Oshakati: A paradise for the chosen few
By Eliaser Ndeyanale OSHANA Police Regional commander commissioner Ndahangwapo Kashihakumwa and Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Gender Equality and Child Walfare Erastus Negonga are amongst...
View ArticleNdume cures 107 in DRC
By Confidènte Reporter IN a humanitarian move, renowned ophthalmologist Dr Helena Ndume recently travelled to Kinshasa in DRC on invitation by famous and retired Congolese-American NBA Basketball...
View ArticleKatima Mulilo Council to build houses for Govt staff
By Sonja Angula IN a smart move to avoid massive land occupying, the Katima Mulilo town council has called on government workers interested in owning land in that town to declare interest by submitting...
View ArticleSub-contractor on Govt project claims N$1,2m
By Sonja Angula A LOCAL company subcontracted by MRP to construct five buildings under the Namibia-German special programme (NGSIP) at Otjiuaneho Primary School is accusing the contractor of refusing...
View ArticleHanse-Himarwa under graft probe
By Eliaser Ndeyanale THE Anti-Corruption Corruption Commission is investigating the former Hardap regional governor Katrina Hanse-Himarwa amid rumours that she had misused her office or position for...
View ArticleNDF to maintain order on July 31
By Confidènte Reporter INSPECTOR General of the Namibian police (Nampol), Lieutenant General Sebastian Ndeitunga has hinted that the Namibian Defence Forces will assist the police to maintain order on...
View ArticleNYS bigwigs mired in hefty bonus scandal … amid numerous financial blunders...
By Confidènte Reporter SENIOR management from financially ailing parastatal, the National Youth Service awarded themselves around N$250 000 bonuses each two months ago at a time when NYS general...
View ArticleConned home-buyers furious as docket disappears
By Sonja Angula A GROUP of 10 desperate house buyers were allegedly conned out of thousands of dollars by one Sofia Nangombe after they paid deposits for the same Windhoek property, and further had...
View ArticleHeadmistress holds learners hostage over unpaid fees
By Confidènte Reporter IN a bid to force parents to pay outstanding school fees, a Windhoek primary school principal reportedly holds hostage children aged six to seven in the school’s kitchen with...
View ArticleMinister’s hubby in N$95k maintenance debt
By Confidènte Reporter BUSINESSMAN and husband of Education Minister, Ngeno Himarwa, has allegedly failed to pay N$1 000 a month towards the care of his 14 year-old son he fathered with a former flame...
View ArticleDeputy Minister sues Gvt over land
By Sonja Angula DEPUTY Minister of Works and Transport James Sankwasa has launched a court battle that has drawn in government over a piece of land that he argues has been in his family’s possession...
View ArticleNSA boss files for divorce, claims physical abuse
By Sonja Angula OUTGOING Acting Statistician General, Liina Kafidi has filed for divorce from her husband of 22 years Michael, amid claims that he physically, sexually and economically intimidated and...
View ArticleNam man poisoned, burnt to death by SA lover
By Marianne Nghidengwa and Max Hamata A 64-year old South African woman continues to walk scot free a week after she allegedly poisoned and burned her 41year old Namibian boyfriend in Kanana,...
View ArticleMajor economic implications if AR surges on
By Confidente Reporter THE planned activities of the Affirmative Repositioning (AR) to grab and illegally occupy land come July 31, have stern economic repercussion that may plunge the whole economy...
View ArticlePoliticians exploited me: Nahas Angula
By Confidènte Reporter FORMER Prime Minister and retired politician, Nahas Angula says he is not considering going back into active politics as he has been exploited by politicians. Angula who stepped...
View ArticleAfrican print trending this spring
By Zinia Mbaroro AS we wait in anticipation to emerge from a cocoon of puffer jackets and beanies, it can be next to impossible to imagine a life beyond the winter uniform. But local fashion designers...
View ArticleKinzzo pushes dance rhythms
By Zinia Mbaroro SWAKOPMUND’S afro house musician Nelumbu Gideon better known as Kinzzo is back on the club scene in the coastal town with the birth of his second album, Ikwatelela. According to Kinzzo...
View ArticleFrom shepherd to art genius
By Zinia Mbaroro THE mouth is a cave where words hide but for local sculptor and painter, 74-year-old Mateus Hitwikwa, his works are the caves where his words reside. As a shepherd at a farm during the...
View ArticleNamibia’s star to the world…….Pickering – living her television dream
AFTER years of working for the national broadcaster NBC, Jacqui Pickering found herself both in front of and behind the camera writing, directing, producing and starring in some of South Africa’s major...
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