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NAMIBIA CAR DEALERSHIPS HIT HARD…TOYOTA CUT GLOBAL PRODUCTION FOR NOVEMBER BY 15%
By: Nghiinomenwa Erastus Toyota, one of the local most consumed car brands, has cut global production for November by as much as 15% (between 100,000 and 150,000 cars), Simonis Storm Security revealed. The company representatives blame the ongoing global shortage…
IPC’S PANDULENI ITULA WANTS TO KNOW…WHERE DID YOU GET YOUR SWAPO DESIGNER JACKET?
By: Kelvin Chiringa The Fishrot corruption scandal bail hearing may have been postponed to next year, but the political ramifications created by the latest revelations have come back to sting the Swapo Party. At the centre of the issue is…
SUSPENDED SHIPWIKINENI RANTS…THEY WANT “YES MEN/WOMEN” AT SWAPO CONGRESS
By: Kelvin Chiringa Okahenge Swapo branch co-ordinator Reinhold Shipwikineni has said the leadership had suspended him because he is a political threat to some elements’ ambitions in the coming watershed congress. Shipwikineni has challenged his suspension, asking proof of whether…
GUNS GO MISSING FROM WINDHOEK POLICE DEPOT
By: Wonder Guchu Police are investigating arms that went missing from the central depot in Windhoek last week. Deputy commissioner Kauna Shikwambi confirmed to The Villager that arms are missing, and an investigation is ongoing. “The Central Depot was not…
ECN TO ENFORCE PARTY FUNDING TRANSPARENCY
By: Andrew Kathindi The Electoral Commission of Namibia says it will punish political parties that do not provide financial statements regarding their political party funding. Only two political parties provided financial statements to ECN in the last 2019/2020 financial year….
MOST OF ACCIDENT VICTIMS ARE YOUNG – ERONGO POLICE
Erongo police said they are worried that most of the people dying in road accidents are young. This comes after two accidents on Thursday and Friday killed six people in the Erongo region. Erongo police said around 17h00 along…
BON LURE IN THE PRIVATE SECTOR TO PROVIDE APPRENTICESHIP
By: Nghiinomenwa Erastus The Bank of Namibia has offered to pay stipends for vocational graduates to get an apprenticeship at various corporate institutions. The bank revealed in an update how its apprenticeship programme is progressing- the programme is being administered…
THE PERVASIVENESS OF CORRUPTION IN OPERATION IS VERY HIGH
By: Nghiinomenwa Erastus There is a need for an ethical response and culture to improve governance in operation said Azelle Verwey, Capricorn Group head for legal, compliance, and Anti-Money Laundering at the 20th annual Business Ethics Network of Africa (BEN-Africa)…
START INSTALLING SOLAR GEYSERS, SHIIMI IS COMING
By: Nghiinomenwa Erastus In a move to cut the country’s carbon footprint and explore further income avenues, the finance ministry is contemplating taxing electrical geysers. The Minister of Finance, Iipumbu Shiimi, announced the potential move during his mid-year budget review…
FISHROT FILES…I’M NOT GUILTY. I’M READY FOR TRIAL – SHANGHALA
By: Wonder Guchu Former justice minister Sakeus Shanghala says he is not guilty and is ready to stand trial. Shanghala was arrested in 2019 with former fisheries minister Bernhardt Esau, former Investec bosses James Hatuikulipi and Ricardo Gustavo, Pius Mwatelulo,…