Namibian Professor Discusses Political Accountability

The Democratic Alliance in Gauteng has expressed dissatisfaction, asserting that Premier Panyaza Lesufi failed to present residents with substantial solutions to enhance their well-being during his recent State of the Province address. In Namibia, Professor Ndumba Kamwanya Shares Views on Political Leaders, Promises, and Accountability.

February 27, 2024 19

Namibia

Search Underway for 16-Year-Old Boy Who Escaped Police Custody in Lüderitz

The Deputy Commissioner of Crime Investigations for the ||Kharas Region, Nikodemus Mbango, revealed on Sunday that the Namibian Police Force in Lüderitz is actively seeking a 16-year-old boy who managed to escape custody. The escape is believed to have occurred between 7:00 PM and 8:30 PM on Saturday. Authorities suspect that the teenager manipulated the cell door locks using an unidentified object, enabling him to open both the cell door […]

February 27, 2024 10

Namibia

Namibian Police Uncover Additional 10,000 Mandrax Tablets in Drug Bust at Ariamsvlei Border Post

The Namibian Police Force has revealed the discovery of an additional 10,000 Mandrax tablets in the truck driven by a 51-year-old suspect who was arrested for drug possession at the Ariamsvlei border post last week. Deputy Commissioner Nikodemus Mbango, NamPol’s crime investigations coordinator for the ||Kharas Region, reported that members of the Drug Law Enforcement Subdivision from Keetmanshoop were dispatched to the border post. The seized Mandrax tablets, valued at […]

February 27, 2024 16

Namibia

Geingob laid to rest at Heroes’ Acre

The late President Hage Geingob was laid to rest at the Heroes’ Acre outside Windhoek on Sunday. Geingob was accorded a 21-gun salute before being laid to rest in one of four mausoleums at the national shrine. Namibia’s third Head of State died at a hospital in Windhoek on 04 February 2024, shortly after being diagnosed with cancer. Speaking at the burial, chief mourner President Nangolo Mbumba said Geingob has […]

February 25, 2024 26

Namibia

China hopes Namibia continues Geingob’s mission

Jiang Zuojun, Vice Chairperson of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference, said his country firmly believes that the people of Namibia will carry on the mission of late President Hage Geingob, making strides in national development and revitalisation. Zuojun, who was speaking at the memorial service of the late president, said for nearly 10 years under the leadership of Geingob, Namibia enjoyed a stable society, sound economic development, and constant […]

February 25, 2024 23

Namibia

Mbumba urges Namibians to honour Geingob by executing their mandates

Namibian President Nangolo Mbumba has said one of the best ways Namibians can honour the late President Hage Geingob is for them to continue executing their mandates on the basis of accountability, transparency, honesty and commitment. Mbumba, who made these remarks at the late president’s official memorial service in Windhoek on Saturday, added that Namibians should understand that, as the late president used to say, “Without effective governance and without […]

February 25, 2024 17

Namibia

Zambia to rename roads after Geingob and Nujoma

President of Zambia, Hakainde Hichilema said that a decision was taken to rename two of the roads after the late President Hage Geingob and Founding President Sam Nujoma. Hichilema revealed this during Geingob’s memorial service held on Saturday in Windhoek. “We as the people of Zambia have taken a decision to rename one of our critical roads after President Geingob,” he said, adding that another road will also be renamed […]

February 25, 2024 17

Namibia

Geingob burial underway at Heroes’ Acre

The burial of Namibia’s third President, Dr Hage Geingob, is underway, with a multitude of mourners gathered at the national shrine just outside the nation’s capital, Windhoek. The former Head of State is receiving a hero’s funeral and his remains will be interred in a specially built mausoleum at Heroes’ Acre. He will also be sent off with a 21-gun salute by the Namibian Defence Force. The burial ceremony is […]

February 25, 2024 28

Namibia

It is high time to tender an apology to the Namibian people: Steinmeier

Germany’s President Frank-Walter Steinmeier says it is high time that Germany apologises to Namibia for the genocide it inflicted on the Nama and Ovaherero people between 1904 and 1908. He was speaking at the memorial service of the late President Hage Geingob here on Saturday. Geingob died on 04 February and is set to be buried on Sunday. Steinmeier said he spoke to Geingob late last year and the Namibian […]

February 25, 2024 20