Pedestrian hit by Oshikoto train
A TransNamib train travelling from northern Namibia to the southern parts of the country on Monday hit a pedestrian at Engoyi village in the Oshikoto Region. Confirming the accident, NamPol crime...
View ArticleWalvis landless to build their own homes
Plans to reduce the price of land and provide affordable housing in Walvis Bay will soon become reality. Politicians and the municipality are looking at involving the landless in the construction of...
View ArticleZuma here next week
Under fire South African President Jacob Zuma will be in Namibia this coming Monday for a two-day working visit. The International Relations Ministry said in a statement a while ago that the South...
View ArticleZuma here next week
Under fire South African President Jacob Zuma will be in Namibia this coming Monday for a two-day working visit. The International Relations Ministry said in a statement a while ago that the South...
View ArticleLand grab planned at Rehoboth
Barely a month after a chaotic land grab in Walvis Bay, another occupation is being planned for Rehoboth at the beginning of next month, with the situation at the town being described as “a ticking...
View ArticleDeath becomes them
Namibian Sun recently paid a visit to the Namibian Police’s forensic pathology division in Windhoek and through numerous interviews it became clear that police mortuary technicians are passionate and...
View ArticleFlouting of tender laws a concern
The attorney-general Sacky Shanghala has raised serious concerns over what he described as the rampant flouting of tender regulations by certain government ministries and its permanent secretaries...
View ArticleCovert genocide mission
Some Nama traditional leaders have taken offence with the special committee led by Dr Zed Ngavirue who arrived at their doorsteps unannounced to collect facts on the history surrounding the 1904-1908...
View ArticleGeingob a ponokele nomalaka aapevi minista
Omupresidende Hage Geingob okwa popi ngaaka pethimbo a tsakanene naapevi minista mEgumbo lyEpangelo. Omutumba ngoka a ningi naapevi minista ogwa ningwa shalandula konima owala yesiku sho a ningi...
View ArticleCivil servant salary hike
Civil servants will receive salary adjustments this year of between 4% and 10%, following successful salary negotiations between government and the Namibia Public Workers’ Union (Napwu). Effective as...
View ArticleFarm Komatzas transaction impasse settled
A farm owner’s alleged disingenuous conduct which has frustrated the transfer into the name of a Walvis Bay resident, who allegedly bought the farm with N$2.5 million in cash, was resolved on Friday....
View ArticleOshakati traders can’t stand the heat
Traders at the recently inaugurated N$90 million Dr Frans Aupa Indongo Open Market at Oshakati are complaining about the intense heat that they have to endure because the new facility does not have...
View ArticleEBH workers want word today
EBH workers marched for a second time to the company’s head office in Walvis Bay and handed in another petition. The workers are demanding that foreign employees must leave the company with immediate...
View ArticleOshakati ready to host Totem expo
The Oshakati Town Council says it is ready to host the fifth Oshakati Totem expo scheduled to take place from 27 May to 4 June. The annual event which will take place at the Independence Stadium will...
View Article‘Our land will run out’
The settlement of communal farmers by traditional leaders in the Kunene Region has become worrisome to councillors, and meetings between traditional authorities sharing land have apparently not been...
View Article/Gáseb camp hits back
A senior traditional councillor of the !Oë#Gân traditional authority, Erastus !Gonteb, says “dissidents” in the tribe threatened legal action against Chief Immanuel /Gáseb because some councillors fear...
View ArticleDonation for dignity
Deputy Minister of Poverty Eradication and social Welfare, Priscilla Boois, together with Otjozondjupa Regional Councilor Julius Neumbo, donated a wheelchair to 26-year-old Anthies Andrinos in...
View ArticleOhorongo Cement donates to special school
Eluwa Special School at Ongwediva received 40 bags of cement from Ohorongo Cement last week. A teacher at the school, Richard Tjaronda, said the cement would be used to upgrade the netball pitch in...
View ArticleMalaria is public enemy number one
Ending malaria is one of the biggest opportunities to improve the wellbeing of Africans, Dr Richard Kamwi, in his role as SADC Elimination 8 Ambassador, said on World Malaria Day yesterday. At a...
View ArticleManombe-Ncube visits Rejoice
The deputy minister for disability affairs in the presidency, Alexia Manombe-Ncube yesterday visited six-year-old Rejoice Kandukira who lost both her legs in a car accident last month. Manombe-Ncube,...
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