Headlines – 23 to 27 April

Apr 27, 2018 | News

+++ 27/04 – Now it’s official: The editor-in-chief of the Allgemeine Zeitung, Stefan Fischer, leaves Namibia with his family and moves to Austria +++ 27/04 – Van Zyl’s pass in northwestern Namibia has recently been blocked by a car wreck, making it even...

Headlines in the morning

Mar 19, 2018 | News

+++ Supreme Court nullifies the award of the contract for a gas-fired power plant in Walvis Bay to the South African company Xaris Energy +++ President Geingob honors the late politician Nora Schimming-Chase as an honest patriot and true servant of the people +++...

Trump as “Commercial Clown”

Mar 15, 2018 | Background

The lodge group Gondwana Collection has once again used US President Donald Trump for an advertising campaign for Namibia. In mid-January, a humorous video clip mocking Trump’s alleged “sh…thole” statement on African states reached more than...

Headlines in the morning

Mar 13, 2018 | News

+++ President Geingob calls on all Namibians to participate in a nationwide clean-up operation on May Day +++ Government has not achieved its land reform goals in the past five years, largely due to lack of finance +++ Authorities in Swakopmund arrested boater with...