Headlines – 3 to 7 September

Sep 7, 2018 | News

+++ 7/09 – According to Finance Minister Schlettwein, the government wants to ask China for loans of 10 billion Namibian Dollar for infrastructure projects +++ 7/09 – All state hospitals in the Erongo region have been unable to serve meals to their patients for four...

Headlines – 30 July to 3 August

Aug 3, 2018 | News

+++ 3/08 – Controversial Chinese plans for a tobacco plantation in the Zambezi region are accompanied by dubious trade of wood +++ 3/08 – Minister of Health, Haufiku, calls on the public to keep the only state eye clinic at Windhoek Central Hospital alive with...

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...

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...

Headlines – 14 to 18 May

May 18, 2018 | News

+++ 18/05 – Namibia Tourism Board ordered to reinstate its financial manager, who was dismissed three years ago, and pay her 1.9 million Namibia Dollar compensation +++ 18/05 – While preparations for nationwide clean-up operation are in full swing, Government refuses...