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Auditor’s Office Failed To Reach 5 Per Cent Disability Employment Target
By: Julia Heita Auditor-General Junias Kanjeke said that his office has only achieved a 3.27 per cent out of a five per cent employment rate target for people living with disabilities. According to Namibia’s current affirmative action plan, the auditor’s…
Swapo Welcomes 120 New Comrades At Epupa Constituency
By: Uakutura Kamaekua – Epembe The Swapo party, over the weekend, welcomed over 120 new members, who joined the party, and charged them to work closely with the leadership to ensure success for the transformation of the region and the…
Chicco Wins Supreme Court Omatala Appeal
By: Ludorf Iyambo Businessman and owner of Mouse Properties Ninety Eight won his appeal in the Supreme Court on Monday. Chief justice Petrus Damaseb ruled in favour of Mouse Properties Ninety Eight by setting aside the order from the Windhoek…
Civic Organisations And Corporates Collab For Housing Vital …As The Ghetto Situation Continues
By: Nghiinomenwa Erastus The Institute of Social Development is suggesting the country consolidate all the civic organisations participating in housing with various social corporate responsibilities to address the low-cost housing. The institute project coordinator Lukas Mungolo, who is also an…
Okahandja Mortuary Dead Since January
By: Kelvin Chiringa The mortuary for the Okahandja State Hospital has not been functioning for almost three months now, forcing residents to pay for private facilities. Two councillors, Akser Aupindi and Charl Coetzee, have written in their private capacities to…
BIG Coalition Bemoans Recently Launched Social Protection Policy
By: Uakutura Kambaekua – Kunene The Basic Income Grant (BIG) Coalition has stated that the recently launched Social Protection Policy (2021-2030), which was expected to outline comprehensive interventions to eradicate poverty, as President Hage Geingob said when he took office…
WALVIS MUNICIPALITY ACCUSED OF PWC AUDIT REPORT SECRECY
By: Kelvin Chiringa The Walvis Bay municipality’s continued refusal to make public a final PWC audit report into the missing N$24 million mass housing saga has been met with scorn and anger by some councillors. High placed sources have disclosed…
SOSSUSVLEI TRAIN PROJECT WON’T DESTROY ENVIRONMENT – KANDUME
By: Justicia Shipena Businessman Laban Kandume says critics of his proposal to construct a motor and railway transport system in the Sossusvlei have nothing to do with the environment. According to him, the talk on environmental damages is by people…
SCABIES CASES ESCALATE COUNTRYWIDE
By: Vetondouua Tjivikua Health minister Kalumbi Shangula says the ministry has recorded 3454 cases of human scabies countrywide from January 2022 to date. This comes after 93 schools in the Ohangwena region reported an outbreak of scabies last week. Shangula…
KATJIUA REFUSES TO HAND OVER OTA CAR
By: Justicia Shipena Professor Mutjinde Katjiua says the Ovaherero Traditional Authority (OTA) will not hand over the vehicle allocated to the authority until the court of law finalises the matter. A faction of the Ovaherero community elected Katjiua as the…