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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The Ministry of Environment and Tourism has strongly condemned the ongoing rise in illegal sand and gravel mining activities, warning that the practice poses serious risks to human life, livelihoods and the environment. In a media statement issued on Wednesday,…
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INFLATION slowed in 2025, and prices did not rise as fast throughout the year as in recent years, with the Namibia Consumer Price Index (NCPI) suggesting that the cost of living for the average Namibian increased by 3.2% at the…
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The Office of the Ombudsman on Tuesday dismissed a Keetmanshoop resident’s latest copyright complaint against Mobile Telecommuncation Limited (MTC). Self-employed Willem Eiman filed a complaint with the ombudsman on Monday, accusing MTC of maladministration related to a copyright dispute. Eiman’s…
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