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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…
PARATUS TO LAUNCH CARRIER-NEUTRAL DATA CENTER
Staff writer Paratus Namibia will launch its carrier-neutral Data Center (DC) facility in Windhoek in August this year. The facility, named Armada Data Center by the company, will be the first carrier-neutral and the largest DC facility in Namibia. A…
CABINET APPROVES 2027 AFCON CO-HOSTING BID
By: Andrew Kathindi Cabinet has approved, in principle, the joint bid to co-host the 36th or 2027 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) finals tournament. Botswana approached Namibia with an ambitious proposal to host the Afcon in five years with the…
GOVERNMENT NOT TO BLAME FOR TOWN COUNCIL DYSFUNCTION – ERASTUS UUTONI
Staff writer Urban and rural development minister Erastus Uutoni says that government is not to blame for any dysfunctional local authority councils. This comes as NUDO secretary-general Joseph Kauandenge argued that the local authority act had bestowed too much power…
NGATJIZEKO LAID TO REST
By: Pricilla Mukokobi Former cabinet minister Immanuel Uarotua Ngatjizeko was laid to rest at Otjohorongo Village in Erongo Region on Saturday. In his farewell speech on Friday, at the memorial service of the liberation movement icon, President Hage Geingob described…