Namibia News Summary 14/07/2008
Swapo youth 'gets religion'
THE Swapo Party Youth League has called on President Hifikepunye Pohamba to establish a Ministry of Religion in Namibia.
Link: Swapo youth 'gets religion'
MUN blamed for diamond impasse
A VISIT to the office of the President by representatives of Lev Leviev Diamonds Namibia last week ended with the Mineworkers Union of Namibia (MUN) and its Secretary General Joseph Hengari being singled out as the main cause of the troubles currently facing 250 workers fired from the company last week.
Link: MUN blamed for diamond impasse
Namibia to get N$2,3b from US
NAMIBIA will receive US$304,5 million (about N$2,3 billion) from the US development agency Millennium Challenge Corporation this month.
Link: Namibia to get N$2,3b from US
ACC arrests border immigrations officers
THE Anti-Corruption Commission and the Police arrested two immigration officers on Thursday for allegedly taking a bribe from illegal immigrants at a border post.
Link: ACC arrests border immigrations officers
Poaching murder suspects to be tried in High Court
THE trial of five men who are accused of having been part of a night-time poaching trip that resulted in the gunshot death of a professional hunter in the Outjo area in late 2006 will be taking place in the High Court, the Prosecutor General has decided.
Link: Poaching murder suspects to be tried in High Court
Young men jailed on Katima rape charge
TWO young Katima Mulilo residents were sentenced to jail terms of 15 and 18 years on Friday, after they were convicted in the Katima Mulilo Regional Court on a charge of raping a woman following a night's drinking two years ago.
Link: Young men jailed on Katima rape charge
Reward for return of laptops
A GENEROUS reward is being offered for the return of laptop computers stolen from a home in Windhoek's Luxury Hill area on Friday afternoon.
Link: Reward for return of laptops
First African female president arrives in Namibia
HISTORY was made in Namibia when Africa's first and only female head of state, Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, arrived in Namibia yesterday for a three-day state visit.
Link: First African female president arrives in Namibia
Miners die in Erongo mountains
TWO small-scale miners suffocated on Thursday while digging for minerals inside a narrow mineshaft in the Erongo Mountains.
Link: Miners die in Erongo mountains
2 die in farm bloodbath
A FARMHOUSE in the Steinhausen area northeast of Windhoek became the scene of a bloodbath on Wednesday last week, when a German professional hunter turned a large-calibre hunting rifle on his live-in partner, shot dead five dogs, and then killed himself with a shot to the head.
Link: 2 die in farm bloodbath
THE Swapo Party Youth League has called on President Hifikepunye Pohamba to establish a Ministry of Religion in Namibia.
Link: Swapo youth 'gets religion'
MUN blamed for diamond impasse
A VISIT to the office of the President by representatives of Lev Leviev Diamonds Namibia last week ended with the Mineworkers Union of Namibia (MUN) and its Secretary General Joseph Hengari being singled out as the main cause of the troubles currently facing 250 workers fired from the company last week.
Link: MUN blamed for diamond impasse
Namibia to get N$2,3b from US
NAMIBIA will receive US$304,5 million (about N$2,3 billion) from the US development agency Millennium Challenge Corporation this month.
Link: Namibia to get N$2,3b from US
ACC arrests border immigrations officers
THE Anti-Corruption Commission and the Police arrested two immigration officers on Thursday for allegedly taking a bribe from illegal immigrants at a border post.
Link: ACC arrests border immigrations officers
Poaching murder suspects to be tried in High Court
THE trial of five men who are accused of having been part of a night-time poaching trip that resulted in the gunshot death of a professional hunter in the Outjo area in late 2006 will be taking place in the High Court, the Prosecutor General has decided.
Link: Poaching murder suspects to be tried in High Court
Young men jailed on Katima rape charge
TWO young Katima Mulilo residents were sentenced to jail terms of 15 and 18 years on Friday, after they were convicted in the Katima Mulilo Regional Court on a charge of raping a woman following a night's drinking two years ago.
Link: Young men jailed on Katima rape charge
Reward for return of laptops
A GENEROUS reward is being offered for the return of laptop computers stolen from a home in Windhoek's Luxury Hill area on Friday afternoon.
Link: Reward for return of laptops
First African female president arrives in Namibia
HISTORY was made in Namibia when Africa's first and only female head of state, Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, arrived in Namibia yesterday for a three-day state visit.
Link: First African female president arrives in Namibia
Miners die in Erongo mountains
TWO small-scale miners suffocated on Thursday while digging for minerals inside a narrow mineshaft in the Erongo Mountains.
Link: Miners die in Erongo mountains
2 die in farm bloodbath
A FARMHOUSE in the Steinhausen area northeast of Windhoek became the scene of a bloodbath on Wednesday last week, when a German professional hunter turned a large-calibre hunting rifle on his live-in partner, shot dead five dogs, and then killed himself with a shot to the head.
Link: 2 die in farm bloodbath
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