Category: News
Battle For The Soul of Swakopmund
By: Lina Amutenya The Electoral Commission of Namibia (ECN) has successfully completed the printing of the final ballot papers for the Swakopmund constituency by-elections scheduled for 12 August 2022. The commission said that the printing of final ballot papers was…
Cancel COSAFA and Pay Us – Brave Gladiators
By: Hertha Ekandjo Namibia’s female soccer players team, Brave Gladiators, gathered at the Namibia Football Association (NFA) head office on Thursday, demanding their wages. The players told The Villager that they have not been paid in 11 months. They demand…
City of Windhoek Services Delivery Under Significant Threat
By: Nghiinomenwa-vali Erastus The latest analysis of the City of Windhoek’s finance indicates that it cannot afford to provide the necessary services and facilitate economic activities for all social classes. Moreover, the councillors’ scrutiny of the latest budget has…
Nam Stuck In Middle-Income Trap
By: Nghiinomenwa-vali Erastus To escape the middle-income trap, Namibia must focus on building a diversified private sector, stated World Bank researchers in their Country’s Private Sector Diagnostic report. Namibia, which transitioned from a lower-middle- to an upper-middle-income country in…
Black Tax: Outdated or Creating Generational Wealth?
Mauriza Fredericks It is no secret that Namibians have been facing a lot of economic pressure in recent times. From rising fuel and food prices to increasing interest rates on mortgages and all other loans. It is clear to see…
Namibia’s Only Public-Patient Breast Cancer Machine Broken For Years…It Was Donated In 1991
By: Hertha Ekandjo The Windhoek central hospital has been operating without a mammogram machine for nearly five years. This was revealed by the Cancer Association of Namibia (CAN) CEO Rolf Hansen on Wednesday. CAN donated the mammogram machine, received by…
Vaccines Could Have Prevented Measles Outbreak – Prime Minister
By: Justicia Shipena Prime minister Saara Kuugongelwa-Amadhila says the recent outbreak of measles in northern Namibia could not have happened should the measles vaccination coverage been above 95 per cent. Kuugongelwa-Amadhila said this during the national integrated immunisation campaign launch…
Former Anker Settlement Headman Sentenced Over Stock Theft
By: Eba Kandovazu Jacobus Hamaseb, 53, a former headman and current traditional Judge in the community courts at Anker Settlement, was sentenced to an effective three years after being found guilty of stock theft when he stole a cow valued…
Six People Arrested For Electricity Theft – CoW
By: Hertha Ekandjo Six people have been arrested in July 2022 in connection with electricity theft, City of Windhoek has revealed. The municipality’s external communications officer, Lydia Amutenya, said the City has moved from only giving fines to those found…
Job Pulls Out
Staff Writer City of Windhoek councillor and ex-mayor, Job Amupanda, has pulled out of a ministerial technical committee tasked with holding nationwide consultations on the controversial FIMA bill, his letter to finance minister, Ipumbu Shiimi shows. Amupanda suggested that his…