Month: October 2023

The residents of Otavi and surrounding areas can now breathe a sigh of relief following the Roads Authority’s decision to bring the much-needed NaTIS services to the town.

Taxis operators in Rundu staged a peaceful demonstration yesterday against the Namibia Public Passenger Transport Association (NPPTA), whom they want to boot out as they claim it is operating illegally.

A man convicted of the murder of H.A.M.S Security Services owner, Andries Petrus de Jager in 2009, wants to appeal his conviction and sentence in the High Court eight years after the fact.

Windhoek High Court Judge David Munsu yesterday set the date for arguments on the bail application of former fisheries minister Bernhardt Esau and Fishrot minnow Nigel van Wyk as Friday, 24 November.

A full report by the parliamentary standing committee on natural resources concerning illegal lithium mining after hearings were conducted in the Daures constituency in May, is still being awaited.

Namibia only has three mining inspectors, a situation that has raised concerns about the effective monitoring of mining activities in the Erongo region. 

Anti-Corruption Commission boss Paulus Noa yesterday vowed to go after each official entrusted with public office but using such powers for personal gain. 

Namibia is one of the nations in Southern Africa where data is significantly more expensive than elsewhere in the region and should not continue to make a fool of itself with these elevated prices. 

Gravely concerned, the Namibian government yesterday condemned the escalation of violence between Israel and Palestine in the Gaza Strip, which led to the loss of lives of both Palestinians and Israelis.

The Nobel Prize in Economics was on Monday awarded to American economist Claudia Goldin for her research in helping to understand the role of women in the labour market.