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Keetmanshoop Tragedy: Woman dies after truck runs over her on B1 road

The police at Keetmanshoop are investigating a case of culpable homicide after a truck drove over a woman (20) at the town on Sunday. Namibian Police crime investigations coordinator for the //Kharas region, deputy commissioner Nicodemus Mbango, told Nampa yesterday…

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Nurse fined for defamatory remarks about Kanyama

Remarks that a nurse made in a WhatsApp voice recording about pharmaceutical company owner Shapwa Kanyama and the cost of his wedding celebrations were defamatory, a Windhoek High Court judge has ruled. Although nurse Mathilde Kadhikwa’s remarks touched on matters…

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Prison break: Zambezi police on the hunt for 10 escapees

Zambezi regional police are yet to re-arrest 10 of the 13 trial-awaiting inmates that escaped from the Menias Brian Libuto police station. This is after the inmates overpowered the police on Sunday. Three inmates were immediately re-arrested, comprising one Namibian…

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‘Anti-Corruption Commission officials are not above the law’

Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) director general Paulus Noa says ACC officials are not above the law. Noa was speaking during the commemoration of International Anti-Corruption Day, which coincided with the opening of a new office at Rundu in the Kavango East…

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NQA faces backlash over new fees for foreign qualifications

The president of the Student Union of Namibia Benhard Kavau has condemned the Namibian Qualification Authority’s (NQA) decision to charge fees for evaluation of qualifications obtained from foreign institutions of higher learning. Kavau yesterday said the decision was a money-making…

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Namibia addresses global biodiversity crisis

Namibia has welcomed delegates from around the world to the 11th Plenary of the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES). The event serves as a crucial platform to launch two landmark reports, the Nexus Assessment Report and…

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Sioka calls on Namibians to safeguard human rights

Gender equality, poverty eradication and social welfare minister Doreen Sioka has urged Namibians to commit to protecting their fundamental rights and those of others. Sioka made the call during the commemoration of International Human Rights Day, Namibian Women’s Day and…

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IPC claims Mbumba’s election voting extension was unlawful

The Independent Patriots for Change (IPC) is claiming that president Nangolo Mbumba’s extension of voting in Namibia’s presidential and National Assembly elections two weeks ago was unlawful. Mbumba further should not have decided at which polling stations the extended elections…

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