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… former vice president says union must explain missing millions Former Mineworkers Union of Namibia (MUN) president Ismael Kasuto says the N$250 000 he is accused of misappropriating from the union’s bank account was meant for the union’s legal fees. Kasuto’s comments come after MUN acting president Poco Mberiuana released a statement yesterday accusing Kasuto […]
The airport services company Menzies Aviation (Namibia) has lost a second Supreme Court appeal in the court saga that resulted from its attempts to hang on to a contract for the provision of ground handling services at Hosea Kutako International Airport. In a decision delivered on Tuesday, the Supreme Court dismissed an appeal of Menzies […]
Bank of Namibia (BoN) governor Johannes !Gawaxab’s lawyer, Norman Tjombe, has confirmed that the governor is taking legal action against activist Micheal Amushelelo for allegedly unlawfully sharing his private cellphone number on social media. Tjombe on Tuesday wrote Amushelelo a letter informing him that a case would be opened with the police for allegedly violating […]
Israel’s soldiers are sharing footage of Palestinian detentions in the occupied West Bank, despite the army’s pledge to act on previous misconduct revealed by the BBC. Legal experts say the filming, and its posting online, could be a war crime. The BBC has analysed 45 photos and videos, which include those of detainees draped in […]
Chinese authorities have unveiled their most significant steps yet to address the crisis that has been dragging on the country’s property sector in recent years. The new measures include cutting the amount home buyers need for a deposit and encouraging local authorities to purchase unsold properties. The announcements came on the same day as official […]
Tensions – and voices – rose on Thursday as Donald Trump’s lawyer hit back against prosecutors, accusing their star witness repeatedly of lying. On the most tense day yet of cross-examination, Michael Cohen, Mr Trump’s former fixer, described talking to the former president directly about a hush-money payment to an adult-film star. But attorney Todd […]
Israel has accused South Africa of bringing “biased and false claims” to the UN’s top court in an attempt to force it to stop its military campaign in the town of Rafah in southern Gaza. The International Court of Justice (ICJ) began two days of hearings on Thursday, when South Africa told the court that […]
Namibia’s national marking of International Day for Biodiversity (IDB) will be held at Lüderitz in the //Kharas region on 22 May, says the Ministry of Environment, Forestry and Tourism. The global theme for this year’s IDB is ‘Be Part of the Plan’, which is a call to action for all stakeholders to stop and reverse […]
THE tide of mis-/disinformation seen around the 2019 elections should be a lesson for us this time around. It already seems like there will be a repeat, or even worse, of the flood of politics-related mis-/disinformation on the elections information landscape of 2024. Namibia Fact Check monitored the 2019 elections for the types, actors, pathways […]
Africa is uninvestable There are a lot of stereotypes about Africa. Most people assume that every country in Africa is poor, dangerous, and with a terrible economy. Most investors – typically those who have never been to African countries nor met with African companies – would say that Africa is uninvestable, is in constant political […]