisive acts. Home Affairs spokesperson Salome Kambala, however, says they accorded the singer the work visa because […]

NBC Director General, Stanley Similo has expressed his satisfaction with the cooperation the company’s TV licence inspectors have been receiving from the local business community. Similo was speaking during an interview with NBC News at Swakopmund where he attended the Kaisames FM fun day.

National Petroleum Corporation of Namibia (Namcor) Board of Directors has launched an investigation into allegations of corruption against the company’s Managing Director, Immanuel Mulunga. The Board has also resolved to revoke the suspension of commercial and marketing manager, Kosmos Damaseb.

Soon after the results of the 54th ANC conference were announced, President Hage Geingob, on behalf of Swapo, issued a statement congratulating Cyril Ramaphosa on becoming president of Africa’s oldest liberation movement. “On behalf of the rank and file of the SWAPO Party, I would like to offer our sincerest congratulations and comradely felicitations to […]

Cyril Ramaphosa on Monday became the new president of the African National Conference. South Africa’s ruling party held its 54th conference at Nasrec, south of Johannesburg, where 4 708 delegates cast their ballots for the top leadership of the party. Ramaphosa, the country’s deputy president, beat Nkosazana Dlamini Zuma, former African Union chair, by 2 […]

The Bank of Namibia is urging debit order clients, who find that their money is being deducted from their bank accounts without their permission, to report such deductions as soon as they detect them.

The Chairperson of the National Council calls for stiffer punishment for human trafficking offenders. Margret Mensah-Williams says the current proposed Combating of Trafficking in Person’s Bill is too lenient.