Botswana’s new vice president, Ndaba Gaolathe, worked in Namibia and was detained for allegedly supporting former Swapo veteran Hidipo Hamutenya’s presidency. “I was once detained at an airport in Namibia for supporting Hamutenya’s presidential bid against former president Hifikepunye Pohamba,”…

The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) is investigating former Aranos mayor Elden Kuhanga for allegedly influencing the award of a N$556 000 contract to his own company. ACC director general Paulus Noa has confirmed the investigation into Kuhanga, who is the current…

Minister of finance and public enterprises Iipumbu Shiimi has defended the government’s decision to buy a building in Windhoek’s central business district for N$67 million. The property, which used to house accounting firm PwC, includes a four-storey building on a…