Month: January 2023

With promises to provide them with potable water and toilets, vocational training, jobs, an open market, a bus stop, and a fire station, residents of the Moses //Garoëb constituency head to the polls on Friday to elect a new councillor.

The announcement of the national examination results for grades 11 and 12 last week has sent shock waves through the country as 80% of the candidates who sat for the Namibia Senior Secondary Certificate Ordinary and the Advanced Subsidiary (AS) levels failed to qualify for admission to tertiary education institutions. 

A South African national Michael Mpangala, charged with dealing in cocaine worth more than N$5 million, has been remanded in custody after appearing in the Katutura Magistrate’s Court yesterday.

The new year came with a blessing, as fuel prices were reduced for January, a month that traditionally comes with huge financial burdens after the holidays.

President Hage Geingob, in his annual New Year’s message, urged Namibians to welcome 2023 as a year of revival and look into the future with renewed hope and optimism.

The Popular Democratic Movement says 2023 is theirs for the taking, having lined up an avalanche of activities that could possibly see its membership increase by 300 000, continue holding government to account and fighting corruption that has engulfed the nation. 

A pensioner, whose alleged rape of a three-year-old girl led to her death, was denied bail yesterday morning when he made his first appearance in the Ondangwa Magistrate’s Court.

An innovative project, which aims to tackle Namibia’s urgent housing crisis, has won a prestigious Bronze World Habitat Award.