WINDHOEK - Two Namibians and 12 Angolans accused of defrauding the Namibian government to the tune of N$210 million through false tax refunds on purchases exported from Namibia all pleaded not guilty to charges they are facing.
Year: 2019
Oshigambo bemoans dilapidated infrastructure
OSHIGAMBO - Oshigambo High School principal Pinehas Ekongo has expressed concern over the school’s dilapidated infrastructure.
GBV: Businesswoman Kadhikwa narrates how she cheated death
WINDHOEK - Businesswoman Twapewa Kadhikwa is an inspiration to many Namibian young people.
US donates equipment worth N$1 million to health ministry
WINDHOEK – The United States President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (Pepfar), through the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), yesterday handed nutrition equipment valued at N$1 million to the Ministry of Health and Social Services.
Breakaway Hallelujah congregation back in ELCRN
WINDHOEK - The breakaway group of the Hallelujah congregation of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in the Republic of Namibia (ELCRN) has been recognised as the 55th congregation of the church.
Kandjeke names entities failing on financial reports
WINDHOEK - Auditor-General Junias Kandjeke expressed concern over the non-submission of financial statements by some local authorities and state entities to his office, saying this hampered the execution of his mandate.
AR gives City ultimatum
WINDHOEK - Affirmative Repositioning (AR) yesterday threatened that if the City of Windhoek continued demolishing houses of poor people, the movement and its supporters would retaliate.
Trouble looms in absence of March rains
WINDHOEK - If rain does not materialise in the next two weeks, maize producers in Namibia will only be able to supply about 30 percent (some 35 000 tonnes) of local demand.
MUN leaves Geingob hanging
WINDHOEK - The leadership of the Mineworkers Union of Namibia (MUN) yesterday left President Hage Geingob hanging when they failed to show up for a scheduled meeting the union had requested with the Head of State.
Normal practice dictates that visitors wait for the Head of State’s arrival in the meeting room.
Gowaseb scoops Namibia’s first gold in Abu Dhabi …2019 World Summer Games
WINDHOEK – Namibia’s 2015 Special Olympics World Summer Games gold medalist and evergreen veteran runner, Ruben Gowaseb on Saturday once again stole international headlines when he clinched the country’s first gold medal at the ongoing World Summer Games in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.