Month: October 2018

LÜDERITZ – Angelina Shetu Fillemon (24) is determined to make her own mark in the business sector.  

WINDHOEK - The Gondwana Collection Namibia opens its new lodge, The Desert Grace, in the endless expanse of the Namib Desert today.

KEETMANSHOOP - The Namibian and Indonesian governments have signed a plan of action to help practical collaboration in the fisheries area between the two countries.

As a child born and raised in Lüderitz, I attended St. Pieters Church school in the old location now called Benguela. I can remember, since time immemorial, that the Lüderitz peri-urban areas had been out of bound for people on the grass-roots level, the Sperrgebiet. I remember our teachers telling us that they grew old without knowing the surroundings of the town that they grew so fond of.

The debate on the four farms bought by a Russian mogul [for the Namibian government] has remained topical for the longest time now and is not diminishing as it is still rampant on social media. 

WINDHOEK - A 28-year-old man who stands accused of killing his own brother over N$20, denied guilt in Katutura Magistrate’s Court.

WINDHOEK - With increasing industrialisation and urbanisation taking place, the issue of waste management has become a critical national concern and was identified as a priority area in Namibia’s Fifth National Development Plan.

KHORIXAS - Magistrate Muchali Jermaine Muchali recently issued a fine of N$3000 or 18 months imprisonment to Uatjindisa Tjambiru (55), for possessing a herd of six stolen goats that the accused hid in his corrugated iron zinc shack at Donkerhoek informal settlement in Khorixas. Tjambiru paid the fine.

KEETMANSHOOP - The //Kharas Regional Council has endorsed the appointment of Otjozondjupa regional council planning director Beatus Kasete as its Chief Regional Officer.

LUHONONO - Residents of Luhonono in Kabbe North Constituency are unhappy that their children who had to be born in Zambia because Luhonono does not have a maternity ward are being denied birth certificates by officials at the Ministry of Home Affairs and Immigration.