More hard work expected of learners
By Eliaser Ndeyanale EDUCATION minister Katrina Hanse-Himarwa has said before her term of office comes to an end the grade 10 passing points would be raised from the current 23 to 27 points. The...
View ArticleNAMFISA encourages wise festive spending
By Confidente Reporter NAMFISA has urged the nation to celebrate the festive holiday wisely and within financial means. Victoria Muranda, the parastatal’s manager of corporate communications and...
View Article460 bags of maize meal spoiled in Kavango East … As 31 056 people are...
By Eliaser Ndeyanale SOME 460 bags of maize meal intended for drought relief to needy people were reportedly spoiled in a military warehouse in Rundu in the Kavango East region. However the chief...
View ArticlePermanent Secretaries declare assets
By Confidente Reporter PERMANENT Secretaries have declared their assets to Prime Minister Saara Kuugongelwa-Amadhila, Confidente has learnt. Kuugongelwa-Amadhila told Confidente, Tuesday that the...
View ArticleTeenagers trafficked from DRC
By Confidente Reporter SEVERAL teenagers including two siblings were reportedly human trafficked from the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) in trucks in the past year and are currently housed at the...
View ArticleA vicious cycle of ‘loving’ an abuser
By Confidente Reporter LESS than 10 hours after a 44-year-old Katutura woman was recently brutally attacked with a panga, screwdriver and an iron rod by her husband of three years, she professed love...
View ArticleChinese tycoon busted with N$3.5m laundering and fraud …as 32 Chinese fleeced...
By Confidente Reporter A 48-year old Chinese tycoon based in Ondangwa was recently arrested for fraud, money laundering and contravening customs laws after he was caught with N$3, 5 million,...
View ArticleChinese rhino hunt prompts diplomatic impasse … As they feel Namibia is...
By Confidente Reporter CHINESE embassy officials in Windhoek are reportedly angry with Namibia’s senior government officials for pulling no punches when they castigated Chinese nationals operating...
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PRESIDENT’S CHRISTMAS MESSAGE 2016
Fellow Namibians, Christmas is a time of jubilation. It is a time to come together with our loved ones. Most importantly it is a time Christians celebrate the birth of Jesus Christ. We can all identify...
View ArticleC.I.S guards go for months without pay
By Hileni Nembwaya MORE than 100 security guards of C.I.S Security Services, who were demonstrating at Oshakati demanding their monthly wages, claimed to be working in harsh conditions with their...
View ArticleArmyworm outbreak threatens national food security
By Eliaser Ndeyanale AN armyworm outbreak has invaded the country’s biggest agricultural projects destroying crops. The irrigation projects that have been attacked by the deleterious pests are Musese...
View ArticlePensioner raped at Omuthiya
By Hileni Nembwaya A 66-year-old pensioner was allegedly raped in her bedroom at Onalunike in Omuthiya district, last week. According to Naomi Katjiua, Oshikoto regional crime investigation...
View ArticleMagistrate Shapumba cleared of charges
By Hileni Nembwaya THE Magistrates’ Commission has withdrawn charges levelled against then Ondangwa magistrate Antonius Shapumba who was being investigated for striking numerous cases off the court...
View ArticleHealth Minister denied entrance into hospital
By Confidente Reporter HEALTH minister, Dr Benhard Haufiku was ironically prevented entrance to Katutura Hospital’s casualty ward by two security guards who repeatedly asked him to produce his ‘pass...
View ArticleThree men arrested with over N$27 000 fake money
By Marianne Nghidengwa THREE Windhoek men were recently arrested for producing N$27 700 fake money as well as machines and other items they used for the illegal act. The suspects, Johannes Setson...
View ArticleLosers and winners of SPWC executive
By Eliaser Ndeyanale THE Swapo Party Women’s Council (SPWC) on Saturday elected 13 members out of 32 contestants to serve in its national executive committee at the political party’s headquarters in...
View ArticleMoHSS slashes overtime by N$180 million
By Marianne Nghidengwa THE Ministry of Health and Social Services (MoHSS) has drastically cut, by nearly 80 percent its overtime expenditure from a whopping N$230 million to N$50 million, Confidente...
View ArticlePM declares she has no ambition for Swapo vice presidency
By Marianne Nghidengwa and Patience Nyangove PRIME Minister, Saara Kuungongelwa-Amadhila says she harbours no political ambition to be Swapo’s leader in the near future contrary to reports that she...
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