Author: Julia Heita
THE PRICES OF HOUSES…A MATTER OF WHO IS IMPLEMENTING IT
By: Nghiinomenwa Erastus Govt spent N$9,9m on 131 houses Shackdwellers spent N$2,6m on 32 houses In a space of less than a year, the government, assisted by Shack Dwellers Federation and Standard Bank were able to build around…
WINDHOEK N$1, 11M EBIKES PROJECTS…UNIVERSITY STUDENTS TO BENEFIT
By: Nghiinomenwa Erastus The Windhoek City Council has started with the construction of bicycle lanes ahead of implementing its non-motorised transport unit as part of the smart city initiative. The estimated cost for the construction of the 4-kilometre cycling…
CPBN TRIBAL CLAIMS…OMBUDSMAN SAYS BOARD REFUSED TO EXPLAIN
By: Andrew Kathindi Outgoing Ombudsman John Walters says that he could not conclude if any tribal favouritism took place in the controversial recruitment of 14 employees at the Central Procurement board of Namibia (CPBN) last year as the board never…
THE GREY AREA…UNLISTED COMPANIES AND THE DOMESTIC SAVINGS
By: Nghiinomenwa Erastus Despite the country’s savings growing substantially quarterly and annually, less is channelled in unlisted companies. Despite the trend, less is stated on why, as the Namibia Financial Institutions Supervisory Authority (Namfisa) barely gives a reason why capital…
VEHICLE IMPORTS…TOYOTA WAITS ON 300 BACKLOG
By: Nghiinomenwa Erastus Lack of cargo ships and containers, chips shortage, and Covid-19 disruption have caused unnecessary delays in the supply of new vehicles in the country. According to Simonis Storms analysis for August 2021 vehicle sales figures for the…
TWALOLOKA FIRE VICTIM…GEINGOB SUGGESTS STREET NAMED AFTER HIM
By: Andrew Kathindi President Hage Geingob has requested that a street in Otweya, a housing project that was set in motion following the devastating fire that wrecked the lives of Twaloloka residents and killed 20-month old Fillipus Nafimane, should be…
LABOUR MATTERS…FIRED FOR RECRUITING MEMBERS FOR AR’S UNION
By: Dwight Links A Mineworkers Union of Namibia (MUN) member, Tuhafeni Petrus, was dismissed by the union at the back of accusations that he was recruiting fellow members to the Affirmative Repositioning movement’s Revolutionary Union (R.U). Petrus received his marching…
YOU CAN’T CANCEL YOUR DEBIT ORDER, ONLY THE THIRD PART CAN
By: Nghiinomenwa Erastus A customer has no power to go to the bank and terminate a debit order on their own, the Bankers Association of Namibia revealed. An unwanted debit order can only be terminated by/through the deducting company or…
FOOD BANK CONVERSION…GEINGOB WANTS TO GIVE CASH MONTHLY
By: Andrew Kathindi President Hage Geingob’s conditional Basic Income Grant (BIG), with economical and political commentators stating that it is unlikely to be a success. Geingob stated on Thursday that his office was converting the existing Food Bank and Special…
SOCIAL MEDIA COMMENTS…FOOTBALLER NGARIZEMO SUED FOR N$25 000
A former independent candidate for Gobabis Constituency, Jermano Jeraldo Eiseb, is suing footballer Marley Ngarizemo over comment made on a Facebook page. Ngarizemo is said to have posted on the WhatsApp group called Namibia Football news about how Eiseb was…