The Namibia Tourism Board (NTB) says its payment of N$160 000 to Ghanaian company Hype.Up was made following an internal administrative and legal review to resolve matters inherited from the previous administration. In a statement sent to The Namibian, the…
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Big wins for England and Afghanistan saw them pick their second victories of the ICC Men’s U19 Cricket World Cup 2026 as they saw off Zimbabwe and the West Indies respectively. Ben Mayes and Thomas Rew starred with the bat…
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A boy (17) was arrested at Okakarara on Friday for the alleged rape of a girl (15). According to the weekend crime report, the incident occurred between 07h00 and 08h00 on Friday. Police spokesperson deputy commissioner Kauna Shikwambi said the…
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The police are investigating five housebreaking and theft cases reported over the weekend in the Kavango West, Erongo, Hardap and Oshana regions, with property valued at more than N$230 000 stolen. Police spokesperson deputy commissioner Kauna Shikwambi says the incidents…
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The Former Refugees Repatriation Association of Namibia (Frran) says it will take its demands to president Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah. This follows an inconclusive meeting with Swapo officials and United Nations (UN) representatives on Saturday. The engagement, led by Swapo secretary general…
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The controversial US-funded study on hepatitis B vaccines among newborns in Guinea-Bissau has been halted, according to Yap Boum, a senior official at the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). “The study has been cancelled,” Boum told journalists…
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Hardap education director Paulus Lewin says his directorate will implement various interventions in the 2026 academic year that will put the region in a better place in terms of pupil performance and ranking. Lewin said this in response to the…
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A man (21) died instantly, while a woman (26) sustained severe burns in separate lightning strikes at Kanyikama village in the Mpungu constituency of the Kavango West region on Friday. According to Kavango West police regional commander commissioner Julia Sakuwa-Neo…
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ON A HOT afternoon in Windhoek, Thomas, a 24‑year‑old graduate in logistics, scrolls through yet another list of unfilled positions, most requiring two to five years of experience. “I finished university with honours,” he says, “but no job wants someone…
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WHEN PRESIDENT NETUMBO Nandi-Ndaitwah announced in parliament that tertiary education would become “100% subsidised by the government” from 2026, the declaration was widely welcomed. For many Namibians, it appeared to signal the long-awaited realisation of the “fees must fall” campaign…
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A farmer from Mariental in the Hardap region was pleasantly surprised when he discovered that one of his goats gave birth to triplets this week. According to local veterinarians, a goat giving birth to triplets is uncommon. The reddish brown…
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FOR DECADES BEFORE 1991, when it came to questions of criminal jurisdiction in cases concerning a trial of a fugitive abducted from a foreign country, courts rigidly followed the legal maxim mala captus, bene detentus, which translates to: “wrongfully captured,…
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