It has been more than three months since Jonas Junius Jonas was arrested in Brazil. Jonas has been charged for allegedly attempting to sexually assault a Brazilian house maid at the Athletes Village in Rio de Janeiro during the Olympic games in August. The complainant claimed in her statement that the boxer had offered her […]

KLM Royal Dutch Airline first flight between Windhoek and Amsterdam, touched down at the Hosea Kutako International Airport on Monday. Windhoek is KLM’s twelfth destination in Africa. The airline already flies to Luanda, Johannesburg and Cape Town, Nairobi, Kilimanjaro and Dar es Salaam among other routes.

Former learners of the Kolin Foundation Secondary School at Arandis raised 150 000 dollars at a gala dinner and launched a trust fund to collect more money. The Kolin Foundation Secondary School has produced some of Namibia’s politicians, social and business leaders.

With escalating electricity prices, many Namibians are opting for gas stoves and fridges which is cheaper, but are they well informed about the safety precautions needed to operate gas powered household appliances. This question of safety measures in the use of gas fired household appliances has come to the fore after a gas cylinder explosion […]

President Hage Geingob says not enough food is being produced or jobs created, despite the Government’s huge financing of the Green Scheme projects. He raised the concern during the opening of the SWAPO Party Second National Policy Conference in the capital yesterday. Dr Geingob said the Government has put a lot of money into the […]

The Minister of Sport, Youth and National Service, Jerry Ekandjo, has said that government considers sport to be an important element in nation building. Delivering his keynote speech at the annual sport awards, which saw local athletes being awarded for their hard work and dedication on Friday night, Ekandjo confirmed that sport is facing various […]

President Hage Geingob opened the second national conference of the Swapo Party in Windhoek, urging members not to be complacent but to continuously review strategies and build on successes when implementing resolutions.

President Hage Geingob has disputed the notion that Namibia is being mismanaged, bankrupt and on the verge of collapse. The alleged mismanagement of the country’s economy started doing the rounds soon after the Fitch international ratings agency released its assessment report which created perceptions that the economy was downgraded.

The Namibia Statistics Agency has warned those refusing to disclose information during the Demographic and Labor Force survey that they could face prosecution. The agency has recorded incidents in the Khomas and Erongo regions, where enumerators were allegedly threatened and assaulted.

The South African National Prosecuting Authority has withdrawn fraud charges against the country’s Minister of Finance. Charges against former Sars commissioner Oupa Magashula and former Deputy Sars Commissioner Ivan Pillay were also withdrawn.