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Rain Damage

Heavy rainfall and flooding in the ||Kharas region have damaged several roads, leading to the temporary closure of the Aussenkehr-Rosh Pinah road. The Roads Authority has advised road users to avoid flooded areas, obey road signs and use alternative routes…

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A Step Towards Inclusion

The Bank of Namibia and its partners deserve credit for launching a digital payment platform designed to make transferring money easier for Namibians.The platform, known as WayaMe, could benefit small businesses, street vendors, farmers and township traders who have traditionally…

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The Cost of Parliamentary Paralysis

The national assembly on Wednesday erupted into an all too familiar spectacle. After the tea break, the chamber descended into a cacophony of noise as opposition parliamentarians challenged speaker Saara Kuugongelwa-Amadhila over her handling of proceedings.The flashpoint: authorising finance minister…

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The Malema-Khan allegations point to a rot beyond party politics

Alleged WhatsApps linking Julius Malema, Feroz Khan and private power networks expose a disturbing question about Parliament and police intelligence. The Madlanga Commission’s latest evidence does not just place EFF leader Julius Malema near another political fire. It points to…

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Benyameni rejoins Wolwedans

Wolwedans Collection has welcomed Selma Benyameni back to Wolwedans as its executive hospitality manager. This comes nearly two decades after she began her hospitality career at NamibRand. From her time at the Wolwedans Desert Academy in 2007 to becoming one…

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Health ministry launches online complaints system

The Ministry of Health and Social Services has introduced a new complaints management system aimed at improving accountability, responsiveness and service delivery at public health facilities.Speaking on behalf of health minister Esperance Luvindao at the launch of a standard operating…

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Ovambanderu to commemorate execution of chief

THE Ovambanderu community will convene at Okahandja this weekend to commemorate the 130th anniversary of the execution of chief Kahimemua ‘Hijakungairi’ Nguvauva.Hosted by the Ovambanderu Traditional Authority under the theme ‘Beyond 1896: The Legacy of Kahimemua Nguvauva and Early Anti-Colonial…

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Activists win case about unlawful arrest, detention

Activists Michael Amushelelo and Dimbulukeni Nauyoma have won a case in which they sued the minister of safety and security, the inspector general of the police and the prosecutor general in connection with their arrest and subsequent detention in 2023.Amushelelo…

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Appeal of murder-convicted crash driver fails

A man convicted on six counts of murder after a car he was driving was involved in a deadly collision near Henties Bay in December 2014 has failed with a second attempt to appeal against his convictions and sentences.Jandré Dippenaar’s…

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PM shocked by state of Nkurenkuru sport facilities

Prime minister Elijah Ngurare says sport facilities at Nkurenkuru are far below national standards.Ngurare was inspecting sport facilities in the Kavango West region on Saturday.He said he had been given the impression that Nkurenkuru had completed stadiums that met national…

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Woman gang raped at Okahandja

NINE men raped a woman (25) at knife point at Nau-Aib, Okahandja, early yesterday morning.National police spokesperson deputy commissioner Kauna Shikwambi in the weekend crime report says the incident occurred at around 01h00 near NamWater houses at Nau-Aib while the…

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Africa, China media groups join Nampa conference

The African Public Relations Association (Apra) and China Media Group have joined the Namibia Press Agency (Nampa) as strategic partners for the Effective Communicators Conference 2026. The partnership was announced during the launch of the conference in Windhoek yesterday. In…

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