Author: Julia Heita
PDM COURT SHOWDOWN NEXT MONTH
By: Andrew Kathindi The date for hearing of the contempt of court application against the Electoral Commission of Namibia (ECN) and the Popular Democratic Movement (PDM) by its disgruntled members has been set for 23 September 2021. PDM members Charmaine…
MP WANTS ALWEENDO TO EXPLAIN EPLS RENEWAL
PDM member of parliament Celeste Becker wants minister Tom Alweendo to say when the mines ministry will comply with the High Court and grant back the four Exclusive Prospective Licenses that rightly belong to Dr. Subramanian Ragubathi and Nambib Resources…
POLICE VISIT AR OVER CHINESE INCIDENT
Some police officers visited the AR Movement offices in Windhoek to interview the members about what transpired on Monday when a Chinese company was stormed and the owner confronted over poor treatment of workers. Members of the AR movement stormed…
LAND AND HOUSING ISSUES…WINDHOEK TO ESTABLISH CONSTRUCTION COMPANY
By: Andrew Kathindi The City of Windhoek plans to open a holding company that will deal with construction and land servicing, Windhoek mayor Job Amupanda has revealed. According to Amupanda, the holding company is the result of a council resolution…
PARLIAMENT REOPENS…NAM EXPORTS 30 000 MARBLE STONES TO SA
PDM’s Johannes Martin says the dimension stones industry has been existing in Namibia but its potential has not yet been fully developed locally. Martin, who gave notice to question the mines minister Tom Alweendo on Thursday, said Namibia exports more…
WE MISTREATED WORKERS – CHINESE EMPLOYER
The Chinese, who owns a construction company that was stormed by some AR Movement members on Monday, has admitted that there was some mistreatment of workers. Howard Yang, who spoke on behalf of Zhou Jiahua, owner of Jiahua Construction, admitted…
N$3,5BN SHARES FOR EMPOWERMENT AND TO KEEP SAVINGS
By: Nghiinomenwa Erastus Ordinary Namibians and institutional investors will have a chance to own a share in MTC from 20 September to 1 November 2021. The government has let go of its 49% ownership in MTC unleashing 367,5 million ordinary…
GOVT TO PURCHASE NCCI INITIATIVE TENT HOSPITAL
By: Andrew Kathindi The government will buy a tent hospital which the private sector through a Namibia Chamber of Commerce and Industry (NCCI) initiative is leasing to combat the COVID-19 pandemic. Cabinet took the decision to purchase the tent at…
NAM STUDENT STUCK IN TURKEY FOR 11 DAYS
By: Dwight Links Turkish authorities have detained a Namibian student for 11 days now at Istanbul Airport because of the Covid-19 red list that has categorised the southern African country as a hotspot. Linda Nambili (38), an international relations student…
UA-NDJARAKANA’S MBEUTIC ACT…DUMP SWAPO, KEEP THE GIFTS
Who remembers the name of this guy who announced his resignation from Swapo last week? Mbeuta Ua-Ndjarakana! Ja, that is him. Mbeuta Ua-Ndjarakana! The information ministry executive director. The one who left Swapo and Swapo appears not to have noticed….