Author: Wonder Guchu
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…
LPM’s Mootu says will not be silenced in the National Assembly
Landless People’s Movement member of parliament (MP) Utaara Mootu said she will not be silenced by insults in the National Assembly. This comes after another MP told Mootu to “shut up” as a commotion broke out in the National Assembly…
Amupanda questions constitutionality of voter registration
Affirmative Repositioning leader Dr Job Amupanda has written to the Electoral Commission to request for a national dialogue on the logic of voter registration for Presidential and National Assembly Elections. Amupanda also is questioning the voters’ registration regime in Namibia…
Botswana president goes into fourth coronavirus quarantine
President Mokgweetsi Masisi of Botswana on Thursday began a 14-day self-isolation after an official working closely with him tested positive for COVID-19, the country’s office of the president said in a statement. “The Office of the President regrets to inform…
SPYL condemns ‘unbecoming behaviour’ in parliament
SWAPO Party Youth League said they are dismayed by the way the National Assembly is degenerating into a chaotic and discourteous August house. In a statement Thursday, the league’s secretary for information, publicity and mobilisation Gerson Lineekela Dumeni said the…
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Mobile Telecommunications Limited recently launched its customised MTC TikTok Data Bundles, available for postpaid and prepaid customers on *682# from as little as N$5 for an 800MB daily bundle. Customers can now purchase a one-Day for N$5, that will give…
ICT catalyst for Namibia’s economic development
Llewellyn le Hané Namibia seems to be on the cusp of a major technological revolution; suddenly we have apps for everything, online payment system and we are catching up to technological advancement that other countries have had for years. For…
Namibia announces a record 80 Covid-19 cases in one day
Namibia has recorded a record 80 cases in one day – 52 were announced Wednesday morning and 28 late Wednesday. The 28 new cases bring the total number of cases to 285. Health minister Dr Kalumbi Shangula said 20 of…
Geingob confers national hero status on Shipanga
President Hage Geingob has conferred on the late teacher and veteran of the liberation struggle, Martin Lazarus Shipanga, the honour of National Hero thereby directing that a State Funeral be held in his honour. Shipanga died on Sunday in Windhoek….
Abortion is murder – Pro-Life Namibia
Pastor Zelda van der Colff of Pro-Life Namibia, an organization that lobbies against abortion and its legalization thereof, submitted their petition before the secretary to the National Assembly, Lydia Kandetu, rejecting calls for the legalisation of abortion. Pro-life Namibia has…