WINDHOEK – The Eenhana Town Council has dismissed as malicious a report in a daily newspaper that one of its officials is being investigated for a loss of N$8 million.
Swakopmund mutilators to be sentenced in June
WINDHOEK - Two men convicted of mutilating the private parts of a dead woman after they murdered her in cold blood will be sentenced on June 14, a Windhoek High Court judge announced on Tuesday.
Slayer of Unam student pleads guilty
OSHAKATI - Paulus Nghipulenga, who stands accused of killing his girlfriend who was a student at the Unam Hifikepunye Campus, pleaded guilty when he appeared in the Oshakati Magistrate’s Court on Wednesday.
Ministry initiates dignity project for learners
RUNDU - Executive Director in the Ministry of Education, Arts and Culture Sanet Steenkamp says N$3.6 million will be spent on a dignity project whereby not only girls will benefit from sanitary pads but boys will also get to buy soap and other sanitary products to improve their hygiene.
Call for poll boycott over 12 000 students left without funding
OSHAKATI – University students in the north have threatened to mobilise other voters not to cast their votes in the upcoming polls after 12 000 students were not given NSFAF funding.
Möller murder accused says co-accused wants to poison him
WINDHOEK - One of the five men accused of breaking into the residence of Walvis Bay businessman Hans-Jorg Möller and shooting him to death when he came to the defence of his wife is asking the High Court to release him on bail as he fears for his life.
Councillor wants MET office closure at Ndiyona halted
WINDHOEK - Ndonga Linena Constituency Councillor Petrus Kavhura says he is much disturbed and disappointed by the decision of the Ministry of Environment and Tourism (MET) to close down the Ndiyona satellite offices that serve three constituencies, namely Ndiyona, Ndonga-Linena and Mashare.
China sends condolences for ex-VP Iyambo
WINDHOEK – The Foreign Minister of the People’s Republic of China, Wang Yi has sent his condolence message to his Namibian counterpart, Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah, on the death of the former vice-president Dr Nickey Iyambo who died on May 19 following an illness.
Speak to workers themselves, unions tell PM
WINDHOEK – The country’s two largest civil servant unions have told Prime Minister Saara Kuugongelwa-Amadhila that they do not have a problem with a one-off two percent voluntary contribution by civil servants to the drought coffers, provided that civil servants agree to it themselves.
Iyambo to be buried next to Peter Iilonga tomorrow
WINDHOEK – Former Vice-President Nickey Iyambo, who died recently at the age of 83, will be buried tomorrow at Heroes Acre next to the grave of former Robben Island prisoner Peter Iilonga.