Month: September 2018

WINDHOEK - The court refused to relax bail conditions of three men accused of defrauding the Office of the Judiciary of over N$400,000 in a witness fees scam. 

WINDHOEK -The end of the listeriosis outbreak in South Africa as declared yesterday means the chances for Namibia to have a similar outbreak are nullified, according to the deputy director for public and environmental health in the Ministry of Health and Social Services, Benson Ntomwa. 

WALVIS BAY - State prosecutor for the N$206 million cocaine case, Salmon Kanyemba says lawyer Sisa Namandje’s argument in the state’s case is weak, Namandje argued the evidence collected during the arrest of Grant Noble and Dinath Azahr is baseless and will be inadmissible during the trial.

WINDHOEK - Windhoek High Court Judge Thomas Masuku says he will deliver his judgment in the urgent application Finance Minister, Calle Schlettwein and the Namibia National Reinsurance Corporation (NamibRe) launched to compel eight insurance companies to re-insure with NamibRe according to the NamibRe Act 22 of 1998 on September 20 after listening to two days of arguments.

WINDHOEK - Dr Kleopas Dumeni whose reign as chancellor at International University of Management (IUM) was marked by lecture hall scarcity and limited courses last week bowed out in dignity having overcome numerous challenges.

EENHANA - The Minister of Sport, Youth and National Service Erastus Uutoni has reiterated his call to the youth to establish youth enterprises in their respective constituencies.

WINDHOEK – “Never feel burdened by what is given you with trust or entrusted you,” said the International University of Management (IUM)’s new chancellor Dr Vaino Nambala.

WINDHOEK - Twelve people lost their lives over the past weekend of murders, road accidents and suicides across the country, including the gruesome death of a 21-year-old who died because of a cellphone.

WINDHOEK – SADC chairperson and Namibian President Hage Geingob has invited China and its investment community to fund SADC projects.

WINDHOEK - In the wake of the recent visit to South Africa by British Prime Minister Theresa May, the UK international trade minister complimented Namibia’s tasty beef, which she says she likes.