Staff Reporter NAMIBIAN citizens implicated in the alleged theft of over $580,000 (N$10 million) stashed in a coach at South African President Cyril Ramaphosa’s Phala Phala farm in Limpopo will find out on 17th November 2023 whether or not they will receive bail. Namibian-born Imanuwela David (39) and his relative Frolina Joseph (30) made their...
December 15, 2024
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NIMT double murder accused to hear his fate next month
Staff Reporter ERNST Josef Lichtenstrasser, the man accused of the double murder of two senior executives at NIMT in Arandis, will learn his fate on November 14, 2023, after his trial concluded on Monday morning in the High Court of Namibia. In April 2019, a tragic event occurred when Eckart Mueller, the director of the...
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Namibia: Same-Sex Marriage’s Fate in Geingob’s Hands
Swapo legislator Jerry Ekandjo’s private member’s bill, which deals with changes to the Marriage Act, including the prohibition of same-sex marriages and any acknowledgment of such unions in Namibia, has sailed in both chambers of Parliament. Ekandjo wants a precise definition of the term spouse that aligns with Namibia’s existing definition of marriage. In the...
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August 26 Logistics executives to hear fate after N$2,5m disappears
Suspended August 26 Logistics managing director (MD) Salatiel Ntinda and finance manager Karel (Kallie) Nel are set to know their fate this week over their alleged roles in the disappearance of N$2,5 million from the military owned company. Sources say the August 26 Logistics board has been advised to seek civil and criminal action against...
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Government mulls fate of State Owned Enterprises
The government says it will consider which state-owned public enterprises it will continue to own and operate in collaboration with private businesses or sell once the Ownership Policy Framework of entities has been finalised. The Finance and Public Enterprises Minister Iipumbu Shiimi revealed the government’s intentions on the future of public enterprises during a mid-term...
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American Murder accused duo to hear fate on September 6
Samuel Shinedima THE prolonged 12-year criminal trial of Marcus Thomas and Kevan Townsend, both American nationals facing murder charges, has eventually reached its end, with the verdict to be announced by High Court Judge Christie Liebenberg on September 6, 2023. The case stems from January 2011 after the untimely death of 25-year-old Andre Heckmair, who...
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Appoint independent delegate to decide Ndama School’s fate- Ndama East residents
Some community members of Ndama East in Kavango East Region held a demonstration on Friday, requesting that the decision to move the school back to Ndama South West be reconsidered. Earlier on, the community had requested that the Ministry of Education, Arts and Culture evaluate and confirm a resolution on the matter. Yet, with no...
