Month: September 2023

Member of Parliament and Deputy Minister of Works and Transport, Veikko Nekundi has accused commercial banks of discriminatory practices despite Namibia having attained independence over 30 years ago.

Member of the National Assembly, Mike Venaani has submitted a motion to discuss what causes the high crime in the country.

A total of 783 livestock with an estimated value of N$2.8 million were reportedly stolen in the Oshikoto region between January and September 2023.

Learners at the Onekuta Junior Secondary School in the Ondobe circuit are gripped by fear of failure as their Physical Science and Mathematics teacher is nowhere to be seen. 

The road running between the two malls next to the B1 main road in Ongwediva is finally being reconstructed.

Botswana’s president, Mokgweetsi Masisi, yesterday paid a courtesy call on Namibia’s President, Hage Geingob, on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly in New York, United States of America.

A man from Rundu was convicted of murder with direct intent for slashing his one month old baby’s stomach open with a traditional knife.

Residents, institutions and businesses owe the Ondangwa Town Council a cumulative N$85 million. 

The recent pronouncement by the High Court that it is irrational to forfeit property not connected to crime but mixed with actual proceeds of crime, will give leeway to criminals to hide their criminal proceeds, and is being challenged.

Responding to New Era’s questions by way of a media release, the Judicial Service Commission explained its decision to assign the Fishrot corruption trial to Zimbabwean-born judge Moses Chinhengo, but did not address the perceived lack of transparency.