Author: Wonder Guchu
Solid waste fixed-term workers give Windhoek ultimatum
More than 250 fixed-term Windhoek municipality solid waste workers have given their employer until 15 July 2020 to resolve the issue of their unrenewed contracts. The workers marched to the municipality headquarters in Windhoek where they handed over a petition…
3 police officers given 10 years jail time each for murder
Three City Police officers have been sentenced to 10 years in prison each after they were found guilty in March this year, of killing a 17-year-old teen, Mandela Ramakhutla. High Court Judge Dinnah Usiku handed down the sentence. This sentencing…
Mnangagwa sacks testkits scandal accused health minister
President Emmerson Mnangagwa has stripped Health minister Obadiah Moyo off his cabinet post “for conduct inappropriate for a government minister.” This comes after Moyo was recently arrested over a scandal surrounding the procurement of coronavirus tests and equipment. Moyo,66, was…
Itula applies to register new party
Electoral Commission of Namibia chief electoral officer Theo Mujoro said Dr Panduleni Itula is applying to register a political party called the Independent Patriots for Change. In an interview with Eagle FM Tuesday, Mujoro also said there are two applications…
The James Hatuikulipi board saved Fischor from liquidation – Esau
Former fisheries minister Bernard Esau said he found Fishcor on the verge of collapse when the new board of directors headed by James Hatuikulipi was appointed in 2014. Esau is seeking bail from the Windhoek Magistrate’s Court and has offered…
Esau asks why lawyers who received money are still free
Former fisheries minister Bernard Esau, who is fighting for bail, asked the Windhoek Magistrate’s Court why some lawyers who disbursed money from Fishcor have not been arrested. Esau and his son-in-law Tamson Hatuikulipi are seeking bail from the Windhoek Magistrate’s…
FNB Klein Windhoek branch closed as Covid-9 precaution
FNB Namibia has as a precaution measure closed down its Klein Windhoek branch after one of their staff was traced to have had contact with an active Covid-19 case. The bank posted on its twitter that they had closed and…
Some people also voted for Dr Itula – Armas Amukoto
The former Omuthiya councillor Armas Amukoto says he it is not a secret that he voted for the independent presidential candidate Dr Panduleni Itula and for the Swapo Party last year. Some people, Amukoto said, voted for Dr Itula yet…
Walvis Bay, Swakop & Arandis still locked down
President Hage Geingob said, since Walvis Bay accounts for 436 cases out of 436 reported so far, additional containment measures to slow the rate of transmission and prevent the disease from spreading beyond the three Local Authority Areas were…
Windhoek low-cost housing project launched
The Ministry of Urban and Rural Development, City of Windhoek, National Housing Enterprise and Khomas Regional Council held a ground-breaking ceremony last week for a low-cost housing project to construct 1 200 houses by July 2022. Phase 1 of the…