Risto Kapenda in court over refusal to do alcohol test
ARANDIS mayor Risto Kapenda (63) appeared in the Swakopmund Magistrate's Court on Monday on a charge of failing to provide a specimen of breath (to test for alcohol) as directed…
Plans underway to upgrade two gravel roads in Zambezi
THE Roads Authority (RA) Namibia has started the planning process for the upgrading of the Bukalo-Muyako-Ngoma (DR3507) and Silumbi-Sizimbukwa (DR3559) gravel roads in the Zambezi region to low volume seal…
‘That is a secret I kept from everyone at school’ …School by day, security guard by night
FOR five years, Simon Petrus wore two uniforms. One was a school uniform he donned during the day to school, the other was the security guard uniform he wore each…
Namibia’s Kamatjona wins global award
NAMIBIAN start-up Kamatjona is among the winners of the Awake Tourism Challenge competition for 2023, organised by the World Tourism Organisation (UNWTO).According to Afrik21, the online environment and sustainable development…
Oshakati teacher ‘swindles’ car buyers of N$1m
FOURTEEN prospective Namibian car owners allegedly lost about N$1 million to a former Oshakati Senior Secondary School teacher-cum-car dealer last year.The former teacher, James Kapembe, who is now in South…
Man murders girlfriend, takes own life
A MAN (29) allegedly fatally assaulted his girlfriend (37) with a hoe handle, after which he hung her in a hut and then took his own life.This was announced in…
Ovaherero fate in government’s hands
THE two splinter groups of the Ovaherero Traditional Authority will now take their battle for recognition to the Ministry of Urban and Rural Development, where minister Erastus Uutoni will decide…
Namibia bounce back on Day 2 of World Champs
NAMIBIA'S men and women bounced back with much improved performances on the second day of the Indoor Hockey World Cup in Pretoria on Monday.The men, who lost 7-1 to the…
Flood victims refuse to leave homesteads
A NUMBER of homestead owners who have been heavily affected by recent floods in the Oshana region are refusing to vacate their homesteads to places of safety.Many are saying they…
Mwilima sues again to get out of prison
FORMER member of parliament Geoffrey Mwilima has again filed a High Court case in an attempt to win his release from jail, where he is serving a 15-year term of…