United Democratic Front (UDF) spokesperson Mabasen /Narib has described a recent meeting between Independent Patriots for Change president Panduleni Itula and some European Union (EU) ambassadors as imperialistic. This comes after German ambassador Thorsten Hutter last Tuesday hosted a lunch meeting in Windhoek on behalf of the EU in honour of Itula, which was attended...
In the footsteps of the Damara, San, Ovahimba and Ovaherero, Namibia’s tourism landscape offers an opportunity to experience the country’s pre-colonial times. Namibia is mostly known for having the world’s oldest dunes that meet the cold Atlantic Ocean, coupled with its contradictory vastness and the beauty of its heritage. Over 200 kilometres north-west of Windhoek...
Ohangwena governor Sebastian Ndeitunga says the forum of governors of the regions bordering Angola is expected to help eliminate tension over grazing between Namibian cattle herders and Angolan citizens. Ndeitunga was elected as the forum’s chairperson on Thursday. Over past two years tensions have grown between the Angolan and Namibian governments regarding Namibian farmers who...
King Fillemon Nangolo, the Ondonga king, has announced that the 2024 Omagongo Festival will be held on 25 May at the Onambango Palace in the Oshana region. The Omagongo Festival serves as a platform to celebrate the Aawambo culture and foster unity among Namibians. Nahas Angula, the chairperson of the Omagongo Festival 2024 organising committee,...
Immanuel Mulunga, the suspended managing director of the National Petroleum Corporation (Namcor), is facing legal action over an alleged unpaid loan of N$50 000. The lawsuit has been filed by Dr Sandra Joachim, stationed at Omuthiya, who claims she lent Mulunga the money in October 2023 with the understanding it would be repaid within a...
The Namibia Institute of Pathology (NIP) should pay close to N$2,5 million to its former chief executive Augustinus Katiti, a High Court judge ordered on Friday. Katiti claimed in court documents that he was entitled to a “total guarantee pay” of N$1,5 million annually from 2014 to 2019 during his employment with the state-owned NIP....
The Bank of Namibia (BoN) has launched a modified N$100 note that now bears the signature of governor Johannes !Gawaxab. According to !Gawaxab, the change is one of the key level one security features. “This change of the governor’s signature and the year of print are the only key changes effected on the modified N$100...
Zimbabwe’s President Emmerson Mnangagwa has declared a national disaster to tackle the prolonged drought crisis. Mr Mnangagwa said on Wednesday the country needs $2bn (£1.6bn) to tackle hunger caused by low rainfall which has wiped out about half of the maize crop. The grain shortage has pushed up food prices and an estimated 2.7 million...
A prisoner serving a jail term of 49 years after being convicted of murdering a German tourist and robbing and kidnapping the tourist’s travel companions has failed with an appeal against his sentence. The Supreme Court dismissed Manfred Gariseb’s appeal against his sentence in a judgement delivered last Thursday. In the same judgement, the court...
The Ministry of Fisheries and Marine Resources says it has issued a total of 505 fines, and 13 criminal cases were registered at various police stations countrywide during the 2023/24 financial year. This was revealed by fisheries minister Derek Klazen while presenting the budget motivation for his ministry in parliament last week. The ministry is...