Author: Kelvin Chiringa
Research Body Names and Shames MPs Not Declaring Assets
By: Kelvin Chiringa On 27 January 2022, the Democracy Report team said that it requested to view the ‘Register of Members’ Interests’ for the 2021/22 financial year, which led to shocking revelations that 38 members of parliament did not bother…
Ugly Fights Before Rukoro’s Tombstone Unveiling An Insult
By: Kelvin Chiringa Chief Vipuira Kapuuo’s spokesperson, Wilson Katjita, says that it is an insult that fierce power struggles continue to rock the Herero nation even before the late Paramount Chief Vekuii Rukoro’s tombstone has been unveiled. He said this…
LPM Wins Labour Case Against Founding Member
By: Kelvin Chiringa LPM has won a labour case in which its now-resigned founding member, Sixtus Isaaks, accused the party of failing to pay salaries. Isaaks bolted out of the party after accusing it of not being democratic, fomenting factionalism…
Venaani Asks Geingob To Remove Uutoni from Grootfontein Affairs
By: Kelvin Chiringa Urban and rural development minister, Erastus Uutoni, has been accused by the official opposition of being part of the problem of disunity and discord at the Grootfontein municipality, where a fierce power struggle continues to rage on….
Namcor Awarded Oil Exploration/Producing License In Angola
By: Kelvin Chiringa The National Petroleum Corporation of Namibia (Namcor) has scored a major success by being granted an oil exploration and producing licence in Angola. The license has effectively added Namcor to the list of oil producers, while the…
Parliament’s Kandetu To Be Served With ACC Summons
By: Kelvin Chiringa According to director general Paulus Noa, the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) now wants documentary proof of the money recovered from officials that embezzled N$1.2 million from the National Assembly. The ACC said it would be serving National Assembly…
Namibia’s Italy Arts Exhibition Dream Turns Into A Nightmare
By: Kelvin Chiringa After securing a first of its kind place at a prestigious international art exhibition festival known as the Venice Biennale in Italy, Namibia’s dream of marketing herself to an outside world emerging out of the pandemic is…
Katjiua Loses Fight For OTA Throne In High Court
By: Kelvin Chiringa The battle for the succession of the late OvaHerero Traditional Authority Paramount Chief, Advocate Vekuii Rukoro, ended in defeat for Professor Mutjinde Katjiua yesterday in the High Court. Katjiua has been battling it out with chief Vipuira…
Okahandja Mortuary Dead Since January
By: Kelvin Chiringa The mortuary for the Okahandja State Hospital has not been functioning for almost three months now, forcing residents to pay for private facilities. Two councillors, Akser Aupindi and Charl Coetzee, have written in their private capacities to…
WALVIS MUNICIPALITY ACCUSED OF PWC AUDIT REPORT SECRECY
By: Kelvin Chiringa The Walvis Bay municipality’s continued refusal to make public a final PWC audit report into the missing N$24 million mass housing saga has been met with scorn and anger by some councillors. High placed sources have disclosed…