Coca-Cola Namibia is investigating Ondangwa’s Puma Onamulunga filling station for allegedly selling expired 1.25-liter Coca-Cola bottles for N$10, reduced from N$25. The cooldrinks, seen by The Namibian, had a sell-by date of 7 March. Filling station supervisor Monika Ndjembo has…

National Unity Democratic Organisation parliamentarian Vetaruhe Kandorozu and deputy education minister Dino Ballotti have made peace following their fallout last week. Kandorozu took to his social media on Wednesday, saying the two lawmakers have put the matter behind them. This…

Dozens of countries have agreed to release a record amount of oil from their emergency reserves to try to tackle supply shortages and soaring prices. All 32 of the International Energy Agency’s (IEA) members – including the United Kingdom (UK),…

The Namibian Employers Federation (NEF) has warned that a draft bill to establish a commission on alternative dispute resolution could open the door to political intervention in labour disputes. The draft alternative dispute resolution bill creates a new independent commission,…

A Woman accused of carrying out an arson attack that claimed the lives of two people in Windhoek near the end of 2022 says she was sleeping when the fatal fire occurred. She was sleeping in her own house, close…

AN Elisenheim woman (46) says she fatally stabbed her husband’s brother in a video that started circulated on social media hours after the incident. Andrea Feris appeared in the Windhoek Magistrate’s Court in Katutura yesterday, where she was remanded in…

The mother of a girl (5) who allegedly died in the care of her father at Ongwediva after being abused and beaten, says she wants the man to rot in jail. Maceline Cloete (21) is still struggling to come to…

Namibian consumers face a potential fuel price increase of N$4.50 per litre in April, driven by international conflict, regional market shifts, and infrastructure constraints. According to South African media reports, the country is bracing for potential fuel price shocks in…

Namib Mills has signed an agreement with its workers, ending nine weeks of industrial action. “It could have been concluded in a week. It is very unfortunate that it has gone this far, but what is important is that we…

The government plans to reintegrate 222 workers, whose employment contracts were recently terminated at Walu Fishing, via agreements with four fishing companies through the Government Employment Redress Programme. The companies will each receive an employment redress quota aligned with the…

Independent Patriots for Change parliamentarian Michael Mwashindange has expressed concern over import duties imposed on residents of Impalila Island in the Zambezi region. He says these people are forced to buy goods at the Botswana border due to the high…

The 2020s HAVE felt expensive. Even when headline inflation has cooled, the cost-of-living pressure has not eased in the way people expected. In 2024, Namibian confidence in price stability fell to an all-time low of 14%. Namibia’s inflation outcomes over…