Headlines – 16 to 20 July

Jul 20, 2018 | News

+++ 20/07 – Investigation of questionable imports from China to Namibia: Auditing firm KPMG finds evidence not only of tax evasion, but also of money laundering worth billions +++ 20/07 – Policy research institute IPPR warns: Government procurement less transparent...

Headlines – 9 to 13 July

Jul 13, 2018 | News

+++ 13/07 – Construction Industries Federation wants to prevent quality of construction to suffer from cutting costs in times of scarce funds +++ 13/07 – Ministry of Environment and Tourism emphasises that ban for trophy hunters to publish photos of killed animals on...

Headlines – 2 to 6 July

Jul 6, 2018 | News

+++ 6/07 – Main defendant in the trial for the Avid million fraud sent to jail for 17 years; other four convicts get away with fines +++ 6/07 – Namibian sports idol Frankie Fredericks will be honored with a statue in the Windhoek Independence Stadium +++ 5/07 – After...

Headlines – 25 to 29 June

Jun 29, 2018 | News

+++ 29/06 – Ministry of Health warns: Five confirmed cases of swine flu (H1N1) in Windhoek and Rehoboth +++ 29/06 – Prices for petrol and diesel rise by 10 cents per liter in the inland and by 20 cents in the north, whereas on the central coast they remain unchanged...

Headlines – 18 to 22 June

Jun 22, 2018 | News

+++ 22/06 – Minister of Environment, Shifeta, reinforces annullation of environmental clearance for controversial phosphate mining off the coast of Namibia +++ 22/06 – Residents of Swakopmund are ready to support the installation of surveillance cameras with an...

Tourist survives leopard attack

Jun 15, 2018 | Background, News, Travel

In the Kuiseb Canyon near the gravel road from Windhoek to Walvis Bay, a German motorhome traveler was attacked by a leopard at night. At the beginning of April, Hardy Specker (61) and his wife Petra Windmeisser (60) parked their camper van near the Kuiseb Bridge to...