Student leaders at the University of Namibia (Unam) say they have never engaged the government on the initiative of laptop purchases from funds provided by the Namibia Students Financial Assistance Fund (NSFAF) and therefore distance themselves from the communication that such decision was approved by their constituency.
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2020-09-152024-05-07National
Service station robbers on the run
The Namibian police in Erongo are appealing to the public to assist them in tracing unknown suspects who carried out a robbery at the Puma Service Station in Kuisebmond yesterday morning. The robbers got away with N$77 000.
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2020-09-152024-05-07National
LPM slaps back at Venaani
The Landless People’s Movement (LPM) has slammed the Popular Democratic Movement (PDM) president McHenry Venaani over his recent comments in which he warned against “new political messiahs”.
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2020-09-152024-04-30Front Page News
Coastal estate agent guilty of theft
Windhoek High Court acting Judge Eileen Rakow last week convicted coastal estate agent Erwin Sprangers on five counts of theft by conversion and one count of money laundering but acquitted him on a count of fraud over N$6.7 million he stole from Democratic Republic of Congo army general Francois Olenga.
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2020-09-152024-04-30Front Page News
Highway face brick wall creates 400 jobs
A N$15 million face brick wall, which is currently being constructed over a six-kilometre stretch on the Windhoek-Okahandja dual carriageway, has created employment to 400 people from Okahandja.
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2020-09-152024-04-30Front Page News
Shangula warns against virus vaccine ‘fake news’
Health minister Dr Kalumbi Shangula yesterday cautioned the public to be wary against falling for “untruths and fake narratives” after a post suggested on social media that government was carrying out mandatory vaccination against the virulent pandemic.
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2020-09-152024-04-30Front Page News
Man who slit lover’s throat denies guilt
The trial of a man who allegedly fatally slit the throat of his live-in girlfriend with a kitchen knife started yesterday with the accused pleading not guilty to charges of murder and assault read with the provisions of the Combating of Domestic Violence Act.
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2020-09-152024-04-30Front Page News
Final remand for ACC to complete Fishrot probe
The Anti-Corruption Commission has been granted one last chance by the Windhoek Magistrate’s Court to finalise ongoing investigations in the case of former ministers and businessmen implicated in the infamous Fishrot scandal.
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2020-09-152024-04-30Front Page News
Over N$50 million donated to fight pandemic – PM
The Office of the Prime Minister (OPM) last week announced that it received N$50.3 million in donations to fight Covid-19 in the country.
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2020-09-152024-05-07National
Tension mounts at road construction site
KEETMANSHOOP – Disgruntled residents of Aminuis constituency in the Omaheke region recently stopped construction of the main road that stretches from Onderombapa to Aranos via Aminuis, citing unfair labour practices.