2009 February | Investigative Africa

Delinquent doctors

The Hippocratic Oath, once taken, is out the window for some doctors. There are unbelievable cases of some Namibian doctors trashing all known ethics. Tweet

Feb 25 2009 | Posted in BLOGS | Read More »

Delinquent doctors

The Hippocratic Oath, once taken, is out the window for some doctors. There are unbelievable cases of some Namibian doctors trashing all known ethics. Tweet

Feb 25 2009 | Posted in Featured Stories | Read More »

Endemnic, Institutionalised Corruption

Last week, we carried a story in Informante about a company controlled by influential government officials closely linked to the President which got an R80 million tender to develop student hostels at the University of Namibia. Apparently, in Namibia, the threshold of corruption is much higher. What would qualify as stinking corruption in Congo or [...]

Feb 25 2009 | Posted in Featured Stories | Read More »

Standard Bank loses millions in traveller’s cheques scam

STANDARD BANK Namibia has lost more than N$1.2million in fake traveller’s cheque payouts unwittingly made to a cartel of Nigerian and Namibian fraudsters by the bank’s foreign exchange departments in Windhoek, Informanté has established. Documents in Informanté’s possession show that between 9 July 2008 and 18 August 2008, Standard Bank Namibia lost N$1,167,115 after the foreign exchange departments at its Ausspanplatz, Gustav Voigts, Walvis Bay and Windhoek branches cashed thousands of counterfeit traveller’s cheques brought in by the fraudsters.