Category: News
HOUSEHOLDS BORROWED N$1,7B IN 2021
By: Nghiinomenwa Erastus According to the Bank of Namibia’s monetary and financial statistics, households acquired more than N$1,7 billion in debts to fund their consumption, invest or acquire properties in 2021. The central bank says household debt increased from N$60,1…
JAMES HATUIKULIPI’S OTHER BRIBERY TRIAL PUSHED TO JULY
By: Justicia Shipena The Windhoek Magistrate Court postponed the bribery trial of former Investec Namibia managing director, and fishrot accused James Hatuikulipi and his co-accused Sakaria Kuutondokwa Kokule to 28 July 2022. Hatuikulipi and Kokule’s lawyers – Jermaine Muchali and…
I WAS RAPED, MOLESTED TILL I WAS 16…RAPE SURVIVOR SAYS SPORTS COACH OF RAPE
By: Annakleta Haikera Pauline Wakudumo, a former student from Noordgrens Secondary School in the Kavango East region, says a popular teacher and sports coach, Henk Bronner, raped her when she was only 13 years old. According to Wakudumo, Bronner, who…
NBC, NAPWU HUG AND KISS AS THEY REBOUND
By: Kelvin Chiringa The Namibian Broadcasting Corporation (NBC) and the Namibia Public Workers Union (Napwu) seem to be mending relations after a fight over the union’s continued representation of workers. The national broadcaster’s director-general, Stanley Similo, has written to Napwu’s…
COMRADE EDITOR: A WHIRLWIND TOUR INTO THE TEMPEST OF HISTORY ANALYSIS
By: Kelvin Tjiringa Like meeting a black man wielding a primed grenade in a “Whites Only” lavatory. This is the very immediate impression Gwen Lister’s memoir, Comrade Editor, creates to the curious reader who finds fascination with the history behind…
LEADERSHIP CRISIS HITS SWAPO WOMEN’S COUNCIL
Staff Writer The Swapo Party Women’s Council has not held its congress to elect new members – more than one month after they failed to meet on 7 December 2021. According to the Swapo constitution, the women’s council was supposed…
GUSTAVO HASN’T PAID LAWYERS SINCE JAN.2020
One of the Fishrot accused Ricardo Gustavo says he has not paid his lawyers for services rendered since January 2020 because of the asset restraint order. Gustavo’s assets and his co-accused – former fisheries minister Bernhard Esau, former justice minister…
GOVT CONFIRMS CHINESE INFRASTRUCTURE GRANTS FOR TENDERS
By: Nghiinomenwa Erastus The finance ministry has confirmed that as part of the infrastructure grants from the Chinese government, a Chinese contractor has to do the job under Namibia procurement rules. There has been an outcry from the construction sector…
SACKY SUGGESTED TO ESAU TO APPOINT JAMES AT FISHCOR
By: Justicia Shipena Former justice minister and fishrot accused Sacky Shanghala sought out his co-accused James Hatuikulipi for a job offer at Fishcor. This was revealed by the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) lead investigator Andreas Kanyangela during the bail hearing for…
BUCKLE UP, TIGHTEN UP OR BUY A BICYCLE
By: Nghiinomenwa Erastus/ Kelvin Chiringa After a temporary respite in January, Tom Alweendo and his team are back this time to tell all motorists, consumers, and fuel-driven industries to prepare extra cents per litre come 2 February 2021. This is…