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Human rights activist and social justice activist Rosa Namises has told traditional leaders not to put price tags on the suffering of people. Namises said this on Thursday regarding the latest fines that have been introduced by eight traditional courts in the northern part of the country as penalties of different crimes, including rape, adultery […]
THE Ministry of Education, Arts and Culture is consulting on whether to continue with the current semester-based school calendar system into 2025 or to revert the old trimester-based one. This was confirmed by education executive director Sanet Steenkamp. The consultations are being done via a comprehensive survey currently floating online. “We are hoping that the […]
Thousands of voters around the country were still in queues after 12am on Thursday waiting to cast their votes after the May 29 elections were rocked by snaking queues around the country, particularly in the metros of Durban, Joburg and Cape Town. The Electoral Commission of South Africa insisted during a press conference on Wednesday […]
Israel’s military has said it has taken control of the strategically important buffer zone along the Gaza-Egypt border known as the Philadelphi Corridor, meaning it now controls Gaza’s entire land border. A spokesman for the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said about 20 tunnels used by Hamas to smuggle weapons into Gaza had been found within […]
Three black men have filed a racial discrimination lawsuit against American Airlines, alleging that the carrier briefly removed them from a flight after a complaint about body odour. The men, who were not seated together and did not know each other, say that every black man was removed from the 5 January flight from Phoenix, […]
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THE body of 34-year-old Edison Geiseb, who drowned at Independence Beach at Walvis Bay on 18 May, has been found. According to Erongo police spokesperson chief inspector Ileni Shapumba, the body was discovered by a trawler sailing alongside the new Namport container terminal near the lighthouse. It was found on the boundary rock of the […]
… Nama, Herero leaders reject date Opposition parties have praised the government’s move to declare 28 May as Genocide Remembrance Day, which will be a public holiday from 2025. They argue, however, that this is an election ploy. Minister of information and communication technology Emma Theofelus yesterday made this announcement. The endorsement followed a letter […]
… Traditional courts revise penalties People convicted of rape in northern traditional authorities will be fined of N$7500 or three head of cattle at the traditional courts. This comes after eight traditional authorities revised their penalty structure for various offences, including a significant increase in fines for rape and murder. In the past a rapist […]
Namibians importing pearl millet (mahangu) from Angola for personal use during the ongoing drought may bring in four 50 kilogramme bags of the product per month, the Ministry of Agriculture, Water and Land Reform says. This comes after president Nangolo Mbumba requested that the police offer leniency to those importing mahangu from Angola to avert […]