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PDM’s Smit Unhappy With Parliament Postponement
By: Eba Kandovazu PDM parliamentarian Nico Smit says that parliament’s work has been put on hold as a result of parliamentarians “taking another holiday”, a day after Independence Day celebrations. Smit was responding to the cancellation of Tuesday’s parliament session…
Battle For The Soul of NUST Rages On
By: Kelvin Chiringa The battle for the soul of the NUST yesterday played out in the High Court, as Professor Ferdinand Gideon insists that the appointment of Dr Erold Naomab as Vice-Chancellor was unlawful, unfair, irrational and unreasonable. Prof Gideon,…
PALACE COUP HANGS OVER THE LPM HOUSE
By: Kelvin Chiringa An elaborate plan to remove Bernadus Swartbooi as party leader is understood to be currently unfolding in a palace coup meant to realign the Landless People’s Movement (LPM) into an effectively Nama-led party. High placed party…
YOUTH AND WOMEN BORROWED N$10MN FROM AGRIBANK
By: Nghiinomenwa Erastus By the end of February 2022, women and the youth (18-35) utilized the gender and youth-specific tailor-made credit facility to borrow N$10 million for their agri-related endeavours. The agricultural bank reported last…
EDUCATION MINISTRY DECENTRALIZES FUNCTIONS TO REGIONAL COUNCILS
By: Priscilla Mukokobi Education minister Ester Anna Nghipondoka officially decentralized functions to regional councils in Otjiwarongo on Thursday. Nghipondoka said that the educational sector had favored decentralization since 1977. The ministry presented its first draft decentralization action in 1999…
WORKER CAUGHT WITH A FIREARM WITH TWO SERIAL NUMBERS IN NIMT DOUBLE-MURDER CASE
By: Ludorf Iyambo Immanuel Hangula, an employee of NIMT double murder accused, Ernst Lichtenstrasser, was found with a firearm bearing two serial numbers. Deputy Prosecutor General Antonia Verhoef had called Hangula to stand before the court and give evidence…
SHOCK, AS HAUFIKU GETS BARRED FROM THE CATHOLIC HOSPITAL … THREATENED BY NUN, POLICE INVOLVED, EX-MINISTER BREAKS HIS SILENCE
By: Ludorf Iyambo Former health minister Bernard Haufiku has expressed shock after it emerged that he got barred from excessing the premises of the Catholic Church in Windhoek due to a dispute. A document hit the internet Friday morning to…
LPM IN VERBAL FIST-FIGHT WITH EX-FOUNDING MEMBER
By: Justicia Shipena The Landless People’s Movement (LPM) has said it is in the process of instituting criminal charges against its former founding member, Ziggy Sixtus Isaacks, for the disappearance of over N$76 000….
FISHROT LAWYER FIGHTS FOR REPUTATION … ACCUSED OF BOTCHING TRANSNAMIB LABOUR CASE
By: Kelvin Chiringa Fishrot lawyer Trevor Brockeroff, who successfully represented Ricardo Gustavo’s bail hearing, is now set to face a disciplinary committee after being accused of badly representing a fired TransNamib employee, Daniel Nakambonde. According to a subpoena seen by…