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Man dies in accident in Oshakati

OSHAKATI 22 APR (NAMPA) - The Namibian Police Force (NamPol) in the Oshana Region have opened a culpable homicide case followi...

OTJIWARONGO, 21 April 2026 - Nearly 1 000 mandrax tables were allegedly discovered in a goods delivery truck on the Otjiwarongo-Outjo road on Tuesday. Three parcels of cannabis were also allegedly found in the same truck. (Photo: Contributed)

Mandrax, cannabis found in delivery truck outside Otjiwarongo

OTJIWARONGO, 22 APR (NAMPA) – About 1 000 Mandrax tablets were on Tuesday allegedly found inside a goods delivery truck on t...

Mulisa Simiyasa

Angolan man allegedly commits suicide at Otamanzi

OSHAKATI, 21 APR (NAMPA) - The Namibian Police Force’s Omusati Regional Commander, Ismale Basson, has confirmed a case of su...

GOBABIS, 07 January 2020 - Namibian Police Force Emblem (Photo contributed) NAMPA

Inmate dies after collapsing in Rundu police custody

RUNDU, 21 APR (NAMPA) – A 37-year-old male inmate died on Monday after collapsing while in custody at the Rundu Police Stati...

WINDHOEK, 20 April 2026 - President Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah (centre) pictured together with a delegation from the Omaludi organising committee and the Minister in the Presidency, Charles Mubita (far left) at the State House. (Photo by: Edward Tenete) NAMPA

Nandi-Ndaitwah receives Omaludi festival delegation

WINDHOEK, 21 APR (NAMPA) – President Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah on Monday received a delegation from the Omaludi organising comm...

OSHAKATI, 20 April 2026- Family members of the late Ondangwa prosecutor Justine Shiweda hold up her posters during a peaceful demonstration in Ondangwa on Monday, where they handed over a petition opposing bail for the accused in her murder. (photo: contributed)

Shiweda’s family petitions court to deny bail in Shiweda murder case

OSHAKATI, 21 APR (NAMPA) – The family of slain prosecutor Justine Shiweda during a peaceful demonstration in Ondangwa on Mon...

NKURENKURU, 20 April 2026-The Kavango West Regional Council and the Rundu Vocational Training Centre on Monday signed a Memorandum of Understanding at the Kavango West Regional Council offices to strengthen skills development, service delivery, and project execution across the region.
(photo: Lylie Joel)
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KWRC, RVTC sign skills development MoU

NKURENKURU, 20 APR (NAMPA) - The Kavango West Regional Council (KWRC) and the Rundu Vocational Training Centre (RVTC) on Monda...

WINDHOEK, 20 April 2026 - High Court Judge Claudia Claasen on Monday convicted Mechthilde Karomo on two counts of murder and a charge of arson following a fatal shack fire that claimed two lives in December 2022. (Photo by: Eba Kandovazu) NAMPA

Woman convicted for killing boyfriend and his new lover

WINDHOEK, 20 APR (NAMPA) - High Court Judge Claudia Claasen on Monday convicted Mechthilde Karomo on two counts of murder and ...

RUNDU, 27 April 2025 - Tuhingireni residents spokesperson Sarafina Shifafure speaking during a community meeting last year. (Photo by: Sawi Hausiku) NAMPA

Tuhingireni residents decry lack of essential services

RUNDU, 20 APR (NAMPA) - Residents of Tuhingireni informal settlement in Rundu say they have been left to fend for themselves, ...

OSHAKATI, 16 April 2026- The Oshana NamPol held a 16th women’s network anniversary celebration for women within the Namibian police on Thursday.(photo: contributed)

NamPol record several housebreakings in Windhoek

WINDHOEK, 20 APR (NAMPA) – The Namibian Police Force (NamPol) in Windhoek recorded several housebreaking cases over the week...

GAM, 19 April 2026 - Caskets of late former Otjozondjupa Governor and Member of Parliament James Uerikua and his son, Venturo being laid to rest at their family gravesites at Otjiserandu village on Sunday. (Photo by: Mulisa Simiyasa) NAMPA

Uerikua laid to rest at family gravesites in Gam area

GAM, 19 APR (NAMPA) - The late former Otjozondjupa governor and Member of Parliament, James Uerikua, and his son, Venturo, wer...

Mulisa Simiyasa

GAM, 17 April 2026 - Funeral undertakers bring remains of late James Uerikua and his son, Venturo at Otjiserandu village in Gam on Friday afternoon. (Photo by: Mulisa Simiyasa) NAMPA

Uerikua's death is a great loss to Gam community

GAM, 18 APR (NAMPA) - Several speakers at the final memorial service of the late former Otjozondjupa governor and Member of Pa...

