Headlines – 30 July to 3 August

+++ 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 in the morning

+++ Authorities in Walvis Bay search for the ship that drained heavy oil in the sea last week +++ Stop for farm transfers: The Ministry of Land Reform does not issue tax assessments or clearance certificates since the high court ordered it to stop collecting land tax...

Headlines in the morning

+++ Green light from the Communications Control Authority (Cran) – State-owned Namibia Post and Telecom Holdings may obtain 100% ownership of MTC +++ Government respects judgment of High Court – newspaper advertisement to collect the land tax was a mistake...

Headlines in the morning

+++ The government is trying to collect the land tax, although it was enjoined by the high court from doing so +++ More than a quarter of MPs in the National Assembly own farm land +++ Verdict in the corruption lawsuit against former MD of Namibia Wildlife Resorts,...

Headlines in the morning

+++ Face slapping from High Court: Government may not collect land tax until a sentence has been passed in the lawsuit against the valuation of farms +++ One of the acquitted defendants in the Caprivi treason trial fails with his claim for compensation for unjustified...