Namibia

INDIA has rejected three of the cheetahs translocated from Namibia last month. - This comes after Namibia agreed to translocate eight cheetahs to India, following the signing of an agreement by the two countries on wildlife conservation and sustainable biodiversity utilisation. Cheetahs were officially declared extinct in India in 1952.…

Union Environment Minister Bhupender Yadav has confirmed that the translocation of African cheetahs to Kuno National Park in Madhya Pradesh is expected to culminate in September. Yadav told the The Indian Express that all formalities with Namibia have been completed and the cheetahs were being prepped for the translocation. Eight…

NewsIreland, Scotland, Namibia, UAE and Netherlands are set to play at the iconic MCG for potentially the first time Australia will also face India in a three-match T20I series in India, before their warm-up game in Brisbane  •  Associated Press Hosts and defending champions Australia will take on India in their only…

UAE: The ink has now dried on ILT20’s impressive International signings which sees the inaugural roster boast representation of 84-Internationals. 72 are from ICC Full Member countries, with a remarkable line-up of 12-players from seven Associate Nations, and a ground-breaking 24 from the UAE will be added to the squads.…

The latest actuarial report on the Government's Institutions Pension Fund (GIPF) indicates benefits paid by the fund currently exceed contributions collected. For this reason, GIPF's board of trustees have put in place specific strategies to ensure the sustainability of the largest pension fund in the country. One of the recommendations…

Katima Mulilo — The Minister of Environment, Forestry and Tourism, Pohamba Shifeta, has called on members of conservancies to refrain from poaching and misuse of funds. Furthermore, he stated the ministry has unearthed a possible syndicate of poaching, involving conservancy members. "Here, in this region (Zambezi), people were arrested. Chairperson,…

There was drama at the Wanaheda police station following the arrest of Windhoek mayor Sade Gawanas after a confrontation between her and police officers on patrol broke out at Okahandja Park yesterday. Images of a handcuffed Gawanas emerged on social media platforms yesterday afternoon. The mayor was allegedly unlawfully arrested…

*This content is brought to you by Paratus Swakopmund: Following the announcement in February 2021 that African telco, Paratus Group, together with Telecom Namibia, had been selected to build the cable landing station (CLS) for the Equiano subsea internet cable in Namibia, the cable been brought ashore. The Equiano subsea cable…

In June 2020 Imanuwela David escaped from South Africa to Namibia, about four months after his alleged involvement in the theft of millions of dollars hidden in a sofa at President Cyril Ramphosa’s Phala Phala game farm.  According to a Namibian police report seen by amaBhungane, when David was questioned…

Holden Frith Set on the banks of a river in a dense, tropical forest, Serra Cafema is an outlier among Namibia’s desert-focused safari lodges. There is no shortage of desert here either – you will spend plenty of time exploring it during your stay – but this remote Wilderness Safaris…