Month: May 2024

Concerns over irregular migration, its implications on security and employment standards across the continent, as well as a rise in xenophobic attacks are among the reasons why Africa’s labour migration policies need to be reformed. 

Underdevelopment, inadequate economic opportunities and a lack of basic services are some burning issues raised by Eiseb residents during yesterday’s Boundaries Delimitation and Demarcation Commission’s public consultation meeting in Gobabis.

Namibians bordering Etosha National Park say it is just a matter of time before they resort to vigilante tactics to defend themselves against the police. 

Two of the four people arrested in connection with the murder of Christoph Frederick, whose mutilated body was discovered last Thursday in Otjomuise’s 7de Laan, were denied bail by the Katutura Magistrate’s Court yesterday.

The Oshikoto education directorate and its stakeholders are pushing for the re-introduction of a trimester system for schools from 2025 onwards.

The African region has a ratio of 1.55 health professionals per 1 000 population, which is alarmingly low compared to the World Health Organisation (WHO) threshold density of 4.45 health workers per 1 000 population required to provide critical health services and attain Universal Health Coverage.

One of the men accused of the gruesome murder of an elderly couple allegedly bought 20 litres of box wine with the stolen money from his victims.

A man serving 30 years imprisonment for raping a pregnant woman and a minor in Swakopmund is appealing his sentence.