Month: August 2018

The debate on whether there is ancestral land in Namibia has defied pressure to recede for good. There are calls that the discussion on ancestral land is misplaced and must cease, amid rage contained in the breasts of communities whose ancestors lost land and wealth.

WINDHOEK – An associate director and renowned researcher at the University of Science and Technology (NUST) committed suicide on Sunday.

SWAKOPMUND - President Geingob says Namibia needs to plan ahead for urbanisation over the coming decades.

OMUNTELE -The councillor of Omuntele constituency Sackeus Nangula has called for the speedy implementation of the constituency finance act, which would allow each constituency to draft its own budget expenditure.

WINDHOEK - The bail hearing of Erastus Heita, a Windhoek resident accused of gunning down the mother of his children and girlfriend in Otjomuise last year has been postponed.

WINDHOEK - Namibia is among SADC countries that have actively implemented the Sexual Reproductive Health and Rights (SRHRs), HIV/AIDS and Governance project.

WINDHOEK – The Katutura Magistrate’s Court has issued a warrant for the arrest of man accused of the intentional killing of Tjaimi Ehrenfryd Ehrenst in 2016.

WINDHOEK - The Windhoek High Court has indemnified a garage accused of failing to carry out the instructions of a client and in addition granted it an amount of N$30,000 for partial repairs undertaken on a vehicle of an Angolan after the latter cancelled the work contract.

WINDHOEK – Efforts are underway to achieve land degradation neutrality (LDN) in Namibia and a pilot project by the Ministry of Environment and Tourism on the new global concept started in March this year.

WINDHOEK - Local communities and indigenous people in Africa will converge in South Africa next month to exchange ideas as to how best they can fairly and equitably benefit from their genetic resources and related traditional knowledge.