December 3

• Namibia: Records Fall At National Swimming Championships

  Records continued to fall at the National Swimming Championships on Saturday as Christine Briedenhann of Namib Swimming Academy joined the two record breakers of Friday - Kiah Borg... Read more »

• Namibia: Hit-and-Run Case of Russian Woman Postponed

  THE case in which a Russian citizen is charged with killing a Windhoek resident in a hit-and-run accident five months ago has been postponed to May next year. Read more »

• Namibia: Swakopmund Arts Association Threatens to Sue Newspapers

  THE Swakopmund Arts Association says it turned down an exhibition request because the Woermannhaus gallery was not “technically” suitable and because of “spatial... Read more »

• Namibia: Derailment Costs Transnamib Millions

  TRANSNAMIB suffered damages of more than N$65 million to its infrastructure and rolling stock when a train derailed at the coast during the early hours of Saturday. Read more »

• Namibia: NUNW Says Kaaronda Should've Appealed

  THE National Union of Namibian Workers (NUNW) says its fired secretary general, Evilastus Kaaronda, has not exhausted the federation’s internal procedures by not appealing... Read more »

• Namibia: Home Affairs Has No Ghost Workers ? Ministry

  THE Ministry of Home Affairs and Immigration, like the agriculture ministry, says it has no ghost workers on its payroll as was asserted in the April 2011 to March 2012 annual... Read more »

• Namibia: Labour Ministry Responds to Fraudulent SMS

  THE Ministry of Labour and Social Welfare has condemned a text message doing the rounds aimed at selling information for money. Read more »

• Namibia: Botha, Honiball Win Namibia Masters

  LOUIS Botha and Riekie Honiball were crowned the singles champions of the Namibia Masters tennis tournament at the SKW courts in Olympia yesterday. Read more »

• Namibia: Goabab Verdict Set for January

  THE verdict in the corruption trial of former National Assembly Secretary Nama Goabab and parliamentary accountant Abraham George was again postponed in the High Court on Friday,... Read more »

• Namibia: Nation Gets Off to a Winning Start At 2012 Netball Nations Cup

  NAMIBIA began their 2012 Netball Nations Cup campaign with a 58-25 defeat of the Republic of Ireland yesterday. Read more »

• Namibia: Ekandjo to Visit Khorixas Over High Tariffs

  LOCAL Government Minister Jerry Ekandjo will visit Khorixas on December 15 to address residents’ complaints of high municipal tariffs. Read more »

• Namibia: Only Hard Work Justifies Higher Salaries

  FOR the past three years, the salary bill of the Ministry of Education has made up 62% of its expenditure, while only 7% went into its development budget, which includes research. Read more »

• Namibia: Nation Should Develop Software ? Kaapanda

  THE minister of information and communication technology, Joël Kaapanda, says the Universal Access and Service Policy emphasises capacity building and skills development... Read more »

• Namibia: Constitution Part of Chaskalson's Legacy

  FORMER South African Chief Justice Arthur Chaskalson, who has died at the age of 81, leaves behind an enduring legacy in Namibia in the form of the country’s Constitution. Read more »

• Namibia: Swapo Youth League the Biggest Loser

  THE Swapo Party Youth League (SPYL) was given a political lesson after none of their nominated candidates failed to get a top seat at the Swapo congress over the weekend. Read more »

• Namibia: NBL Beers Wins European Awards

  NAMIBIA Breweries (NBL) has clinched two silver awards at the recent European Star Awards – Windhoek Draught in the category ‘European-Style Mild Lager’ and... Read more »

• Namibia: Black African Stars Keep Momentum

  LOG leaders Black Africa, African Stars and Orlando Pirates all recorded victories, but Ramblers suffered their first defeat of the season in Round 8 action of the MTC Premiership... Read more »

• Namibia: Business Outlook Remains Rosy in October

  BUSINESS confidence, as measured by the IJG Business Climate Index (BCI), remained strong in October, dipping from 141,7 points in September to 141,6. September’s reading was... Read more »

• Namibia: New Blood in Swapo Central Committee

  THE heads of some members of the Swapo Central Committee have rolled and the number of women in this structure increased by only one compared to the outcome of the 2007 congress. Read more »

December 2

• Namibia: Water for Poor Communities in Rural Areas to Be Subsidised

  GOVERNMENT has decided to subsidise water supply to the “very and genuinely poor” of the country, the minister of agriculture, water and forestry, John Mutorwa,... Read more »

December 1

• Namibia: Swapo On the Right Track

  WHAT has happened in Swapo over the past two months may not be of seismic proportions. Read more »

• Namibia: Nanso, SPYL Clashes Come Out in Open

  THE relationship between Namibia National Students Organisation (Nanso) and the Swapo Party Youth League has soured after the student body rejected most of the youth league’s... Read more »

• Namibia: Swartbooi Rewards Police for Long Service

  THE Karas governor, Bernadus Swartbooi, has appealed to the police in the region not to accept the withdrawal of domestic violence cases. Read more »

November 30

• Namibia: Utoni to Step Down If Elected As SG

  FOREIGN Affairs Minister Utoni Nujoma, who is one of the candidates running for the position of Swapo secretary general, says he will vacate his ministerial post if he is elected... Read more »

• Namibia: Namibia As a One (dominant) Party State [column]

  NAMIBIA is supposed to be a multi-party system but for the past 22 years, since independence, the country has been ruled by one party – Swapo. A few years ago I argued that... Read more »