NEWS coverage of political parties by the NBC is continuing to irk opposition parties in the run-up to next week's elections.
Zimbabwe's rough diamond trade has escaped a six-month suspension by the Kimberley Process Certification Scheme (KPCS) - an international initiative to stem the flow of conflict diamonds - after its own investigating team recommended earlier in 2009 that the country be temporarily barred from importing and exporting the gems.
THE Clever Cubs School is a brand new school for 24 San children that opened this month on the N/a' an ku se Wildlife Sanctuary outside Windhoek.
IN one of the few political debates to have taken place in the run-up to elections next week, 11 of Namibia's 13 political parties on Monday discussed poverty and inequality.
LOCAL golf administrators have received an earful from their main sponsor, MTC, which has demanded to see real transformation taking place in the code.
THE Frank Fredericks Foundation (FFF) once again announced several scholarships worth thousands of dollars and brand-new sports equipment to athletes and schools in Namibia.
A BITTER dispute between the widow and the former lawyer of the late German extradition target Hans Jurgen Koch made a return to the High Court this week, with Koch's widow scoring a courtroom win against her late husband's former attorney.
THE names of the three people who were killed when a plane crashed after take-off from Windhoek's Eros Airport on Sunday were released by the Namibian Police yesterday.
ABOUT 132 Namibians who are below the voting age of 18 years have registered as voters and received their cards while some 103 voters registered twice and 12 voters, among them Tobie Aupindi, Managing Director of Namibia Wildlife Resorts (NWR), registered after the cut-off date, which was September 30.
MTC says it has been forced to spend more than N$1 million on replacing stolen and vandalised solar panels.
Opperman Aids Orphan Trust's 8th fundraising gala dinner was held earlier this week at the Safari Court Conference Centre with the theme "Our beautiful children, our beautiful country".
Oceana, the fishing company with operations in Namibia and South Africa said this week that headline earning per share went up by 18% in the year ended 30 September.
Namibia Dairies and the Namibia Farmworkers' Union (NAFWU) have signed a wage agreement through which workers at the Mariental-based SuperFarm will receive 13th cheques coupled with a productivity bonus and flexible working hours.
After 26 years of swimming coaching, the country's first and only coach from a Namibia Swimming Union (NASU) affiliated club is finally taking off the flippers.
As much as the current debate concerns inflation or deflation, a similar debate is slowly emerging around interest rates.
