Headlines – 25 to 29 June

+++ 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

+++ 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

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

+++ 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...