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Zambezi shocked after woman exhumes baby’s remains

The family members of a woman (27) who exhumed her baby’s body in the Zambezi region on Saturday say they are still stunned by the incident. The young mother from Liselo village dug up the corpse of her 10-month-old daughter,…

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Majority of women in Namibia give birth at 21

On average, a Namibian woman will have her first child at the age of 21. This is according to Eben Kahitu, a statistician at the Namibian Statistics Agency (NSA), speaking at Mariental on Thursday. Kahitu said data collected during the…

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Schlettwein calls for water funding to be prioritised

Minister of Agriculture, Water and Land Reform Calle Schlettwein has called on African governments to resolve the freshwater crisis. Schlettwein spoke at the opening session of the 24th African Water Facility (AWF) governing council meeting in Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire on…

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Groot Aub residents demand urgent action from municipality

Residents of Groot Aub have submitted a petition to the City of Windhoek calling for immediate improvements to essential services, including water, electricity and road maintenance. According to Windhoek Rural constituency councillor Piet Adams, electricity, water, sanitation and waste removal…

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Small businesses want support for EU due diligence compliance

Small and medium-sized Namibian businesses are concerned about additional costs associated with compliance with the European Union’s (EU) Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive. Representatives of such enterprises voiced these concerns during a panel discussion at the Namibia-EU Trade and Sustainability…

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‘Revised resettlement criteria should benefit all Namibians’

 – Minister of agriculture, water and land reform Calle Schlettwein at the national validation workshop on resettlement criteria I am pleased to address you today, our key stakeholders, whom I know represent various communities and organisations.  The national validation workshop…

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Namibian major general loses bid for Interpol vice president for Africa

Namibian Police major general Anne-Marie Nainda has lost in a bid to become Interpol’s vice president for Africa. This comes after Interpol held its 92nd general assembly session in Glasgow, United Kingdom, from 4 November until Thursday. National police spokesperson…

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Samherji’s board informed often and in detail

In the audit reports of Arnar Árnason, Samherji Group’s auditor, it can be seen that Samherji’s management was informed about “Samherji’s African activities in Namibia” often, and about transactions that are now being investigated as bribery. This can be seen…

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