SAKARIA ‘Desert Storm’ Lukas will aim to get back to winning ways when he takes on the experienced Mexican, Mario Macias in an international featherweight fight in Cancun, Mexico on Friday night. Lukas was due to fight Jessie Magdaleno in a WBC featherweight world title eliminator last March, but the fight fell through at the […]
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HOMELESS people living alongside former Koevoet members at the Katutura Youth Centre are pleading with the Ministry of Health and Social Services to separate the two groups amid ongoing tensions over access to food. John Samuel, who lives at the centre, says the conflict is being instigated by the volunteers at the centre who distribute […]
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Namibia: AfCFTA Focus
On 1 January this year, trading under the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) became operational. The agreement pushes for a liberalised trade regime that would gradually lead to an integrated continental market with import tariffs phased out on 97% of tariff lines within 10 to 13 years. Every Wednesday, The Namibian’s AfCFTA Focus will […]
FOR THE PRICE of a fingerprint and a facial scan you can get world-class security and peace of mind with regards to your mobile phone use. That, in a nutshell, is the premise and promise of MTC Namibia’s new Verifi offering, which was launched in mid-December 2020 and has since been extensively promoted on social […]
Two foreign nationals are at the centre of a possible drug syndicate in the Erongo region. A 22-year-old man claiming to be a Burundian national was arrested last Wednesday at a warehouse in an industrial area of Swakopmund on suspicion of selling powdered cocaine, crack cocaine, dagga and mandrax tablets valued at N$340 550. On […]
Businessman Olavi Hamutumwa’s company was paid N$800 000 as a ‘facilitation fee’ to secure a fishing quota from a state-owned fishing agency of which the board was led by Tobie Aupindi. Hamutumwa and Aupindi are said to be close friends. Hamutumwa has been a rising star in the fishing sector for years. Two years ago […]
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Namibia: TV Anchor in Storm Over Nudes
Well-known Namibian Broadcasting Corporation (NBC) TV sport anchor and social media influencer Sharon Tjimbundu is allegedly the latest victim of social media bullying. This came after nude pictures and a video of her have gone viral after it was posted on a live broadcast on Instagram. Over 700 viewers had a look at her naked […]
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Namibia: Suspected Thief Killed By Mob
A 36-year-old man whom villagers suspected to be a thief was brutally lynched to death at Othingo outside Oshakati yesterday morning. The victim was identified as Shuuveni Justus Elago. The victim was allegedly assaulted with dry and fresh palm tree branches and sticks after he was suspected of breaking into a residence. He had allegedly […]
Civil society organisations are enraged because amendments to the Combating of Domestic Violence Act, which were tabled in parliament last week, do not include same-sex couples. Legal Assistance Centre (LAC) gender coordinator Dianne Hubbard yesterday said this is a “shocking” violation of the constitutional promise of equality before the law. “Simply making the protection order […]
The Popular Democratic Movement (PDM) president has warned against letting politics of ethnicity, name calling and regionalism take root in the country as this can have dangerous repercussions. He made the remarks when addressing the party’s campaign meeting over the weekend at Aroab, canvassing votes for the rescheduled local authority election slated for Friday. The […]
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Namibia: Govt ‘Stokvel’ Under Fire
ANALYSTS are skeptical about the government’s decision to introduce a credit scheme co-operative for public servants. Secretary to the Cabinet George Simataa a fortnight ago said the government will next week launch the Namibia Public Service Savings and Credit Cooperative (Namsacco). In a document dated 15 February 2020, Simataa said the initiative was derived from […]
Chief veterinarian in the agriculture ministry Albertina Shilongo says they don’t deal with the United States Cattlemen’s Association (USCA), which has called for an immediate stop to the importation of beef from Namibia, but with the United States veterinary department, which has expressed satisfaction with Namibia’s response to a recent foot-and-mouth disease outbreak. “We have […]
The founding president, Dr. Sam Nujoma is doing well and there is absolutely nothing that should be of concern to citizens in terms of his health, the presidency said in a statement on Monday. The presidency issued a statement, following what they have since deemed ‘baseless and unwarranted’ allegations pertaining to the health of the […]
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Namibia: Fishcor in Financial Fix
THE National Fishing Corporation (Fishcor) has appealed to the authorities to unfreeze its bank accounts which were closed due to suspected financial regulations violations. Fishcor’s board chairperson, Mihe Gaomab, yesterday said the company was unable to pay its employees because it had no access to its finances. Fishcor’s bank accounts were frozen by the Bank […]
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Namibia: Pause in Nimt Murder Trial
THE trial over the killing of the Namibian Institute of Mining and Technology’s two top executives is due to continue in April – a week before the second anniversary of the double murder. Following four days of court proceedings in the trial last week, during which five state witnesses testified before judge Christie Liebenberg, the […]
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Namibia: Fishcor Scoops New Quotas
MINISTER of fisheries and marine resources Albert Kawana has defended his decision to allocate more than 80 000 metric tonnes of horse mackerel to the Fishrot-tainted National Fishing Corporation (Fishcor) for the current fishing season. Fishcor has ended its relationship with Seaflower Pelagic Processing (SPP) – the company that used to facilitate the utilisation of […]
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Namibia: I Won’t Resign – Jooste
Minister of public enterprises Leon Jooste yesterday said he has no intention of resigning from his position. He said this amid countrywide protests staged yesterday by various unions and organisations, calling for his resignation and for the restructuring of Air Namibia instead of its voluntary liquidation. Local unions protested in solidarity with the 636 Air […]
CHINESE ambassador to Namibia, Zhang Yiming, this morning announced that his country will be donating 100 000 Covid-19 vaccine doses to Namibia. He revealed this during a meeting with first lady Monica Geingos. “We are busy working on the details with the line ministry [Health and Social Services] to enable the arrival of the doses,” […]