An earthquake measuring 3.3 on the Richter scale was recorded 184 kilometres southeast of Lüderitz in ||Kharas Region at around 06h48 on Saturday. A media statement issued on Monday by the Ministry of Mines and Energy said the geological survey within the ministry did indeed pick up on an earthquake located on the outskirts of…
Botswana’s President, Mokgweetsi Masisi, on Sunday paid a courtesy call to President Hage Geingob on Sunday, during his one-day visit to Namibia. The two presidents met to discuss issues of mutual interests, including bilateral and regional issues. This was confirmed in a media statement issued by the Republic of Botswana’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The…
The Namibian Police Force (NamPol) recorded a death of a toddler at at Epalala village in Ohangwena Region on Saturday, after she allegedly drowned in a bucket of water. According to a report issued by NamPol’s spokesperson, Deputy Commissioner Kauna Shikwambi on Sunday, the nearly two-year-old Victoria Sevelen drown in a bucket of water after…
The Namibian Police Force (NamPol) recorded five suicides over the weekend. This was revealed by a crime report issued by NamPol’s spokesperson, Deputy Commissioner Kauna Shikwambi, on Sunday. In the first of the five cases, 33-year-old Gift Likunga Simataa, a Namibian male allegedly committed suicide by hanging himself with a plastic rope in his traditional…
A 30-Year-old Namibian male was arrested on Saturday behind club Novanni Kronlein in Keetmanshoop for the alleged possession of mandrax tablets worth N.dollars 1200 and one parcel of cannabis. According to a report issued by Namibian Police Force (NamPol)’s spokesperson, Deputy Commissioner Kauna Shikwambi on Sunday, the drugs were allegedly found on him when NamPol…
TransNamib Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Johny Smith, has said to have increased rail capacity service between Kranzberg and Tsumeb railway route, a total of N.dollars 15 billion is needed for the full upgrading of the route. Smith said during a field trip witnessing at the Omaruru railway station on Friday, adding that 88 per cent…
Namibian flyweight boxers, Immanuel ‘Imms’ Josef and Fillemon Nghutenanye, successfully defended their titles on Sunday morning at the Safari Court Hotel in the capital, as part of the MTC Salute Boxing Academy’s ‘building champions’ boxing bonanza. Josef stepped into the ring to defend his World Boxing Organisation (WBO) Africa title, while Nghutenanye defended his World…
Okahandja United Football Club coach, Richard Garised, said their goal for the 2022/23 Debmarine Namibia Premiership is to collect maximum points in every match that will be played at their home ground. Okahandja United won their first match of the season on Saturday when they put Otjiwarongo-based Mighty Gunners to the sword with a 2-1…
Minister of Works and Transport, John Mutorwa, will be joined by Finnish Minister for Development Cooperation and Foreign Trade, Ville Skinnari, in co-officiating the opening of the Aviation and Connectivity Forum taking place in Windhoek between Wednesday and Friday. A media release issued on Sunday by the Namibia Airports Company stated that the event will…
Scientific surveys conducted in March 2022 have found that the pilchard stock still remains in a precarious state and the spawning stock biomass was also found to be insignificant. A moratorium was imposed in 2018 after the stock population fell by 99.5 per cent from an estimated 11 million tonnes in the 1960s to 50,000…