Category: National
Nekongo speaks on appointment to National Assembly
Newly appointed National Assembly member and Swapo Party Youth League (SPYL) secretary, Ephraim Nekongo, said his appointment to the National Assembly by President Hage Geingob was a privilege. The youth leader was sworn-in on Monday together with former information minister…
Inmate serving 34-year term found dead
Police said David Kido (52) was found dead in his bed on 4 Jan 2020 at the Windhoek Central Correctional Facility at about 07h00. Kido was serving a 34-year long term for raping and killing his teenage stepdaughter at Mariental…
SPYL secretary Nekongo appointed MP, Joel Kaapanda returns
Former minister Joel Kaapanda, businesswoman Martha Namundjebo-Tilahun and SPYL secretary Ephraim Nekongo, and Festus Marenga have been sworn in as MPs. They will serve for four weeks. Nekongo has been appointed while the others are replacing Sacky Shanghala,…
Curriculum: what has changed?
The junior primary phase is from Grade 1 to 3 The senior primary phase is from Grade 4 to 7 The primary phase has 5 promotional core subjects, a pre-vocational subject and 5 support subjects to lay the foundation for…
Esau discharged from Lady Pohamba, now in central prison
Fishrot scandal accused, former minister of fisheries Bernhard Esau is now at the Windhoek Correctional Facility after spending one week in the hospital. Khomas regional police commander commissioner Joseph Shikongo confirmed that Esau was given a clean bill of health…
West China Cement Buys 70% chunk in Ohorongo
West China Cement CEO Zhang Jimin Namibia’s cement sector is now in the hands of Chinese companies after the German Schwenk Zement entered into a Sale and Purchase Agreement with West China Cement on 3 Jan. 2020. The Ohorongo Cement…
Fake kwanzas, not Jack Huang’s – secretary
A secretary with businessman Jack Huang’s City of China in Viana district of Luanda, Angola, says the fake kwanzas found in a container on the premises belonged to a company called Tai Wan Food. Huang, who has Namibian citizenship, and…
Education allays fears over new curriculum
Deputy education minister Anna Nghipondoka The education ministry has moved to allay fears that the new curriculum will send some pupils onto the streets. In audio recording in Eagle FM’s possession, both the deputy education minister Anna Nghipondoka and the…
FNB housing index contract by 3,7% y-o-y
The FNB housing price index contracted by 3.7% year-on-year as of June 2019 compared to the 2% contraction experienced during the same period in 2018. The market and research manager at FNB Ruusa Nandago said the poor showing in the…
Officers thwart plans to smuggle drugs into prison
Prison officers have arrested two men who were trying to smuggle drugs into the Windhoek Correctional Facility in the past two weeks. One of the men has already appeared in court and was remanded in custody while the second…