Category: News
START INSTALLING SOLAR GEYSERS, SHIIMI IS COMING
By: Nghiinomenwa Erastus In a move to cut the country’s carbon footprint and explore further income avenues, the finance ministry is contemplating taxing electrical geysers. The Minister of Finance, Iipumbu Shiimi, announced the potential move during his mid-year budget review…
FISHROT FILES…I’M NOT GUILTY. I’M READY FOR TRIAL – SHANGHALA
By: Wonder Guchu Former justice minister Sakeus Shanghala says he is not guilty and is ready to stand trial. Shanghala was arrested in 2019 with former fisheries minister Bernhardt Esau, former Investec bosses James Hatuikulipi and Ricardo Gustavo, Pius Mwatelulo,…
CHAOS IN KALKRAND OVER LAND…ITULA CAUTIONS IPC VILLAGE CHAIRPERSON
By: Kelvin Chiringa Independent Patriots for Change (IPC) leader Dr Panduleni Itula directed the party’s Kalkrand chairperson, Simeon Martin, to prevent acting chief executive officer Johannes Kaulihowa from entering his work premises. Itula has also directed Martin to stop interfering…
PETRUS NEVONGA CALLS OUT IIPUMBU SHIIMI
By: Andrew Kathindi Namibia Public Workers Union (NAPWU) and Namibia National Teachers Union (NANTU) have called finance minister Iipumbu Shiimi to claim that civil servants were content to tighten their belts amidst ongoing civil servant increment negotiations with the unions….
THE GREEN HYDROGEN’S WHEEL IS TURNING
By: Nghiinomenwa Erastus They say where there is a political will; everything will flow. The green hydrogen idea that started floating around last year and enhanced after the release of the HPPII is increasingly turning into a practical concept. The…
NAMIBIA IS GHETTO COUNTRY…40% OF THE POPULATION LIVE IN SHACKS
By: Nghiinomenwa Erastus Current estimates presented by the Shackdwellers and Namibian Housing Group show that around 1 million people live in shacks in Namibia. The estimates are in the two organisations (Namibia Housing Action Group and Shack Dwellers Federation of…
N$5,6M TO SUBSIDISE AGRIBANK LOAN SCHEMES’ INTEREST
By: Nghiinomenwa Erastus The government has channelled N$5,6 of its newly acquired funds and withdrawals from other priorities to subsidise the Agribank loans scheme’s interest. The mid-year budget policy review shows that part of the re-allocated N$2,2 billion made…
GUSTAVO WANTS N$2,8M FOR LEGAL EXPENSES
By: Wonder Guchu The former Investec manager Ricardo Gustavo, one of the 10 accused in the Fishrot scandal, will ask the court to release N$2,8m from the restrained funds for his legal expenses. The respondents in the matter are the…
WITHOUT THE SYSTEM, JOB COULD HAVE DONE MORE
By: Wonder Guchu (This article was first published on Eagle FM pages on 22 December 2020. It was titled ‘Job’s toughest job is breaking down the systems’) Windhoek mayor Job Amupanda has good ideas. Very good ideas. But the system…
ARE YOU MAD!…IMPATIENT MASUA LASHES OUT
By: Kelvin Chiringa Youthful member of parliament Patience Masua demonstrated her no-nonsense attitude when she lashed out at a fellow member during a heated debate on a motion on youth unemployment. A visibly angry Masua lost patience and, along with…