Mulisa Simiyasa

WINDHOEK, 10 January 2026 - Inspector General of the Namibian Police, Lieutenant General Joseph Shikongo. (Photo: Ali Negumbo)Nampa

Limited jobs contribute to youth involvement in crime and drug abuse: Shikongo

WINDHOEK, 18 APR (NAMPA) – Inspector General of the Namibian Police Force (NamPol), Lieutenant General Joseph Shikongo, said...

KATIMA MULILO, 17 April 2026 - Six learners from the Linyanti Combined School in the Zambezi Region who are linked to a marijuana 'syndicate' at the school were on Friday brought in for questioning at the Katima Mulilo Police Station.
Two learners including a Zambian national believed to be the main supplier were apprehended and are expected to make their first court appearance in the Katima Mulilo Magistrate Court on a charge of possession of cannabis on Monday.

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School learners detained over alleged cannabis possession at Linyanti

KATIMA MULILO, 18 APR (NAMPA) - Six learners from Linyanti Combined School in the Zambezi Region, aged between 17 and 21, who ...

Michael Mutonga Liswaniso

Windhoek, 02 March 2026- Executive Director in the Ministry of Home Affairs, Immigration,Safety and Security, Nghidinua Daniel. (Photo by Eba Kandovazu)NAMPA

Home affairs ministry dismisses foreign truck driver recruitment claims

WINDHOEK, 18 APR (NAMPA) - The Ministry of Home Affairs, Immigration, Safety and Security on Friday dismissed social media cla...

OMUTHIYA, 06 August 2025 - Oshikoto Regional governor Sacky Kathindi.

Kathindi pledges end to Oshikoto water shortages

OMUTHIYA, 18 APR (NAMPA) - Oshikoto Region Governor Sacky Kathindi has assured residents that water shortages in the region wi...

GAM, 17 April 2026 - Funeral undertakers bring remains of late James Uerikua and his son, Venturo at Otjiserandu village in Gam on Friday afternoon. (Photo by: Mulisa Simiyasa) NAMPA

Late Uerikua’s remains arrive in Gam on Friday

GAM, 17 APR (NAMPA) – The remains of the late Otjozondjupa governor and member of Parliament James Uerikua and his son, Vent...

Mulisa Simiyasa

RUACANA - NamPower has urged residents to leave the areas near the Kunene River due to the imminent threat of flooding. (Photo: Contributed)

NamPower to open second flood gate due to heavy rainfall in Kunene

OMUTHIYA, 17 APR (NAMPA)- NamPower has issued an urgent flood warning to all residents and communities along the Kunene River ...

GIBEON, 17 April 2026- Hardap Governor Riaan McNab hands over three houses under the Cash for Work program

Hardap Cash-for-Work programme delivers three homes

GIBEON, 18 APR (NAMPA) – Hardap Region Governor Riaan McNab on Friday handed over three houses to vulnerable beneficiaries u...

Garises Joe-chintha

WINDHOEK, 24 February 2025 - Mines and Energy Executive Director Penda Ithindi. (Photo: Contributed)

Health ministry begins medicine supply chain manipulation probe

WINDHOEK, 17 APR (NAMPA) - The Ministry of Health and Social Services on Friday confirmed that it has launched an internal inv...

Otjimuhaka, 17 April 2026 – Phillip Likando, Personal Assistant to the Governor of Kunene Region, together with a health official and community members, during the distribution of donated mosquito nets, water sanitation supplies and other essential items to people affected by floods along the Kunene River at Otjimuhaka village (Swartbooi Drift). (Photo: Kaviveterue Virere) NAMPA

Impact of flood at Otjimuhaka village assessed

OTJIMUHAKA, 17 APR (NAMPA) - The Office of the Kunene Governor, in collaboration with the Ministry of Health and Social Servic...

Kaviveterue Virere

GOBABIS - Rocco Nguvauva, Omaheke Regional Council chairperson (Photo: Zebaldt Ngaruka) NAMPA

Omaheke mourns Uerikua

GOBABIS, 17 APR (NAMPA) - Chairperson of the Omaheke Regional Council, Rocco Nguvauva, has described the death of former gover...

Zebaldt Ngaruka

OSHAKATI, 16 April 2026- The Oshana NamPol held a 16th women’s network anniversary celebration for women within the Namibian police on Thursday.(photo: contributed)

Oshana women in uniform honoured

OSHAKATI, 16 APR (NAMPA) - The Namibian Police Force (NamPol) in the Oshana Region have expanded the role of women in leadersh...

Windhoek, 16 April- Yango drivers pictured at NaTis. (Photo by Eba Kandovazu). NAMPA

Nekundi rejects deadline extension calls from e-hailing operators

By Eba Kandovazu WINDHOEK, 16 APR (NAMPA) - Minister of Works and Transport Veikko Nekundi has ruled out any extension for e-h...

WINDHOEK, 16 April 2026 - Lawyer Joas Neemwatya pictured with his clients outside the Windhoek High Court. (Photo by: Eba Kandovazu) NAMPA

No one is above the law: Shaningwa

WINDHOEK, 16 APR (NAMPA) – Swapo Party Secretary General Sophia Shaningwa has said the party will consult its legal represen...

