Day: October 11, 2023

Auditor General (AG) Junias Kandjeke has given the Opuwo Town Council a disclaimer audit opinion for the financial years ended 30 June for the past three years (2019/2020/2021) due to insufficient appropriate audit evidence provided by the council.Thi…

Justice Minister Yvonne Dausab has said it is the government’s aim to keep borrowers in their homes wherever possible, making repossession of primary residences by banks a last resort.The minister said in the National Assembly on Tuesday that this is …

Bank Windhoek has launched a bank confirmation letter validation site as a fraud prevention technique for clients, allowing them to authenticate bank confirmation letters generated on the bank’s channels.Ryan Geyser, Executive Officer of Digital Data …

American national Kevan Townsend, convicted of murdering André Heckmair, on Tuesday asked the court to sentence him to seven years imprisonment, of which five years are suspended for a period of five years.If the request is granted, it means 37-year-o…

The National Assembly descended into chaos on Tuesday after the Minister of Labour, Industrial Relations and Employment Creation, Utoni Nujoma, made a statement referring to some people as ‘lazy’ for not building toilets.Speaker Peter Katjavivi lost c…

Cyclist Drikus Coetzee, who is a five-time time trial national champion and double road race champion, says he is ready to compete in the Munga, one of the most gruelling road race challenges on earth.This non-stop single-stage, semi-supported mountai…

The construction of the Liselo Combined School hostel in the Katima Mulilo rural constituency of the Zambezi Region is nearing completion.Construction began in early 2022 with the aim of addressing issues related to late arrivals and absenteeism among…

Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of International Relations and Cooperation, Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah, has said it has become costly to combat malaria, hence the need for regional collaboration to eliminate the disease in Namibia and neighbouring coun…

The Oshikoto Region has recorded 305 Gender-Based Violence (GBV) cases between January and September this year, with 201 suspects arrested in connection with the cases.The Namibian Police Force’s Deputy Commissioner for the Oshikoto Region, Inspector …