Month: January 2023

Workers accused of defrauding the Namibia Revenue Agency are facing the wrath of the law as the taxman has moved to directly deduct from their monthly salaries, without their consent or a court order.

Although flooding in the northern regions has not yet reached a critical stage, governors in the northern regions have asked residents in flood-prone areas to start moving to higher ground.

President Hage Geingob is expected to make a statement on the performance of national exams in response to the dismal 2022 matriculation examination results. 

A 17-year-old Windhoek High School learner lost his life on Saturday after sustaining injuries as a result of an experiment with a BB gun.

The trial of Ernst Josef Lichtenstrasser, who admitted to having shot and killed two senior executives of the Namibian Institute of Mining and Technology in Arandis, will resume today in the Windhoek High Court. 

Parents of primary school learners who did not obtain spaces in schools are urged to be patient as the Erongo Regional Council is addressing the delay experienced with the construction of a new school.

The SADC mission in the northern Mozambique province of Cabo Delgado has instituted an investigation into a video circulating on social media, purportedly showing soldiers throwing dead bodies onto a pile of burning rubble.

The Namibian Police in Mukwe constituency in the Kavango East region on Friday arrested a 31-year-old man after he was found in possession of controlled wildlife products – two elephant tusks.

The Namibian Police in the Kavango East region reported that a 14-year-old girl was hit by a government vehicle and died on the spot, while another was rushed to the hospital after sustaining serious injuries at Ndiyona village on Thursday afternoon. The duo are cousins and from the same household.