A body of an unidentified person was discovered in a drain after municipal workers noticed a blockage in a sewerage system. The body was found on Sunday in Windhoek’s Agste Laan informal settlement. The incident attracted a large crowd of onlookers. It took time for the police to remove the body as it was already […]

Katima Mulilo Chief Executive Officer, Charles Nawa, has resigned from the Town Council. Nawa tendered his resignation last week, citing interference from the regional and local authorities.

By: CHRISTEL J. KOTZE Namibian national scrum-half Damian Stevens traded in his Western Province outfit for a black and white Sharks jersey earlier this week. Stevens, who was born and bred in the coastal town of Walvis Bay, started his rugby career at Walvis Bay High School and later played for Paul Roos after moving […]

The central, northern and western areas of Namibia experienced an electricity blackout on Friday night. A statement issued by Nampower said the cause of the outage was yet to be determined. The power failure started at 21h04 and power was restored in phases with Windhoek reconnected two-hours later. NamPower said the Auas/Kokerboom 400 kilovolt (kV) […]

United States Billionaire Donald Trump has officially accepted the Republican Party’s presidential nomination, promising safety and security to Americans.

The electrification of schools is being fast tracked as part of the Harambee Prosperity Plan. Two schools have already been electrified in the Zambezi Region, while more schools and clinics are earmarked to benefit before 2020. Although a significant number of rural communities have benefited from Namibia’s rural electrification programme since independence, some are still […]

The Erongo Regional Development Fund has launched a pilot project to introduce the drip irrigation system for vegetable gardens at all schools in the region. The vegetable gardens are meant to supplement school feeding programmes.

Turkish Ambassador to Namibia says her country is doing everything possible to normalize the situation following a failed coup attempt. She has described the recent coup attempt back home as a criminal act, laying the blame squarely on the Fethullah Gulen Movement.

Shots have been fired in a Munich shopping centre and a police operation is under way. Reports say the area round the shopping centre in the district of Moosach has been sealed off, but details of the incident are sketchy. Several people are reported to have been killed, the Sueddeutsche Zeitung newspaper quotes police as […]

Safety and Security Minister, Charles Namoloh, officially inaugurated the more than 41-million dollar Police Regional Office in the Zambezi Region on Thursday. The infrastructure houses 42 offices. In his speech, Namoloh observed that it was now up to the police force in the region to work diligently, with loyalty and commitment.