MALTAHOHE, 25 November 2025 - Residents of Maltahöhe’s Khaibasen Shack Dwellers Federation (SDFN) group are finally set to receive a functioning sewage network, five years after their houses were completed. (Photo by: Chelva Wells) NAMPA

Maltahöhe Village Council workers demonstrate over salary delays

MALTAHÖHE, 16 APR (NAMPA) - Employees of the Maltahöhe Village Council, represented by the Namibia Local Authority Workers U...

Garises Joe-chintha

MARIENTAL, 15 April 2026 - The Evangelical Lutheran Church of the Republic of Namibia donated 65 hectares of land to the Mariental Municipality on Wednesday. Receiving the donation from ELCRN Bishop Abraham ||Kheibeb is Mariental Mayor Ethel Isaacks alongside the chairperson of the management committee, Hermanus Isaak. (Photo: Contributed)

Mariental Municipality receives 65 hectares of land from Lutheran Church

MARIENTAL, 16 APR (NAMPA) – The Bishop of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in the Republic of Namibia (ELCRN), Abraham ||Khei...

Garises Joe-chintha

CANCHANA, 15 April 2026- Residents of Canchana village and students at Rainer Mungungu Combined School in Tondoro Constituency, have been without electricity and water since a Nored transformer failed on 31 March.

(Photo: Lylie Joel)
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Power and water outage leaves Canchana residents in distress

CANCHANA, 16 APR (NAMPA) – Canchana village in the Kavango West Region has been without electricity and a reliable water sup...

WINDHOEK, 03 June 2020 – Fishrot accused Ricardo Gustavo, 43, in court. (Photo by: Simon Endjala) NAMPA

Fishrot lawyers to argue for trial recommencement next week

WINDHOEK, 15 APR (NAMPA) – The Fishrot matter has been postponed to 24 April 2026 for Judge Marelize du Plessis to hear an a...

OPUWO, 15 April 2026- Local boxer David “Opuwo-Flash” Shinuna, wearing black and yellow shorts, in action against an opponent during a bout. (Photo: Contributed) NAMPA

Opuwo's Shinuna eyes victory against Zimbabwean opponent in boxing bout

OPUWO, 15 APR (NAMPA) - Local professional boxer David “Opuwo-Flash” Shinuna has set his sights on victory as he prepares ...

Kaviveterue Virere

Two arrested in separate drug-related Incidents

REHOBOTH, 15 APR (NAMPA) – Two men were arrested in separate undercover police operations conducted in Rehoboth’s Block E ...

Garises Joe-chintha

OPUWO, 14 April 2026 - Kunene Governor Vipuakuje Muharukua (L) pictured with Chief Vemuii Tjambiru and Karungooyo Muhenje of the Otjikakurukouje Traditional Authority pictured during a consultative meeting on traditional leadership disputes in the Kunene Region. (Photo by: Kaviveterue Virere) NAMPA

Muharukua pushes for unity in traditional authority disputes

OPUWO, 14 APR (NAMPA) – Longstanding disputes over traditional leadership in the Kunene Region are increasingly hampering go...

Kaviveterue Virere

TSUMEB, 13 April 2026 - Tsumeb Aitsama Madan Development Project members and residents of Tsumeb pictured during the handover of a formal petition to the town’s municipality. (Photo: Contributed)

Tsumeb residents petition alleged corruption

OMUTHIYA, 14 APR (NAMPA) - Concerned residents under the Tsumeb Aitsama Madan Development Project on Monday submitted a petiti...

Man dies in donkey cart accident at Otamanzi

OSHAKATI, 14 APR (NAMPA) - The Namibian Police Force (NamPol) in the Omusati Region has confirmed the death of a 28-year-old m...

GAM, 19 April 2026 - Caskets of late former Otjozondjupa Governor and Member of Parliament James Uerikua and his son, Venturo being laid to rest at their family gravesites at Otjiserandu village on Sunday. (Photo by: Mulisa Simiyasa) NAMPA

FINAL FAREWELL FOR UERIKUA AND SON

By Mulisa Simiyasa (NAMPA FEATURES SERVICE) GAM, 20 APR (NAMPA) – Tears and profound sorrow were all that remained in Gam t...

Mulisa Simiyasa

OSHAKATI, 13 April 2026 - Ohangwena Governor Kadiva Hamutumwa with representatives of the regional council during the handover of a one-bedroom house to beneficiary Lucia Petrus (seated) at Oshandi village in the Ondobe Constituency. (Photo: Contributed)

Ohangwena Governor hands over house to Oshandi resident

OSHAKATI, 14 APR (NAMPA) - Ohangwena Governor Kadiva Hamutumwa on Monday handed over of a newly constructed house to a residen...