Namibia News Summary - 25/07/2008
Posted 25th July 2008 at 11:25 PM by TheNamibian
Cap killing leads to 14-year prison term
A WALVIS BAY fisherman who shot another man five times in an argument over a hat was sentenced to a 14-year prison term after being convicted on a charge of murder in the Swakopmund Regional Court this week.
Violence against women to the fore in Shaduka case
ABOUT 50 Windhoek residents, mainly women, yesterday protested outside the Windhoek Magistrate's Court over an upcoming application for bail by murder suspect and former City of Windhoek Chief of Property Lazarus Shaduka.
4 die in hut fires
AN 83-year-old woman and two of her grandchildren died at Onanghulo village when their hut caught fire on the night of July 19.
More than 1 000 land right claims at Olukonda approved
EXPERTS attached to the Ministry of Lands and Resettlement have verified the customary land rights of more than 1 000 people in the Olukonda area in north-central Namibia during the past four months.
TCL case heads to court
CIVIL action over a pension dispute involving former TCL workers who claim they were robbed of approximately N$116,9 million when the mining company went bankrupt in 1998 got out of the starting blocks yesterday.
CoD disunity far from over
A HIGH Court ruling made last week, which ordered the main opposition party Congress of Democrats (CoD) to reinstate the membership of six expelled members and to "restore them to their positions", would not require the party to reinstate one of the six as Chief Whip in Parliament, a young CoD member told the media yesterday.
Unam says it wants to hear from Swanu duo
THE University of Namibia has given two senior academics holding political office in Swanu seven days to state whether they want to continue with politics or in the academic field.
Helao Nafidi CEO on suspension
THE Chief Executive Officer of Helao Nafidi Town was suspended on Wednesday.
Double housing benefit troubles Nantu leader
SEVERAL members of the Namibia National Teachers' Union (Nantu) are up in arms after information was leaked that the Secretary General is getting N$1 700 each month as housing allowance, while staying in the union's house.
Proudly Namibian: Gehr's lemon schnapps
IN 2000 Eugen and Angelica Gehr left their hotel in Germany and moved to a farm in Namibia.
Scholarships for community tourism
SIX Namibians from community-based tourism enterprises have been awarded scholarships by the South African College of Tourism to do a one-year course there.
'Penniless' Josea applies for legal aid
ONE of the key figures in the Avid Investment Corporation fraud case, Nico Josea, is in such a financial pinch that he can no longer afford to pay his own lawyers and has applied to be given publicly-funded legal aid for his coming criminal trial in the High Court.
Racism alive in Namibia
RACISM and discrimination against certain language groups in Namibia is alive - more than is apparent on the surface - a public hearing in Windhoek heard yesterday.
Extra relief for the poor
GOVERNMENT has set aside more than N$228 million to feed more half a million vulnerable Namibians for six months starting from August.
A WALVIS BAY fisherman who shot another man five times in an argument over a hat was sentenced to a 14-year prison term after being convicted on a charge of murder in the Swakopmund Regional Court this week.
Violence against women to the fore in Shaduka case
ABOUT 50 Windhoek residents, mainly women, yesterday protested outside the Windhoek Magistrate's Court over an upcoming application for bail by murder suspect and former City of Windhoek Chief of Property Lazarus Shaduka.
4 die in hut fires
AN 83-year-old woman and two of her grandchildren died at Onanghulo village when their hut caught fire on the night of July 19.
More than 1 000 land right claims at Olukonda approved
EXPERTS attached to the Ministry of Lands and Resettlement have verified the customary land rights of more than 1 000 people in the Olukonda area in north-central Namibia during the past four months.
TCL case heads to court
CIVIL action over a pension dispute involving former TCL workers who claim they were robbed of approximately N$116,9 million when the mining company went bankrupt in 1998 got out of the starting blocks yesterday.
CoD disunity far from over
A HIGH Court ruling made last week, which ordered the main opposition party Congress of Democrats (CoD) to reinstate the membership of six expelled members and to "restore them to their positions", would not require the party to reinstate one of the six as Chief Whip in Parliament, a young CoD member told the media yesterday.
Unam says it wants to hear from Swanu duo
THE University of Namibia has given two senior academics holding political office in Swanu seven days to state whether they want to continue with politics or in the academic field.
Helao Nafidi CEO on suspension
THE Chief Executive Officer of Helao Nafidi Town was suspended on Wednesday.
Double housing benefit troubles Nantu leader
SEVERAL members of the Namibia National Teachers' Union (Nantu) are up in arms after information was leaked that the Secretary General is getting N$1 700 each month as housing allowance, while staying in the union's house.
Proudly Namibian: Gehr's lemon schnapps
IN 2000 Eugen and Angelica Gehr left their hotel in Germany and moved to a farm in Namibia.
Scholarships for community tourism
SIX Namibians from community-based tourism enterprises have been awarded scholarships by the South African College of Tourism to do a one-year course there.
'Penniless' Josea applies for legal aid
ONE of the key figures in the Avid Investment Corporation fraud case, Nico Josea, is in such a financial pinch that he can no longer afford to pay his own lawyers and has applied to be given publicly-funded legal aid for his coming criminal trial in the High Court.
Racism alive in Namibia
RACISM and discrimination against certain language groups in Namibia is alive - more than is apparent on the surface - a public hearing in Windhoek heard yesterday.
Extra relief for the poor
GOVERNMENT has set aside more than N$228 million to feed more half a million vulnerable Namibians for six months starting from August.
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