October 6, 2023

Security guard allegedly shoots himself at Ondangwa

Josef Erastus, 46, died instantly after he allegedly shot himself with his service pistol at Ondangwa on Wednesday.

The Namibian Police Force’s spokesperson for Oshana, Warrant Frieda Shikole, said the incident occurred at Omahenene location.

Ac…

Pampierstad rapist sentenced for two counts of rape

The Hartswater Regional Court recently imposed a 26 years’ imprisonment sentence to 27-year-old Tsholofelo Sydney Wesi for raping a 27-year-old female victim on Saturday, 07 September 2019.

The Court heard that the victim was hitch-hiking home to…

Nored urges customers to upgrade prepaid meters

The Northern Regional Electricity Distributor (Nored) has called on customers to upgrade their prepaid electricity meters as the software used in the meters expires next year.

Nored energy management and renewable engineer, Manfried Uvanga, durin…

Iipumbu launches awareness campaign on new Metrology Act

The targeted stakeholder awareness campaign for the Metrology Act No.5 of 2022, aimed at informing and capacitate the public on changes to the metrology legal framework was officially launched here on Friday.

Launching the campaign, Minister of I…

Fewer traffic lights damaged in accidents: CoW spokesperson

There has been a decrease in the number of traffic lights damaged in vehicle accidents in Windhoek, with fewer than five incidents per month compared to last year, when three accidents would be reported per week.

City of Windhoek spokesperson, Ly…

Mix settlement community pleads with CoW to open public toilets

The City of Windhoek has said it will dispatch a maintenance team to the Mix settlement to inspect the six public toilets closed previously because of vandalism.

Community members have complained that they have resorted to open defecation because…