Heavy Thunderstorm Devastates Omusimboti Village

[Namibian] A MASSIVE thunderstorm swept through the Omusimboti village in the Oshakati area on Friday evening, damaging a power line, uprooting trees, destroying mahangu fields and houses in its wake.

[Namibian] A MASSIVE thunderstorm swept through the Omusimboti village in the Oshakati area on Friday evening, damaging a power line, uprooting trees, destroying mahangu fields and houses in its wake.

source: AllAfrica News: Namibia

EU Poll Mission Expected

[The Herald] Zimbabwe will today welcome the first European Union election exploratory mission in 16 years, a demonstration of confidence in President Mnangagwa’s efforts to entrench democracy in the country.

[The Herald] Zimbabwe will today welcome the first European Union election exploratory mission in 16 years, a demonstration of confidence in President Mnangagwa's efforts to entrench democracy in the country.

source: AllAfrica News: Zimbabwe

Money Laundering Accused Wants Charges Altered

[New Era] Windhoek -Millionaire businessman Laurensius Julius, who together with six Chinese businesspersons is accused of defrauding the taxman of at least N$3.5 billion in import taxes, is asking the Windhoek High Court to change the charges he is fa…

[New Era] Windhoek -Millionaire businessman Laurensius Julius, who together with six Chinese businesspersons is accused of defrauding the taxman of at least N$3.5 billion in import taxes, is asking the Windhoek High Court to change the charges he is facing.

source: AllAfrica News: Namibia

Chamisa and the Cadence of a New Toy

[The Herald] Give a boy a new toy and see how it catapults him into an abyss of dreams! For MDC-T leader Nelson Chamisa, death has proved a worthy benevolent mistress, taking away party founder Morgan Tsvangirai and giving the youngster the opportunity…

[The Herald] Give a boy a new toy and see how it catapults him into an abyss of dreams! For MDC-T leader Nelson Chamisa, death has proved a worthy benevolent mistress, taking away party founder Morgan Tsvangirai and giving the youngster the opportunity to usurp power, albeit through unorthodox means.

source: AllAfrica News: Zimbabwe

Customs Fraud Accused Wants Charges Dropped

[Namibian] THE owner of a Walvis Bay-based company at the centre of a massive customs fraud case currently pending in the criminal justice system wants the High Court to stop his prosecution on charges of fraud and money laundering in its tracks.

[Namibian] THE owner of a Walvis Bay-based company at the centre of a massive customs fraud case currently pending in the criminal justice system wants the High Court to stop his prosecution on charges of fraud and money laundering in its tracks.

source: AllAfrica News: Namibia

Ya Toivo’s Former Assistant Walks Free

[New Era] Windhoek -Elia Shoopala Kapofi, a former long-serving assistant to late anti-apartheid veteran icon Andimba Toivo ya Toivo, last week walked out of the Windhoek Magistrate’s Court a free man.

[New Era] Windhoek -Elia Shoopala Kapofi, a former long-serving assistant to late anti-apartheid veteran icon Andimba Toivo ya Toivo, last week walked out of the Windhoek Magistrate's Court a free man.

source: AllAfrica News: Namibia

Business Leaders Grill Biti Over Sanctions

[The Herald] People’s Democratic Party (PDP) leader and top member of the MDC Alliance Mr Tendai Biti came under fire last week from business leaders attending a two-day CEO Africa Round Table discussion forum in Victoria Falls for lobbying the United …

[The Herald] People's Democratic Party (PDP) leader and top member of the MDC Alliance Mr Tendai Biti came under fire last week from business leaders attending a two-day CEO Africa Round Table discussion forum in Victoria Falls for lobbying the United States not to lift sanctions imposed on Zimbabwe.

source: AllAfrica News: Zimbabwe

Toyin Saraki Named as Special Advisor to the World Health Organization

[Daily Trust] Mrs Toyin Ojora Saraki has been named as special advisor to the Independent Advisory Group (IAG) of WHO AFRO, the World Health Organization’s presence in Africa. 

[Daily Trust] Mrs Toyin Ojora Saraki has been named as special advisor to the Independent Advisory Group (IAG) of WHO AFRO, the World Health Organization's presence in Africa. 

source: AllAfrica News: Nigeria