Category: News
LPM IN VERBAL FIST-FIGHT WITH EX-FOUNDING MEMBER
By: Justicia Shipena The Landless People’s Movement (LPM) has said it is in the process of instituting criminal charges against its former founding member, Ziggy Sixtus Isaacks, for the disappearance of over N$76 000….
FISHROT LAWYER FIGHTS FOR REPUTATION … ACCUSED OF BOTCHING TRANSNAMIB LABOUR CASE
By: Kelvin Chiringa Fishrot lawyer Trevor Brockeroff, who successfully represented Ricardo Gustavo’s bail hearing, is now set to face a disciplinary committee after being accused of badly representing a fired TransNamib employee, Daniel Nakambonde. According to a subpoena seen by…
PARATUS TO LAUNCH CARRIER-NEUTRAL DATA CENTER
Staff writer Paratus Namibia will launch its carrier-neutral Data Center (DC) facility in Windhoek in August this year. The facility, named Armada Data Center by the company, will be the first carrier-neutral and the largest DC facility in Namibia. A…
CABINET APPROVES 2027 AFCON CO-HOSTING BID
By: Andrew Kathindi Cabinet has approved, in principle, the joint bid to co-host the 36th or 2027 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) finals tournament. Botswana approached Namibia with an ambitious proposal to host the Afcon in five years with the…
GOVERNMENT NOT TO BLAME FOR TOWN COUNCIL DYSFUNCTION – ERASTUS UUTONI
Staff writer Urban and rural development minister Erastus Uutoni says that government is not to blame for any dysfunctional local authority councils. This comes as NUDO secretary-general Joseph Kauandenge argued that the local authority act had bestowed too much power…
NGATJIZEKO LAID TO REST
By: Pricilla Mukokobi Former cabinet minister Immanuel Uarotua Ngatjizeko was laid to rest at Otjohorongo Village in Erongo Region on Saturday. In his farewell speech on Friday, at the memorial service of the liberation movement icon, President Hage Geingob described…
PARLIAMENTARIANS SQUATTING IN KAMBASHUS
By: Frans Sinengela Windhoek has been plagued by mass demolition of shacks in many of its informal settlements, leaving many in the open, and at the mercy of mother nature. While many had hopes in law-makers changing these laws and…
DON’T BLAME THE EDUCATION SYSTEM, BLAME THE ECONOMY – ANGULA
By: Envaalde Matheus The first post-independence education minister, Nahas Angula, said the issue of youth unemployment should not be blamed on the education system but rather on the unstable economy. Angula, who is now retired, also was the Prime…
IPC’S HAMBUNDA LOSES N$260 000 SALARY CLAIM
Staff Writer Former Independent Patriots for Change (IPC) councillor Fillemon Hambunda lost his case where he was demanding N$260 000 from his former employer – the City of Windhoek – as payment for services rendered between 1 September 2020 and…
HEARTBROKEN TEACHER APPEALS FOR HELP ON BEHALF OF LEARNERS
Staff Writer A heartbroken teacher took to social media to appeal to well-wishers to help with uniforms, soap and Vaseline for her learners. Maria Namtenya Endjala-Shambwila is a teacher at Oukwandongo Combined School in Outapi, Omusati region. The school is…