Author: Justicia Shipena
SOSSUSVLEI TRAIN PROJECT WON’T DESTROY ENVIRONMENT – KANDUME
By: Justicia Shipena Businessman Laban Kandume says critics of his proposal to construct a motor and railway transport system in the Sossusvlei have nothing to do with the environment. According to him, the talk on environmental damages is by people…
KATJIUA REFUSES TO HAND OVER OTA CAR
By: Justicia Shipena Professor Mutjinde Katjiua says the Ovaherero Traditional Authority (OTA) will not hand over the vehicle allocated to the authority until the court of law finalises the matter. A faction of the Ovaherero community elected Katjiua as the…
GENERATORS GO MISSING AT POLICE DEPOT…Ndeitunga Deploys Audit System
By: Justicia Shipena Police Inspector-General Sebastian Ndeitunga says they are conducting an audit system to ensure all items at the Central Depot are there. Following the theft of 90 firearms from the police depot, a source within the police told…
COVID-19 JOB LOSSES WENT UNRECORDED
By: Justicia Shipena Some job retrenchments went unrecorded during the Covid-19 pandemic. A report by Simonis Storms on Covid-19 update on stock taking and looking ahead has revealed on Monday after Namibia marked its second year since the first lockdown….
Procurement Bill Amendment Offers Relief to Bidders
By: Justicia Shipena The proposed amendments to the Procurement Bill has the potential to decongest the load at the Review Panel and to alleviate the cost implications on bidders. Finance minister Iipumbu Shiimi said this on Wednesday in the…
The Ghost of Air Namibia Debt Haunts TransNamib…15 Days to Pay or Liquidate
By: Justicia Shipena Lawyers of the Belgian company, ChallengeAir, represented by Anicet Baum, have threatened to push TransNamib into liquidation should the state entity not settle its debt. In a demand letter issued via Sisa Namandje &Co.Inc, ChallengeAir gives TransNamib…
AK Food To Cost More Next Month …Economists Not Surprised
By:Justicia Shipena The increasing price of basic staples such as wheat, maize meal, pasta and rice in Namibia is no surprise. These are the views of local economists after Namib Mills announced that it would be increasing food prices on…
PROCUREMENT BILL AMENDMENT OFFERS RELIEF TO BIDDERS
By: Justicia Shipena The proposed amendments to the Procurement Bill has the potential to decongest the load at the Review Panel and to alleviate the cost implications on bidders. Finance minister Iipumbu Shiimi said this on Wednesday in the…
NANDI-NDAITWAH APOLOGIES FOR THE INDEPENDENCE ‘INVITE-ONLY’ EVENT
By: Justicia Shipena Deputy prime minister and international relations minister Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah has apologised to citizens blocked from entering the Vineta stadium in Swakopmund for the Independence Day celebrations. The public, which had gathered at the stadium’s gate early…
CAR CRIMES DOMINATE INDEPENDENCE INCIDENTS
By: Justicia Shipena A driver of a government vehicle escaped a car crash with no injuries after hitting a donkey on Friday at Omakange main road in Oshikanga village, Omusati region. Meanwhile, a 34-year-old South African national hijacked a 45-year-old…