Category: National
Cabinet checks up on airport expansion site
The Cabinet Special Committee on the Expansion of the Hosea Kutako International Airport (HKIA) visited the construction site this week. The Namibia Airports company in a statement today said the committee who was led by the Deputy Prime Minister Honourable…
NIP still to test 3 000Covid-19 samples
Namibia Institute of Pathology (NIP) Chief Executive Officer Dr David Uirab said there are currently 3 000 samples in the queue to be tested for COVID-19. Dr Uirab this morning said the backlog bettered because at some point it was…
Africa marks the African Integration Day
The African continent this week marked the African integration Day commemorations virtually, an annual event which is meant to celebrate, disseminate and galvanise Africans towards a united Africa as envisioned by the continent’s founding fathers. According to a statement released…
‘De Klerk’s signatures on Fishrot documents differ’
The signatures on the documents which lawyer Maren de Klerk is said to have signed carry different signatures, defence lawyer Richard Metcalfe told the Windhoek Magistrate’s Court Friday. This came during the cross-examination of the ACC investigator Carl Cloete in…
Geingob told to be patriotic and assign more investigators to ACC
President Hage Geingob must have a patriotic interest to give more teeth and venom to the Anti-Corruption Commission to widen and strengthen its position in investigating the Fish-rot scandal, lawmaker and LPM leader Bernardus Swartbooi has said. Swartbooi has shared…
Esau knew about the Otjiwarongo plot – ACC investigator
An ACC investigator, Carl Cloete, said former fisheries minister Bernard Esau knew about all the transactions involving millions from Fishcor. Testifying in the Windhoek Magistrate’s Court Friday during Esau and his son-in-law Tamson Hatuikulipi’s bail application, Cloete said the minister…
Former Fishcor board member asks – why come after us?
Former Fishcor board member and governor of the Ohangwena region, Usko Nghaamwa, has said that he does not know why people are going after his team over Fishrot allegations when the company had an auditor. Nghaamwa, who said he was…
Fishrot kingpin lawyer De Klerk in mental institution – Metcalfe
The Windhoek Magistrate’s Court was told Friday that Maren de Klerk, one of the lawyers who allegedly played a pivotal role in the Fishrot scandal is admitted in a psychiatric centre in South Africa. Lawyer Richard Metcalfe who is representing…
Elelo alihe lyo Swapo nalize miilonga
Eagle FM etine okwayi moonkundathana na Nahas Angula ngoka ati Swapo okwa totwapo kaathigona, “pethimbo ndyoka olyali lyokaholo.” Swapo okwa kondjela emanguluko lyoshilongo nomalakano gatatu, uukwawo wanankali melongelo kumwe lyoshigwana, uuthemba womuntu, uuthike pamwe moka eliko lyoshilongo tali topolwa shithike…
Esau’s lawyer quizzes ACC investigator hard
The lawyer Richard Metcalfe who is representing former fisheries minister Bernard Esau and his son-in-law Tamson Hatuikulipi had the ACC investigator Willem Olivier unable to answer some questions during cross-examination Thursday. Metcalfe accused the ACC investigator Willem Olivier of having…