SWAKOPMUND - Some fishing rights applicants and industry players are concerned the process of evaluating over 5 000 applications may be compromised by the FishRot scandal, which has implicated two former cabinet ministers and their close associates.
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2019-11-152024-05-07National
Assets of former ministers ‘safe’ for now
WINDHOEK – The head of the Namibian Police Public Relations Division, Deputy Commissioner Edwin Kanguatjivi, said the police would for now not seize any fixed or liquid assets belonging to the former fisheries and justice ministers.
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2019-11-152024-04-30Front Page News
ECN warns of ‘fake’ results
The Electoral Commission of Namibia (ECN) has cautioned the general public against believing unverified posts on social media regarding Wednesday’s special voting process conducted locally and at foreign missions.
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2019-11-152024-06-18Crime and Courts
Senior govt official accused of rape
WINDHOEK - A 43-year-old senior official in the ministry of works has been accused of raping a 21-year-old woman, who is reportedly now pregnant. A case of rape has been opened against the suspect.
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2019-11-152024-06-18Crime and Courts
18 years imprisonment for rage murder
WINDHOEK - The Windhoek Regional Court yesterday sentenced a 33-year- old man who killed out of rage for apparently having been insulted to serve 18 years in jail.
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2019-11-152024-05-07National
Workshop interrogates malnutrition among urban poor
WINDHOEK - The workshop for media practitioners on nutrition and food security on Wednesday indicated there is poor access to nutritional food in informal settlements compared to suburbs close to towns.
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2019-11-152024-04-30Front Page News
Pharmacy faces liquidation over N$8m debt
OMUTHIYA - Liquidators have shut down doors of Quality Pharmacy among other businesses that operate under the now insolvent M&P Investment cc, due to debt that reportedly amounts to over N$8 million.
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2019-11-152024-05-07National
Shambyu given green light to install Mundjebwe
RUNDU – Urban and rural development minister Peya Mushelenga has given the Shambyu chiefs council the go ahead to install chief-designate Sofia Mundjembwe as the new leader of the traditional authority.
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2019-11-152024-04-30Front Page News
Teen impresses with reusable pads project
MARIENTAL - The outgoing headgirl of Mariental High School Donna Gamatham has launched a reusable sanitary towels project to sensitise both men and women on the effects of the menstrual cycle on the girl child.
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2019-11-152024-04-30Front Page News
NID workshop empowers civil society
WINDHOEK – The Namibia Institute for Democracy (NID), in partnership with the US Embassy in Namibia, conducted a Civil Society Support Program (CSSP) for local non-governmental organizations (NGOs) from the end of September to the start of November at the House of Democracy.