WERNER MENGES, Windhoek | Tuesday 4.15pm. THE Namibian economy quietly made history last year when the official average inflation rate for the year sunk to its lowest level since independence, the National Planning Commission’s Central Statistics Office said on Monday. The annual Namibian inflation rate, as measured in the capital, Windhoek, averaged 6,21% last year […]

THE Rhino and Elephant Foundation is involved in discussions over the possibility of shipping some of the Tuli elephants to zoos and parks in China and Japan. In a statement on Sunday, the foundation said it held a meeting recently with interested parties, including the Department of Environmental Affairs and Tourism and the Convention for […]

TWO people were killed and about 10 injured in last week’s crash of an Antonov-26 cargo plane in Angola and the Russian pilots, said to have been drunk, will be tried. Angolan aviation officials said on Tuesday that a pregnant woman was among those killed when the transport plane, owned by the Airangol company, crashed […]

POLLS opened in Niger on Sunday for the election of 2053 local, municipal and regional officials, the last phase of the West African country’s process of restoration democratic insitutions. President Ibrahim Bare Mainassara and his government voted at Niamey town hall when polling stations opened. The government has warned against troublemaking and cautioned foreign oberservers […]

THE treason trial of the 77 Zambia army men accused of attempting to overthrow President Frederick Chiluba’s government on October 28 in 1997 resumes on Monday after a three-week recess. Defence lawyers are expected to begin oral submissions for a “no case to answer”. After the defence close their case, the prosecution will also submit […]

HUNDREDS of millions of rands are expected to be allocated to job creation projects by government next week. The projects are the result of last year’s Jobs Summit. Labour Minister Shepherd Mdladlana, who has replaced Trade and Industry Minister Alec Erwin as the main implementor of the summit’s agreements, said the funding will be phased […]

PRESIDENT Nelson Mandela’s spokesperson Parks Mankahlana faces arrest for failing to pay child maintenance for his eight-year-old daughter, The Sunday Times reports. The mother of his daughter claimed that he only paid once for the upkeep of their child and is seeking R40000 in back payments. Mankahlana confirmed that he was contacted at home in […]

VIGILANTE group People Against Gangsterism and Drugs on Monday accused President Nelson Mandela of undermining his own integrity by accusing Pagad of being involved in urban terror in the Western Cape “without producing any proof”. At a media conference in Crawford to respond to remarks by Mandela in his opening of Parliament speech on Friday, […]

POLITICAL parties in Parliament have yet to agree on an amendment to the Constitution that will allow President Nelson Mandela to set a date by proclamation for the general election. The amendment will allow the president to set a poll date before the end of the National Assembly’s sitting on April 30. Opposition parties say […]

AN appeal court judgment allowing Automakers, builders on Nissan cars in South Africa, tax exemption on export incentives does not apply to other car makers, the South African Revenue Service said on Monday. The Nissan case involved interpretation of a section of the Income Tax Act, and the court ruled that some R116-million in incentives […]