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FOOD BANK CONVERSION…GEINGOB WANTS TO GIVE CASH MONTHLY
By: Andrew Kathindi President Hage Geingob’s conditional Basic Income Grant (BIG), with economical and political commentators stating that it is unlikely to be a success. Geingob stated on Thursday that his office was converting the existing Food Bank and Special…
INVESTMENT CENTRE WORKERS…UAANDJA ACCUSED OF BREAKING PROMISES
By:Kelvin Chiringa The Namibia Investment Centre (NIC) former employees under the trade ministry have accused the Nangula-Uaandja-led Namibia Investment Promotion and Development Board (NIPDB) of unfair treatment. The workers have since written to the President Hage Geingob through the…
FIRE DESTROYS 580 480 HECTARES OF LAND
By: Justicia Shipena Environment minister Pohamba Shifeta said the frequency of veld fires has become a serious concern as Namibia records 99 veld fires between May and September. Updating the National Assembly on Wednesday, Shifeta said a total of 580…
SOCIAL MEDIA COMMENTS…FOOTBALLER NGARIZEMO SUED FOR N$25 000
A former independent candidate for Gobabis Constituency, Jermano Jeraldo Eiseb, is suing footballer Marley Ngarizemo over comment made on a Facebook page. Ngarizemo is said to have posted on the WhatsApp group called Namibia Football news about how Eiseb was…
PDM COURT SHOWDOWN NEXT MONTH
By: Andrew Kathindi The date for hearing of the contempt of court application against the Electoral Commission of Namibia (ECN) and the Popular Democratic Movement (PDM) by its disgruntled members has been set for 23 September 2021. PDM members Charmaine…
MP WANTS ALWEENDO TO EXPLAIN EPLS RENEWAL
PDM member of parliament Celeste Becker wants minister Tom Alweendo to say when the mines ministry will comply with the High Court and grant back the four Exclusive Prospective Licenses that rightly belong to Dr. Subramanian Ragubathi and Nambib Resources…
POLICE VISIT AR OVER CHINESE INCIDENT
Some police officers visited the AR Movement offices in Windhoek to interview the members about what transpired on Monday when a Chinese company was stormed and the owner confronted over poor treatment of workers. Members of the AR movement stormed…
3 DIE AT CHURCH…PASTOR ON THE RUN AFTER HEALING TRAGEDY
By: Wonder Guchu Police are hunting for a 25-year-old pastor who gave instructions on how to administer a concoction that killed three people in Kavango West. The three people who died on Tuesday after receiving the concoction have been identified…
LAND AND HOUSING ISSUES…WINDHOEK TO ESTABLISH CONSTRUCTION COMPANY
By: Andrew Kathindi The City of Windhoek plans to open a holding company that will deal with construction and land servicing, Windhoek mayor Job Amupanda has revealed. According to Amupanda, the holding company is the result of a council resolution…
PARLIAMENT REOPENS…NAM EXPORTS 30 000 MARBLE STONES TO SA
PDM’s Johannes Martin says the dimension stones industry has been existing in Namibia but its potential has not yet been fully developed locally. Martin, who gave notice to question the mines minister Tom Alweendo on Thursday, said Namibia exports more…