Category: News
IT IS COLD OUTSIDE SWAPO BUT…….
City of Windhoek’s executive for economic development and community services, Fillemon Hambuda, who has defected to the IPC has said that it is cold outside Swapo because the party makes it hard for one to sustain a living. Hambuda is…
DAUSAB UNHAPPY WITH CRITICISM OVER JSC
The justice minister, Yvonne Dausab, has expressed unhappiness at the barrage of criticism levelled against the Judicial Service Commission (JSC) in its enlistment of candidates for the position of Prosecutor General saying that the commission must be allowed to do…
Judiciary’s bid to reduce 2 000 case backlog
The judiciary has implemented a pilot project in the Magistrates Courts to reduce the case backlog which stood at 2 047 criminal cases in the country’s regional courts and 22 204 the district court in February this year. Last year,…
Tech, vocational training gurus discuss draft policy
The ministry of higher education, the Namibia Training Authority (NTA) and vocational education stakeholders have held a validation workshop today on a TVET draft policy. The policy is meant to better position vocational education so it can aid in the…
Vehicle theft on the rise in Oshana
The police in the Oshana Region have reported an increase in the number of motor vehicles theft, and theft out of vehicles. According to the police, the region has recorded 10 cases of vehicle theft and 38 cases of theft…
ITULA BACK IN COURT IN DECEMBER ON DENTAL COUNCIL MATTER
Dr Panduleni Itula’s case against the health minister in which he is challenging the legality of the Medical and Dental Council of Namibia has been postponed to the 3 December 2020 The case is finally postponed for the hearing and…
SHALI IN HOT SOUP OVER COMMENT
Former NDF general Martin Shali has come under fire for using threatening language. Speaking at a SWAPO rally in Okahandja, Shali used the phrase “cutting their throats” in reference to former Swapo members who are now leading opposition political parties….
NYC BOARD MEMBERS BARRED FROM MEETING
Members of the former National Youth Council (NYC) board have been barred from attending a high-level meeting of the Representative Council (RC) this afternoon at the Windhoek Country Club. This is the latest indication of the deteriorating relationship between the…
KAPERE CALLS SHALI TO ORDER
Swapo’s Mandela Kapere has called his comrade, Retired General Martin Shali to order for utterances he made over a weekend election rally in Okahandja. Shali is reported to have used the term “cutting their throats” in a reference to those…
Uirab tight-lipped over discrimination allegations at NAC
Namibia Airports Company boss Bisey Uirab has chosen to remain tight-lipped as his office has been hit by a barrage of accusations of discrimination, favouritism, making threats to employees causing hostilities and tensions among strategic executives, and middle managers….