Police are investigating a senior officer from the Otjiwarongo Criminal Investigations Unit for allegedly stealing a confiscated passport from custody and handing it to a suspect to travel to South Africa and back. The police inspector, Ursula Mulongwane, stands accused of aiding Joao-Quinn Amado (37), an Angolan national arrested on charges of fraud, to travel...
COP28 on Tuesday launched a partnership with Azerbaijan and Brazil, which will host COP29 and COP30 respectively, to improve cooperation and continuity between current and future COP Presidencies, leading to increased climate action in support of ‘Mission 1.5°C’. The partnership, known as The COP Presidencies Troika, marks the first time that a current COP Presidency...
Staff Reporter A MEMBER of the Namibian police was arrested in Walvis Bay following a road accident involving a police vehicle. The suspect is accused of drunken driving as well as reckless and negligent driving. The accident occurred on Independence Road, Kuisebmund, at around 22:40 on Thursday. It is alleged that the suspect drove a...
A Walvis Bay police officer, Bartholomeus Shindimba, was released on bail in an amount of N$1 000 on Friday, after allegedly being found in possession of a stolen cellphone belonging to Vernon Gavin (52), who was found dead at home on 30 December. Erongo police spokesperson inspector Ileni Shapumba says Shindimba, who is stationed at...
The 28th CONFERENCE OF the Parties (COP28) under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change was convened in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, from 30 November to 12 December last year. These annual COP conferences have been a fixture since 1992, except for of 2020 due to the Covid-19 pandemic. While governments and global leaders...
Namibian start-up Kelp Blue which is based in Luderitz has won the Zayed Sustainability Prize, the United Arab Emirates’ pioneering global sustainability and humanitarian award which was announced at COP 28. Kelp Blue was finalist in the new climate action category, introduced to mark the UAE’s ‘Year of Sustainability’ and the hosting of the Conference...
Namibia is ready to fully participate in the UN Climate Change Conference, COP 28, which is set to start in Dubai in the United Arab Emirates. The Namibian Investment Promotion and Development Board (NIPDB) has lined up a series of engagements on the sidelines of the meeting. nbc’s Blanche Goreses spoke to NIPDB’s Executive Director...
By Charles DouglasCo-head of M&A, Bowmans. With Africa continuing to bear the burden and risks of catastrophic climate change-related impacts, African heads of state and governments, global leaders, development partners, civil society organisations, and other high-level stakeholders will head to the United Climate Change Conference (COP 28) on Thursday this week to discuss, among other...
Placido Hilukilwa PICTURED: Sebastian Ndeitunga, the newly appointed governor of the Ohangwena Region. THE eviction of Namibian cattle farmers from Angola’s Oshimholo grazing fields is expected to be one of the prominent items on the agenda of the newly appointed governor of the Ohangwena Region, General (retired) Sebastian Ndeitunga. Ndeitunga was appointed governor of Ohangwena...