Author: Staff Writer
NHE Workers Picket Until Demands Are Met
Staff Writers The National Housing Enterprise workers have tabled seven demands they want the urban development ministry to address within the next seven days. ON MONDAY, the NHE chief executive officer Gisbertus Mukulu received the petition at the company’s…
Namibia Congratulates Queen Elizabeth II on Platinum Jubilee
Staff writer Namibia has congratulated Queen Elizabeth on her platinum jubilee in commemoration of her 70-year reign. The 96-year-old monarch became the first British monarch ever to make it to the Platinum Jubilee. A platinum jubilee is a celebration held…
Abortion Debate Returns This Week
Staff writer The abortion debate will once again spark off next week after the parliamentary standing committee on gender equality, social development and family affairs announced new dates for the public hearing. The committee has scheduled the hearings to continue…
Erongo Red New CEO Appointment Tainted With Irregularities – Claims Board Member
Staff writer Erongo Red board member Irene Simeon-Kurtz has called for the decision to appoint Immanuel !Hanabeb as the company’s new CEO to be reversed. !Hanabeb’s appointment was announced by the electricity distribution company amidst an ongoing court battle with…
Low government trust calls for effective Wealth Fund accountability
Staff Writer Economists at Simonis Storm has said that the currently low levels of public trust in the government calls for effective accountability to provide peace of mind for Namibians that money in the Welwitchia Fund will not be misappropriated….
UN-led education summit on the cards- Steenkamp
Staff Writer The United Nations Secretary General, Antonio Guterres, has announced the hosting of the Transforming Education Summit (TES) to be held along with the 77th Session of the United Nations General Assembly in September 2022, according to executive director…
Is Amupanda fearful of being swallowed by NEFF? …as more members endear involve themselves with party’s activities
Staff Writer The official opposition Popular Democratic Movement’s (PDM) supporters joined a Namibia Economic Freedom Fighters (NEFF) demonstration against the importation of Chinese counterfeit products on Friday, as Job Amupanda pulled his Affirmative Repositioning (AR) out of the bandwagon. The…
Cran Cautions Eagle FM on Airing Foul Language
Staff writer Namibia’s communications regulatory body Cran has cautioned talk radio station Eagle FM against the broadcast of explicit language on its station. The caution comes after a former Eagle FM presenter allowed a caller to make sexual and explicit…
Anti-Chinese Demo Paints City Red
By: Staff Writer A combination of a Wednesday morning cold and the boiling rage of a dozen activists could not stop notorious business tycoon Stina Wu from receiving a petition containing daunting allegations of sexual assault, tax evasion, and oppression…
Transmit Experience, Shaningwa Tells Swapo Elders
Staff Writer Swapo Party secretary-general Sophia Shaningwa said history binds the elders’ council with a responsibility to impact and transmit their experience to the youth. Shaningwa said this when she addressed the elders’ council’s central committee members in Windhoek on…