Author: Kelvin Chiringa
WILL NAMIBIA ESCAPE A FUEL PRICE INCREASE?
By: Kelvin Chiringa The mines ministry is expected to announce the latest fuel price this Thursday morning at the back of consumers feeling the pressure due to hiked diesel and petrol prices. The announcement is expected at 09:00. However, economists…
GOOD RIDDANCE: MUNIARO AS JOOSTE CALLS IT QUITS…IPPR gives him round of applause
By: Kelvin Chiringa Secretary General of the National Union of Namibian Workers (NUNW), Job Muniaro, has said that the resignation of public enterprises minister, Leone Jooste, has placed him in celebratory mood given the “mess he created with public…
FIGHT OVER GROOTFONTEIN CONSTRUCTION TENDER
By: Kelvin Chiringa The Grootfontein municipality faces the prospect of being reported to the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) regarding an Omulunga Extension 6 construction tender suspected to have been corruptly given to a joint venture company, NGC Investment CC JV Gecko…
POLICE YET TO RECOVER STOLEN FIREARMS DESPITE ARRESTS
By: Kelvin Chiringa, Vetondouua Tjivikua Police Inspector-General Sabastian Ndeitunga says the police are still in the process of recovering the guns that were stolen last year. Ndeitunga’s comment comes after he confirmed the arrest of a suspect in connection with…
MTC TO APPEAR AT LABOUR COURT OVER CORRUPTION ALLEGATIONS
By: Kelvin Chiringa MTC will appear at the labour court this Wednesday in a case in which one of its employees, Joseph Nakalemo, has accused the entity of corruption, amongst other things. Nakalemo, who is currently on suspension, has…
Battle For The Soul of NUST Rages On
By: Kelvin Chiringa The battle for the soul of the NUST yesterday played out in the High Court, as Professor Ferdinand Gideon insists that the appointment of Dr Erold Naomab as Vice-Chancellor was unlawful, unfair, irrational and unreasonable. Prof Gideon,…
PALACE COUP HANGS OVER THE LPM HOUSE
By: Kelvin Chiringa An elaborate plan to remove Bernadus Swartbooi as party leader is understood to be currently unfolding in a palace coup meant to realign the Landless People’s Movement (LPM) into an effectively Nama-led party. High placed party…
FISHROT LAWYER FIGHTS FOR REPUTATION … ACCUSED OF BOTCHING TRANSNAMIB LABOUR CASE
By: Kelvin Chiringa Fishrot lawyer Trevor Brockeroff, who successfully represented Ricardo Gustavo’s bail hearing, is now set to face a disciplinary committee after being accused of badly representing a fired TransNamib employee, Daniel Nakambonde. According to a subpoena seen by…
Hambukushu Demands Bwabwata Back
By: Annakleta Haikera and Kelvin Chiringa The Hambukushu community wants back their land occupied by the Bwabwata National Park. After the country gained its independence in 1990, the Hambukushu moved back to Bwabwata, but the current government turned them down,…
METCALFE TAKES FORCED VACCINES FIGHT TO MEDICLINIC
By: Kelvin Chiringa Employees of Mediclinic have been given until 15 February to apply for exemption from Covid-19 vaccines as the company now braces to enforce blanket vaccinations for all staff. But Mediclinic employee Sedney Mutaleni Haufiku, has employed the…