Category: News
AMUPANDA TAKES ON GIPF
Windhoek mayor and the leader of the AR Movement Job Amupanda has torched a storm with several allegations against how the GIPF operates. Amupanda pointed out that GIPF: • When you retire, you only get 1/3 of your pension money,…
Kavango East residents give Geingob 15 days to dismiss Wakudumo
Demonstrators in Kavango regions have given President Hage Geingob 15 days to dismiss Kavango East governor Bonifatius Wakudumo. The demand was one of many made by the residents of Kavango East who demonstrated in Rundu against the appointment of…
How Ndonga Linena Green Scheme was killed
The first chairperson at the Ndonga Linena Green Scheme, Booysen Mutelo, said production was affected by greedy people. Ndonga Linena was one of the first green schemes established in the Kavango regions. Debushing started in 2003 but production got off…
REDLINE TO BE REMOVED IN 12 YEARS
The government says they are working on removing the veterinary cordon fence by 2032. This is one of the resolutions arrived at as part of the second national land conference held about two years ago. The cordon fence is also…
Job’s toughest job is breaking down the systems
Windhoek mayor Job Amupanda has good ideas. Very good ideas. But the system could be his biggest hurdle. So, what is the system? It is the landed people. Those who are holding chunks of city land may not be willing…
Medipark drags CPB to court over ARV-tender
Medipark Pharmaceutical Wholesalers has dragged the Central Procurement Board to court over an Anti-Retroviral Drugs tender. Medipark is seeking an interim interdict to stop dead the further implementation of a decision to supply and deliver Anti-Retroviral Drugs by way of…
Mandela Kapere had a big heart
Wonder Guchu The Swapo MP Mandela Kapere, who died Monday morning age 38, was a warm being with a big heart. He was disarming, captivating by the way he articulated his thoughts and imposing by his physical appearance. I recall my…
Power struggles choke NYC hours before General Assembly meeting
A fierce power struggle to run the National Youth Council (NYC) is currently playing out as the entity is set to hold its General Assembly this coming Friday. The nomination process to put in place an executive chairperson has been…
Okahandja opposition councillors reject election process
Less than 24 hours after being nominated, opposition councillors at Okahandja have rejected the outcome of the nomination process which they now want to appeal to the Magistrate Court. The councillors are led by newly installed Landless People’s Movement (LPM)…
Court orders release of Amushelelo’s properties
In a landmark ruling for online forex trading entrepreneur, Michael Amushelelo, the court has ordered that the properties that were seized by the police be released back to him. The court has set aside the decision by the magistrate to…