Author: Hertha Ekandjo
Six People Arrested For Electricity Theft – CoW
By: Hertha Ekandjo Six people have been arrested in July 2022 in connection with electricity theft, City of Windhoek has revealed. The municipality’s external communications officer, Lydia Amutenya, said the City has moved from only giving fines to those found…
Breast Cancer Leads Cancer List In Namibia
By: Hertha Ekandjo The Cancer Association of Namibia (CAN) CEO Rolf Hansen says breast cancer cases have risen by 5.7 per cent over the past five years. “There has been a tragic increase in the number of breast cancer cases…
Mining & Expo Returns This Month
By: Hertha Ekandjo After two years of absence, the mining and expo will return on 31 August and 1 September 2022. The 9th Namibian Mining Expo and Conference will be the first in-person event for the mining industry after the…
Deputy Speaker Sings Female President Chorus
By: Hertha Ekandjo Deputy speaker of the parliament Loide Kasingo says she fully supports calls that Namibia is ready for a female President. Her comments come after earlier this year, founding President Sam Nujoma, during his 93rd birthday interview with…
Why Namibia has left Angolan oil for India
By: Hertha Ekandjo Neighbouring Angola cannot supply Namibia with fuel as many have been suggesting, as the country only refines 30 per cent of its fuel locally, and the rest is done outside its borders This was revealed by the…
Geingob Blames Namibian School Curriculum for High Youth Unemployment
By: Hertha Ekandjo President Hage Geingob says that the Namibian school curriculum doesn’t prepare students for the job market, which is why the country is experiencing a high unemployment rate. “Education has changed. It is no longer the education I…
NEFF Threatens Geingob With UN Involvement Over Phala Phala
By: Hertha Ekandjo Namibia Economic Freedom Fighters (NEFF) has now threatened to involve African Union(AU), the Southern African Development Community (SADC) Union and international organisations should President Hage Geingob not “come clean” about his alleged involvement in the Phala Phala…
Government Issues ‘No Pay’ Warning For Civil Servants Thinking of Striking
By: Justicia Shipena and Hertha Ekandjo Labour minister Utoni Nujoma has warned that government is under no obligation to pay any public servant planning to strike. More than 100,000 government employees are gearing up to down tools after the government…
Developer Says Oshakati Town Council Scammed Them Out Of N$17 Million
By: Hertha Ekandjo Valeria Nepembe, co-owner of VFK Investments, has accused the Oshakati town council of scamming them of their erfs and clients since 2019, which they said cost them N$17 million and 56 plots. VFK Investments is a house…
INVESTORS WON’T STOP INVESTING BECAUSE OF HIGH DEFAULT RISK – ECONOMISTSÂ
By: Hertha Ekandjo Economists have said that Namibia being ranked as high on default risk for the year won’t stop investors from investing in the country. This follows as the finance ministry on Wednesday morning indicated that Bloomberg’s ranking on…