Month: October 2018

FEW countries have failed as spectacularly, or as tragically, as Zimbabwe has over the past decade. Zimbabwe has been transformed from one of Africa’s rare success stories into one of its worst economic and humanitarian disasters.

PRETORIA - A senior United Nations Programme on HIV and AIDS (UNAIDS) official says that although notable progress has been made globally against HIV and AIDS, the world is still off the mark with respect to targets related to combating the epidemic.

WINDHOEK - Police recorded four rape cases countrywide over the past weekend. Also, seven murder and two attempted murder cases were recorded.

WINDHOEK – Namibia is keen to ensure its partnership with India is strengthened through trade, investment, energy and agriculture, said Acting Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of International Relations and Cooperation, Morven Luswenyo.

RUNDU – Many Rundu residents continue to defy town council’s call by illegally connecting water to their homes and businesses, a situation that has in turn impacted negatively on the town’s revenue collection.

WINDHOEK - Nigerian scholar Dr Joseph Okpaku has discouraged the current trend of getting foreign aid to resolve the land question in Africa, saying this external assistance should be treated as an interim measure. 

WINDHOEK - A policeman is under probe for allegedly extorting N$60 000 from six suspects implicated in a gangster-style armed robbery in which they allegedly stole N$487 320 at gunpoint from a shopping centre in Pionierspark.

WINDHOEK - According to the latest updated statistics, there are 308 informal settlements in Namibia with a staggering 228 000 shacks accommodating about 995 000 people in urban areas.

WINDHOEK - From an economic perspective, the success of land reform in Namibia depends on the degree to which reform leads to increased flow of net economic benefits in terms of per capita income, jobs, profitability and increased productivity and social welfare.

RUNDU - The Rundu Magistrate’s Court has resorted to using a garage as a courtroom due to lack of space to conduct its daily business.