Alexis Mac Allister fired Liverpool back to the top of the Premier League as the Argentine’s “wonder goal” inspired a tense 3-1 win against lowly Sheffield United on Thursday. Jurgen Klopp’s side were growing anxious after Darwin Nunez’s early opener was cancelled out by Conor Bradley’s own goal in the second half. But Mac Allister...
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...
Three former Supreme Court justices have joined more than 600 legal experts in calling for the UK government to end weapons sales to Israel. In a letter to the prime minister, they said exports must end because the UK risks breaking international law over a “plausible risk of genocide” in Gaza. Rishi Sunak is already...
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...
… Telecom Namibia confirms deactivating 191 598 prepaid cards Thousands of mobile money clients, including electronic wallet clients, have been blocked from using cellphone banking services, following the failure to register their SIM cards by 31 March. This comes amid Bankers Association of Namibia chief executive Brian Katjaerua’s warning that the deactivation of SIM cards...
Prosecutor general (PG) Martha Imalwa says she and her team are meticulously examining documents detailing the alleged looting of the Small and Medium Enterprises (SME) Bank to determine whether any criminal activity contributed to the bank’s closure in 2017. Supreme Court judge Dave Smuts two weeks ago directed the court’s registrar to provide a set...
…youth representatives say women/girls should be allowed to express themselves freely The International University of Management (IUM) main campus in Windhoek has advised women students to dress “decently” and refrain from wearing crop tops, shorts, revealing tops and miniskirts. A notice was recently issued with photos of “inappropriate” outfits. IUM spokesperson Eveline Indongo this week...
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...
The Ohlthaver & List (O&L) Group’s chief executive, Wessie van der Westhuizen, and chief culture officer, Sonja Thieme, have resigned with effect from the end of April. O&L executive chairman Sven Thieme announced the resignations in an internal memo and said he accepted their decision. The two executives resigned due to personal reasons, particularly the...