Author: Justicia Shipena
SHIIMI PUTS ASIDE N$50M FOR INDEPENDENCE STADIUM
By: Justicia Shipena Sports minister Agnes Tjogarero says that the money expected from the upcoming financial year budget for the renovation of the Independence Stadium in Windhoek can manage the first phase. This comes as the finance minister Ipumbu Shiimi…
LAWYER CLAIMS NO EVIDENCE OF AUTHENTICITY IN NGHIPUNYAS AGREEMENTS
By: Justicia Shipena The lawyer of former National Fishing Corporation of Namibia (Fishcor) boss Mike Nghipunya, Thabang Phatela, says no evidence can be used before the court that a document retrieved from Nghipunya’s computer was not tempered or imposed to…
GIRLFRIEND MURDER GETS EX-NDF PARAMEDIC 28 YEARS JAIL TIME
By: Justicia Shipena The High Court has sentenced former paramedic Namibian Defence Force (NDF) Johannes Nduvange Neuaka (44) to 28 years for killing his girlfriend. Neuaka shot his girlfriend Zya Juliet Shane Rittman in the head on 21 January 2018…
ABOUT 20 WITNESSES TO TAKE UP FISHROT TRIAL TIME
By: Justicia Shipena Wrapping his cross-examination with South African advocate Vas Soni, Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) investigator Andreas Kanyangela says there are fewer than 20 witnesses that might take longer to testify for the fishrot trial. This comes as former justice…
SOUTH AFRICAN ADVOCATE SAYS KANYANGELA WASTED STATE RESOURCES
…claims whistleblower’s mental and substance problem makes his evidence not curial By: Justicia Shipena South African advocate Vas Soni says Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) investigator Andreas Kanyangela wasted state resources upon conducting investigations into the fishrot matter. This comes as Soni…
APOSTLE COMMANDA SAYS HIS CHURCH IS NOT FAKE
By: Justicia Shipena Founder of True Gospel of Salvation Ministries International Church, Erickson Festus, commonly known as “Apostle Commanda”, says allegations leading to his church’s closure by chief inspector Christina van Dunem Dafonsech are not true. The church has 71…
RUSSIAN-UKRAINE CRISIS…NAM AMBASSADOR TO RUSSIA SAYS NO NEED FOR CONCERN
By: Justicia Shipena Namibian ambassador to Russia Clemens Kashuupulwa says there is no need for Namibian students studying in Ukraine to be concerned about their safety. Kashuupulwa gave this remark on Wednesday as the reports amid fears that Russia might…
PRISON OFFICER SUSPENDED OVER HATUIKULIPI’S PHONE
By: Justicia Shipena Commissioner-General of the Namibian Correctional Service (NSC) Raphael Hamunyela says that a senior correctional officer was suspended due to operational orders, and another was forced to resign. Hamunyela’s comments came after the Popular Democratic Movement (PDM) member…
NARETU DEMANDS RECOGNITION FROM SNYMAN AND TRANSDESERT
By: Justicia Shipena The Namibian Revolutionary Transport Union (Naretu) commander-in-chief Petersen Kambinda says that Snyman Transport and TransDesert Logistics have refused to recognise them. Kambinda said this on Monday at a media briefing in Windhoek. According to him, the companies…
I DID NOT ASK FOR ANYTHING SPECIAL – VENAANI ON PROMISED PERKS
By: Justicia Shipena The Public Office Bearer’s Remuneration and Benefits Commission (POBC) said the official opposition leader McHenry Venaani’s proposed perks have financial implications and are not within what was gazetted. As the official opposition leader, Venaani is supposed to…