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SANLAM BRIDGE FINANCE…MORE THAN 200 ENTREPRENEURS APPLIED
By: Nghiinomenwa Erastus Many deem the funding gap at a start-up level to be not well documented, an update from the Sanlam Bridge Programme indicated that they have received 258 applications. Despite massive interest in the programme, it managed only…
NWR VERSUS SKY EYE TOURS…KANDUME DENIES SHIFETA TIES
By: Andrew Kathindi Businessman Laban Kandume has denied allegations that his company Sky Eye Hospitality and Tours was given a 20-year concession for transport at Sossusvlei due to relationship with tourism minister, Pohamba Shifeta. Quizzed on whether Kandume, who hails…
I AM FILLING BIG SHOES- DYAKUGHA
By: Kelvin Chiringa Newly appointed Ombudsman Basilius Dyakugha has said that he is filling big shoes, as he takes over from advocate John Walters. Dyakugha came out successful in a public interview conducted by a panel made up of the…
15-YEAR-OLD SUFFOCATE TODDLER TO DEATH
By: Dwight Links A Divundu family says they cannot do anything to the girl (15) who is said to have suffocated their one-year-old child to death. The incident where Ndara Quinton Makanga was suffocated to death happened on Wednesday this…
REGIONAL GOVERNORS…GEINGOB DEFENDS RIGHT TO APPOINT GOVERNORS
By: Andrew Kathindi President Hage Geingob has defended a constitutional prerogative to appoint regional governors, which has long been critiqued. Opposition parties and political commentators have previously said that the system to appoint governors should come under review in order…
FISHROT IN THE LIMELIGHT AGAIN…TAMSON’S WIFE FIGHTS FOR PROPERTY
By: Kelvin Chiringa Tamson Hatuikulipi’s wife, Ndapandula, says she is concerned that her assets are subject to a restraint order although there is no causal link between them and the allegations her husband is facing. Ndapandula is the daughter of…
WALVIS BAY RELEASES ABRIDGED AUDIT REPORT
By: Andrew Kathindi The Walvis Bay Municipality has recommended that an external human resource specialist should be appointed to conduct further investigations following the submission of a PricewaterhouseCoopers audit report. The audit report, which came with a number of recommendations…
LPM WANTS OTJIWARONGO CHAIRPERSON OUT
The Landless People’s Movement (LPM) has nudged urban and rural development minister, Erastus Utoni, to investigate and get rid of Otjiwarongo management committee chairperson, Gothard Hoko (Swapo) whom they say was illegally appointed to the position. “Hoko was only nominated…
WALVIS BAY MAYOR CLAIMS IGNORANCE OVER DEVICES
By: Andrew Kathindi Walvis Bay mayor Trevino Forbes has claimed that councillors were not aware that a request had been made for them to get top of the range iPad Air costing about N$17 000 each. This comes after the…
TOURISM TENDER STORM…COMPANY SAYS NGHITILA ABUSED HIS POWERS
By: Kelvin Chiringa A Namibian owned tech-company, Virtual Technologies, has accused the tourism ministry of victimization after its N$3 million tender for the provision of access control system and surveillance cameras was cancelled and readvertised. The ministry wanted to install…