State-funded mansions for former presidents are officially on the chopping block, and President Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah reportedly wants out of that whole arrangement.
What the review actually covers
A bill reassessing the Former Presidents' Pension and Other Benefits Act is under review.
State House spokesperson Jonas Mbambo confirmed the bill sits at the technical committee level.
Extending benefits to former vice presidents is a key consideration.
Parliament could see the bill submitted this year.
Mansion spending that sparked the debate
Four former presidents collectively cost taxpayers N$152 million in mansion funds.
Nangolo Mbumba got N$38 million for a Windhoek residence upon retirement.
Hage Geingob received N$32 million for...
Two magistrates told the Windhoek High Court that confession statements from the accused were voluntary, but both defendants are pushing back hard on that claim.
The Avis Dam murder charges
Daniele Ferrari was fatally stabbed and struck with a panga on 14 July 2020.
Ferrari was 52 and was attacked during a visit to Avis Dam in Windhoek.
A cellphone, wristwatch, wallet, belt, and keys were allegedly stolen from him.
Iileka Kefas, Johannes Shetunyenga, and Antonio Cheme face seven charges.
Confessions are the courtroom battleground
Magistrate Helvi Shikalepo and retired magistrate Alweendo Venatius both testified this week.
Statements from Kefas and Shetunyenga were recorded on 25 November 2020.
Kefas reportedly waived his right to a...
A N$104 billion budget just landed for Namibia's 2026/2027 fiscal year, and the government needs to borrow N$15 billion to cover the gap.
Where the bulk of the money flows
Finance Minister Ericah Shafudah tabled the budget in parliament.
Operations swallow N$81.3 billion of the total allocation.
Development spending sits at a comparatively slim N$6.5 billion.
Interest payments alone eat up roughly N$16.2 billion.
Top three ministry allocations
Education, innovation, arts, and culture grabbed the biggest slice at N$28 billion.
Health and Social Services landed N$13.1 billion in second place.
Shafudah framed the budget as balancing ambition with affordability.
A trending shoplifting video out of Windhoek's Katutura complex just pushed Namibian police to warn retailers about filming suspects.
Why police flagged the recording trend
Deputy commissioner Kauna Shikwambi advised stores against filming suspected shoplifters.
Shikwambi says such footage can jeopardize active investigations.
No specific law prohibits taking photos or videos in stores.
The intent behind the recording is the real concern here.
What sparked the whole conversation
A video showed a young man removing two folded jeans from his trousers.
Footage was captured at a clothing store in Katutura Complex, Windhoek.
Sunday was when the incident reportedly went down.
Authorities have not established the value of the jeans...
Survival rates for rescued pangolins in Namibia jumped from 40% to over 90% since 2023, but at least 650 have been poached since 2018.
The trafficking numbers are grim
At least 650 pangolins were poached in Namibia across registered crime cases since 2018.
Applying an 18% recovery rate puts the real figure closer to 3,600 animals.
Pangolins have been the world's most trafficked mammals since 2014.
Asian market demand for scales and meat is the primary driver.
Kelsey Prediger's foundation is grinding
Kelsey Prediger founded the Pangolin Conservation and Research Foundation.
PCRF has handled 46 rescued pangolins over the past four years.
GPS transmitters and structured rehab protocols fueled the survival-rate jump.
Spatial data from...
Namibia's entire beef export machine could collapse if foot-and-mouth vaccinations creep south of the veterinary fence, and the EU made that crystal clear.
Why vaccination wrecks premium access
Namibia holds an FMD-free-without-vaccination status south of the redline.
Losing that tag would lock the country out of the EU, UK, Norway, China, and the US markets.
Only a third of Namibian beef gets consumed domestically.
Alternative markets like Saudi Arabia cannot match premium price levels.
The EU spelled out the consequences
Beef represented 59% of Namibia's agri-food exports to the EU in 2024.
That trade totaled N$1.6 billion, according to EU deputy head of mission Ian Dupont.
Dupont explained that vaccination complicates...
A uranium mining proposal near Leonardville has Namibia waiting on an IAEA technical report before anyone gets an environmental green light.
Groundwater fears over the Stampriet aquifer
The Stampriet aquifer feeds drinking and irrigation water to the Omaheke and Hardap regions.
Botswana and South Africa also depend on that same aquifer.
Contamination risk is the core concern driving pushback.
The government insists science will dictate the final call.
Rosatom-linked company wants to dig
Headsprings Investments applied for an exclusive prospecting licence.
Its parent entity is Russian state-owned Rosatom.
In-situ leach mining would dissolve uranium underground before pumping it up.
Namibia has zero prior experience with this...
A June 2026 deadline just forced mobile money platforms to cross-check every single account against Zimbabwe's national death registry.
RBZ's crackdown on dead-person fraud
Governor John Mushayavanhu dropped this during his Monetary Policy Statement.
Mushayavanhu revealed that syndicates are raiding deceased people's wallets.
EcoCash and similar platforms must verify holders with the Registrar General's Department.
Unverified accounts without a living owner face deactivation.
Why dead accounts became goldmines
Accounts belonging to deceased Zimbabweans are prime fraud targets.
Criminals have been exploiting the gap between death records and mobile money data.
Linking databases to the national death registry is the fix.
Reserve Bank...
A VW Golf allegedly vanished into a phantom residential-stand deal, and the musician on the other end reportedly ghosted the buyer right after.
Gift Amuli's alleged property scam
Gift Amuli is a Sungura musician under police investigation for fraud.
Amuli allegedly claimed he owned a stand in Seke.
Inspector Luckmore Chakanza confirmed the active case.
Alleged prejudice totals US$4,000 for the vehicle.
Memory Kubungaidze handed over her car
Memory Kubungaidze of Budiriro swapped her VW Golf Carravela Wagon.
Kubungaidze is 39 and believed the property exchange was legit.
Her vehicle changed hands sometime around July 2025.
Seke was the alleged location of the residential stand.
Communication went completely dead
Amuli reportedly...
