Month: September 2018

ONGWEDIVA - The 14-year-old alleged to have sodomised a five-year-old boy at an informal settlement in Oshakati was denied bail when he made a brief in-camera appearance in court.

Our Star of the Week is the Minister of Higher Education Minister Dr Itah Kandjii- Murangi for her swift intervention that saved the jobs of 44 workers who were retrenched at the Namibian Institute of Mining and Technology (NIMT).

TSUMEB -Tsumeb Municipality is slowly starting to reap the benefits from its newly commissioned multi-million-dollar solar power plant project, that was set up to reduce the escalating electricity bill, which emanates from its 24-hour water pump station. 

WINDHOEK - Chief of the Masubia tribe Kisco Liswani III is concerned about the escalation in the number of fishermen from neighbouring Zambia who overfish using unsustainable fishing methods involving prohibited nets in Namibian waters.

KEETMANSHOOP - //Kharas Regional Governor Lucia Basson says Namibians should fully embrace their culture as culture is a way of life and does not stop with traditional attires.

ONGWEDIVA - The National Heritage Council of Namibia is in Oshakati to solicit views on suggestions to declare Oniimwandi Military, a former Koevoet base in Oshakati East a war museum.

WINDHOEK - The Public Office-Bearers Remuneration and Benefits Commission (POBC) has revealed that due to the challenging economic conditions experienced in the country, political office bearers will not receive any salary increment until the economy shows a sign of recovery. 

WINDHOEK - Work has already commenced on the much-anticipated N$190 million Peugeot assembly plant in Walvis Bay and a spokesperson from the French car manufacturer has confirmed the plant should be ready by the end of 2018 when vehicles will be expected to roll off the assembly lines.

WINDHOEK - A Namibian mother who claims her son who was studying in Cyprus was wrongfully jailed for drug possession has appealed for government intervention to have her son deported home to serve his sentence here.

WINDHOEK – Institutions responsible for generating land statistics for administrative records must harmonise their databases through the Namibia Statistics Agency (NSA) for regular reporting and central archiving.