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The African National Congress (ANC) in KwaZulu-Natal has conceded that it underestimated the newly-formed uMkhonto weSizwe Party (MK Party) currently led by former ANC leader, Jacob Zuma. The MK Party, which was only formed in December last year, has already earned 14.68% of the votes, nationally, effectively booting the Julius Malema’s Economic Freedom Fighters to […]
The Uukwambi Traditional Authority is urging the heads of traditional authorities to refer unmarried couples, especially those cohabiting, to the traditional court for marriage ceremonies to secure inheritance rights. This call came from Maria Angungu, a representative of the Uukwambi Traditional Authority legal committee, when she spoke at a community meeting at Uukwangula in the […]
Marian Robinson shunned the spotlight and rarely gave interviews – her daughter, Michelle Obama, once described her as a “sweet, witty companion who doesn’t need the limelight”. But it was that privacy, tightly guarded by the Obamas, that afforded Robinson the rare luxury of being able to live relatively freely in the White House and […]
A 21-year-old man and 28-year-old woman were found in possession of cannabis at Farm 37 at Walvis Bay on Friday. The police found them with 20 bankies of cannabis, weighing 26 grams valued at N$1 300. Erongo police spokesperson inspector Ileni Shapumba says criminal conduct will not be tolerated at the area. “Information was received […]
The results coming in are getting worse for the ANC. With all the votes counted and declared, the party has lost its outright majority in the Northern Cape – a sparsely populated province which has Kimberly as its biggest city – a place where British colonialist Cecil John Rhodes made his fortune from its diamond […]
The Namibia Tourism Board (NTB) is conducting a two-day training workshop at Walvis Bay for frontline workers in the tourism industry to improve customer service standards. According to a statement issued by the organisers, the training is held in collaboration with the Harold Pupkewitz Graduate School of Business (HP-GSB) at the Namibia University of Science […]
A woman has been urged to divorce her ‘childish’ husband who locked himself in a room to play games while ignoring their crying baby. She explained how their 13-month-old is teething and is fussier than normal because of it – but her husband doesn’t have the patience to tolerate it. Rather than tend to their […]
The City of Windhoek is at an advanced stage to provide electricity to 720 households at a cost of N$11,4 million, Windhoek mayor Queen Kamati said at a city council meeting on Thursday. The project is funded by the government, Kamati said. “When the City of Windhoek council members and senior management held the annual […]
The Ministry of Finance and Public Enterprises says the Central Procurement Board of Namibia (CPBN) operates as an independent institution without undue influence from the ministry or Cabinet. Finance ministry spokesperson Wilson Ashikoto said this in response to a Procurement Tracker report in which the Institute for Public Policy Research (IPPR) this week said the […]
Social work specialist Lovisa Nghipandulwa says most couples who are cohabitating are not protected in terms of inheritance when one partner dies. Her assertion comes after the Uukwambi Traditional Authority urged heads of traditional authorities to refer unmarried couples, especially those cohabiting, to the traditional court for marriage ceremonies to secure inheritance rights. This call […]