Category: News
WALVIS MUNICIPALITY ACCUSED OF PWC AUDIT REPORT SECRECY
By: Kelvin Chiringa The Walvis Bay municipality’s continued refusal to make public a final PWC audit report into the missing N$24 million mass housing saga has been met with scorn and anger by some councillors. High placed sources have disclosed…
SOSSUSVLEI TRAIN PROJECT WON’T DESTROY ENVIRONMENT – KANDUME
By: Justicia Shipena Businessman Laban Kandume says critics of his proposal to construct a motor and railway transport system in the Sossusvlei have nothing to do with the environment. According to him, the talk on environmental damages is by people…
SCABIES CASES ESCALATE COUNTRYWIDE
By: Vetondouua Tjivikua Health minister Kalumbi Shangula says the ministry has recorded 3454 cases of human scabies countrywide from January 2022 to date. This comes after 93 schools in the Ohangwena region reported an outbreak of scabies last week. Shangula…
KATJIUA REFUSES TO HAND OVER OTA CAR
By: Justicia Shipena Professor Mutjinde Katjiua says the Ovaherero Traditional Authority (OTA) will not hand over the vehicle allocated to the authority until the court of law finalises the matter. A faction of the Ovaherero community elected Katjiua as the…
VENAANI SAYS HEROES ARE SELECTIVELY CELEBRATED
By: Tjizouye Kazombungo PDM leader McHenry Venaani has accused government of selectively celebrating heroes of the country. Venaani said this during the 44th commemoration of chief Clemence Kapuuo Day on Tuesday. According to him, he wrote President Hage Geingob requesting…
WILL NAMIBIA ESCAPE A FUEL PRICE INCREASE?
By: Kelvin Chiringa The mines ministry is expected to announce the latest fuel price this Thursday morning at the back of consumers feeling the pressure due to hiked diesel and petrol prices. The announcement is expected at 09:00. However, economists…
GENERATORS GO MISSING AT POLICE DEPOT…Ndeitunga Deploys Audit System
By: Justicia Shipena Police Inspector-General Sebastian Ndeitunga says they are conducting an audit system to ensure all items at the Central Depot are there. Following the theft of 90 firearms from the police depot, a source within the police told…
GOOD RIDDANCE: MUNIARO AS JOOSTE CALLS IT QUITS…IPPR gives him round of applause
By: Kelvin Chiringa Secretary General of the National Union of Namibian Workers (NUNW), Job Muniaro, has said that the resignation of public enterprises minister, Leone Jooste, has placed him in celebratory mood given the “mess he created with public…
ADRIBUSDEV, NALOBA DEMAND LOCALS GREEN SCHEMES
By: Vetondouua Tjivikua Acting managing director of AgriBusDev, Berfine Antindi, says she expects locals in the bidding process for the 11 green scheme irrigation farms. This comes after agriculture minister Calle Schlettwein announced during the Namibia Investment Summit at World…
FIGHT OVER GROOTFONTEIN CONSTRUCTION TENDER
By: Kelvin Chiringa The Grootfontein municipality faces the prospect of being reported to the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) regarding an Omulunga Extension 6 construction tender suspected to have been corruptly given to a joint venture company, NGC Investment CC JV Gecko…