Six people, including the former Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Fisheries and Marine Resources, Ulitala Hiveluah, died in a head-on collision on the Okahandja-Otjiwarongo road last night. The collision involved a Toyota Fortuner in which the late Hiveluah was travelling in and a red Volkswagen sedan. The accident occurred some 50 km north of […]
About 100 employees of the Rehoboth Town Council staged a demonstration in protest against the council’s refusal to implement a 10% salary increase. Employees comprising cleaners, maintenance workers and officials refused to work until their demands are met.
Six civilians have been killed in a Taliban attack on a German Consulate in the north of Afghanistan.
Namibians who returned to Namibia right before independence, held a peaceful demonstration in Windhoek on Thursday, and handed over a petition at the UN House, concerning the handling of their reintegration into society. The returnees were joined by the Struggle Kids in their quest to lay to rest the process of Repatriation, Rehabilitation and Resettlement […]
A bill to reform land administration has been tabled in the National Assembly. The Lands Bill seeks to consolidate the Agricultural Commercial Land and Communal land Reform Acts.
President Hage Geingob is concerned about the lack of a reading culture among Namibians, especially on Namibia’s history. Such a tendency, Dr Geingob believes, keeps a person from gaining the necessary knowledge and wisdom, to make informed decisions. The Head of State remarked this at a book launch, on the autobiography of Namibia’s Ambassador to […]
The National Assembly has passed the Appropriation Amendment Bill with no amendments. The bill provides for a budget cut of over five billion dollars for the 2016/2017 financial year.
A young girl’s dream was dashed as she dropped out of school because of illness . 18 year old Michelle Sabisa was diagnosed with dysfunctional kidneys three months ago. Now only depending on dialysis, sabisa needs an organ donor. Her last hope is on her two young brothers 12 and 16 years old who are […]
A motion of no confidence against President Jacob Zuma has failed yet again. The motion was tabled by the Democratic Alliance, the main opposition party. The DA claims Zuma is unfit to hold office.
The Namibian Food and Allied Workers Union and marine wildlife activists have called on Government not to approve phosphate mining, as it will destroy the thriving fishing sector.
