Author: Megameno Shinana
Kavango regions up for grabs to highest bidder: Diescho
By:Megameno Shinana, Annakleta Haikera and Uakutura KambaekuaProfessor Joseph Diescho has expressed that the two Kavango regions have been used as voting cows in the Swapo congress election to impress certain candidates at the expense of their own interests. The political…
Bank of Namibia Expected To Hike Repo Rate As RSA Leads
By:Megameno Shinana The Bank of Namibia (BoN) is expected to increase its repo rate come 30 November, to play catch up with the South African Reserve Bank (SARB) which has hiked the rate by 7%, making borrowings more expensive. The…
Inside Lutombi’s Chaotic Rise To The Helm Of CoW….a tale of angels, demons and a chairperson who stood her ground
By:Megameno Shinana Incoming chief executive officer (CEO) Conrad Lutombi’s rise to the helm of the City of Windhoek (CoW) has not been short of drama. New files from inside the ministry of urban and rural development and the municipality itself…
Lawmaker Accuses Chinese Company With Cheating …… as mines ministry faces a barrage of questions from lawmakers
By:Megameno Shinana A parliamentary standing committee on economics meeting with the mines minister Tom Alweendo and his team ended on a heated note yesterday afternoon. The discussions focused on the management of Namibia’s mineral resources while huge Lithium exports to…
Public policy analysts bash supreme court ruling on scab-labour
By:Megameno Shinana With a supreme court judgement having ruled two years ago that scab labourers acted independently when performing the work of striking workers, a prominent lawyer Nixon Markus has bashed the court for effectively rendering strikes meaningless. Labour experts…
Namra fires blanks at Quinton van Rooyen … fumes against allegations of seeking to ruin Trustco
Megameno Shinana The Namibia Revenue Agency (NAmRA), has fumed at a report in which it has been accused of seeking to bring down Quinton van Rooyen’s Trustco, but rather held back on responding to the report fully saying the matter…