Author: Julia Heita
Kawana said 1 300 jobs are ready for absorption
Fisheries minister Albert Kawana said 1 300 jobs are ready for absorption after six fishing companies offered their best terms to employ them. The ministry of labour will coordinate the placement. he said that he consulted extensively, the unions, committee…
Media duo to proceed with police case despite presidential apology
Two female journalists who were allegedly manhandled by the police this week and barred from covering a health ministry event have said they will not withdraw a case they have opened with the police despite an apology from the presidency….
Kashikola says life won’t be the same under lockdown
Home affairs deputy minister Daniel Kashikola said the life during the lockdown will not be the same because the nature of the state of emergency means certain rights will be taken away. Kashikola, who spoke during Friday’s Covid-19 morning session…
Finance ministry pays out N$110m in Covid-19 grants
The finance ministry paid out more than N$110 million to 146 974 Namibians on Wednesday who applied for the Emergency Income Grant. Tonateni Shindhudhu, the finance ministry spokesperson said the payments were supposed to have been done on Tuesday this…
Probe fuel storage audit findings – Cabinet
Cabinet has issued a directive for investigations to be carried out into a number of issues flagged by a PwC audit on the controversial N$5.5 billion national oil storage facility at Walvis Bay, information and communication technology, Stanley Simataa has…
PDM whines about unfair treatment by ECN
The Popular Democratic Movement (PDM) has slammed the Electoral Commission of Namibia (ECN) for failing to create a level playing field while favouring the ruling SWAPO party. The party held a press conference in the sun by the ECN…
Esau and Shanghala resign after kickback expose’
Bernhard Esau and Sacky Shanghala resigned yesterday as fisheries and justice ministers respectively after hundreds of emails leaked by Wikileaks this week named them as some of those who received bribes from an Iceland fishing company. The Iceland company, Samherji,…