AS official election results keep trickling in slowly and the Electoral Commission of Namibia (ECN) is doing several recounts of verified results, opposition parties have cried foul over discrepancies.
THE outcome in Namibia's Presidential and Parliamentary elections has not yet been finalised, but there are some very obvious trends already evident: first, that Swapo is the undisputed victor, perhaps even with an increased majority; second, that the Rally for Democracy and Progress (RDP) will now be the official opposition; thirdly, apart from the handful of parties that will gain seats in the ...
A BID by the National Society for Human Rights to get a High Court order to set aside the Electoral Commission of Namibia's second decision to bar it from observing Namibia's national elections failed on a technical point in the High Court in Windhoek late yesterday.
EIGHT prisoners escaped from Police holding cells at Khorixas on Tuesday night.
THE vote count verification in the Hardap Region was completed late Tuesday afternoon.
THE five men who have been on trial in the High Court in Windhoek for the past two months on charges flowing from the gunshot killing of an Outjo area professional hunter in December 2006 were all acquitted on a charge of murder yesterday.
I HAVE been at Unam for three years now and I have been very close to student affairs. I have attended all the GSAs and go to student Parliament as an observer.
Legend has it, the famous line from the musical Evita was uttered by the equally infamous Che Guevara. Whether that is true or whether it is just a glib remark put in Guevara's mouth by Andrew Lloyd Webber, I do not know. But what is certain, is that it applies to any third world country where governance rests on pretence and rhetoric.
Skeleton Coast National Park is near completion as all the work concerning the development of an approved management plan and regulations have been completed, said Rod Braby, coordinator of the Namibia Coastal Conservation and Management Project (NACOMA).
With the much publicised National Pension Fund in the pipeline, the future of current private pension fund organisations is uncertain. This is because the final structure of, and membership to the National Pension Fund remains unknown.
After Its recent successful gala dinner, the Christina Swart Opperman Aids Orphans Foundation announced this week that more than 850 vulnerable children will be cared for for the coming year from the contributions and sponsorships raised at the event. From the business sector, around 50 pledges were received.
Namibia Express busses were delayed late last week as members of the Namibian Police Force, the Special Field force and the Special Reserve raided the bus stop to search passengers, which were mainly students on their way back to Zambia for the festive season. According to Hophni Hamufungu,Deputy Commissioner and head of the public relations division at the Namibian Police,it is the normal ...
Last week the Ohlthaver and List Group of Companies (O&L) held its annual Christmas party for 150 orphans and vulnerable children between the ages of 2 to 8 years old - as part of its corporate social responsibility program.
I always feel sorry for my two-year-old son when he says goodbye to my wife and I every morning as we leave for work. Sometimes he cries, sometimes he smiles at us. In his little brain, I am sure he does not know why we leave him behind five days of the week. This is one of the things that makes me look forward to the festive holidays-I want to spend a lot of time with my son at least for the ...
The HIV/AIDS prevalence among expectant mothers in Namibia is decreasing since 2002, Prime Minister Nahas Angula said this week.
Namibia Breweries Limited has with effect from this week replaced its current 750ml returnable bottle (RB) as part of an N$ 48 million investment in its bottle float.
We have experienced less hate speech and greater tolerance or at least silence now amongst political leaders who used to scapegoat on lesbian, gay, bisexual, intersex and trans-diverse (LGBTI) people, particularly during the heat of election campaigns, and among some religious leaders. This is a promising sign, said Liz Frank, director of Sister Namibia.
RMB Asset Management last week said that they are pleased to announce the appointment of Lesley Rukoro as CEO of Namibia, says Vekuii Rukoro, Chairman on the RMBAM Board and CEO of FNB Namibia Holdings. Rukoro replaces Martin Mwinga who resigned from the company in June this year to pursue personal interests.
Pitchstone Exploration Ltd has announced the continuation of exploration on the Dome property in Namibia.
Entrepreneurship has become the buzzword. With the looming and growing unemployment rate in the country, all youth are being pointed towards becoming entrepreneurs.
The main objectives of the launch of 'Chasing Dreams' comic booklet are to raise awareness among the general population and key stakeholders on the individual, structural and environmental causes of HIV vulnerability of migrants and mobile populations, and to introduce it as an available resource for training and general awareness raising, as well as to understand IOM's (International Organization ...
Recently Namibia's young business and lifestyle Gems Magazine appropriately celebrated its second anniversary in Tauben Glen.
The Professional Provident Society Insurance company last week donated an amount of N$25 000 to the Polytechnic of Namibia to upgrade the reception area and training facility of the Center for Entrepreneurial Development (CED).
Last week the director of the National Arts Gallery emphasised the importance of accurate documentation of the country's art heritage, as well as the protective role of the police and customs officers to safeguard artifacts.
Two Namibian community and institutional theatre representatives have been co-opted into a Finnish-Namibian developmental partnership and social innovation project to be produced early next year.
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