Month: October 2023

The Helao Nafidi Town Council has so far attracted 129 exhibitors for its annual expo scheduled to run from 20 October to 4 November at Omafo in the Ohangwena region.

Some of the figures implicated in the Fishrot bribery case are yet to sort out their legal representation, causing a delay in the start of the trial.

Deputy prime minister and minister of international relations and cooperation Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah has called for a speedy solution to the Orange River boundary dispute with South Africa.

A man who ran over his wife with a car and caused her death at Oshivelo in the Oshikoto region nine years ago, was convicted of murder in the Oshakati High Court on Thursday.

Mobile Telecommunications Limited (MTC) has denied claims that it funnelled more than N$1.2 billion to legal representation for the defendants charged in the Fishrot fishing quotas fraud and corruption case.

Lawyer Kadhila Amoomo who represented social activist Michael Amushelelo, has indicated that his client will sue the Minister of Safety and Security Albert Kawana and the Namibian Police Inspector General Joseph Shikongo for N$10 million.

Prime Minister Saara Kuugongelwa-Amadhila said based on a vulnerability assessment and analysis, 695 000 people are in need of relief assistance in the country.

Auditor general Junias Kandjeke has given the Opuwo Town Council a disclaimer opinion for its failure to fully account for public resources entrusted to it. 

President Hage Geingob and his South African counterpart Cyril Ramaphosa have emphasised the importance of nurturing the warm and enduring bilateral relations between their two nations, which are deeply rooted in historical bonds of solidarity, socio-economic cooperation and shared cultural heritage.

The Presidential Session of the third session of the Namibia-South Africa bi-national commission (BNC) on Friday saw the creation of a financing instrument named the Industrial Development Fund, as well as the formation of a business council between the two countries.