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Walvis Bay, Swakop & Arandis still locked down
President Hage Geingob said, since Walvis Bay accounts for 436 cases out of 436 reported so far, additional containment measures to slow the rate of transmission and prevent the disease from spreading beyond the three Local Authority Areas were…
Defence minister exposes bad relationship with Auditor General in parliament
Defence minister Rear Admiral Peter Hafeni Vilho has exposed in parliament what can be considered to be a bad relationship between him and Auditor General Junias Kandjeke. The minister has accused Kandjeke of seeking to spy on the military by…
Windhoek low-cost housing project launched
The Ministry of Urban and Rural Development, City of Windhoek, National Housing Enterprise and Khomas Regional Council held a ground-breaking ceremony last week for a low-cost housing project to construct 1 200 houses by July 2022. Phase 1 of the…
City of Windhoek mum on free wi-fi funders
If the words by City of Windhoek acting boss, Reckliff Kandjiriomuini are anything to go by, the municipality will be bristling with free Wi-Fi in 12 months’ time by the authorities are still mum on who is funding this project….
Ithete apologizes to unapologetic Ipumbu
Swapo party member of parliament Natangwe Ithete has apologized to Namibia Economic Freedom Fighters (NEFF) red-beret, Kalimbo Ipumbu for a verbal spurt that degenerated into a physical confrontation this week in parliament. That was after the speaker of the national…
LPM’s Mootu says will not be silenced in the National Assembly
Landless People’s Movement member of parliament (MP) Utaara Mootu said she will not be silenced by insults in the National Assembly. This comes after another MP told Mootu to “shut up” as a commotion broke out in the National Assembly…
Amupanda questions constitutionality of voter registration
Affirmative Repositioning leader Dr Job Amupanda has written to the Electoral Commission to request for a national dialogue on the logic of voter registration for Presidential and National Assembly Elections. Amupanda also is questioning the voters’ registration regime in Namibia…
Katjavivi’s warning has no effect in law – Swartbooi
Leader of the Landless People’s Movement (LPM), Bernardus Swartbooi said the verbal warning issued by Speaker of the National Assembly, Professor Peter Katjavivi has no effect in law. The speaker warned Swartbooi and his right-hand-man, Henny Seibeb this week accusing…
Botswana president goes into fourth coronavirus quarantine
President Mokgweetsi Masisi of Botswana on Thursday began a 14-day self-isolation after an official working closely with him tested positive for COVID-19, the country’s office of the president said in a statement. “The Office of the President regrets to inform…
SPYL condemns ‘unbecoming behaviour’ in parliament
SWAPO Party Youth League said they are dismayed by the way the National Assembly is degenerating into a chaotic and discourteous August house. In a statement Thursday, the league’s secretary for information, publicity and mobilisation Gerson Lineekela Dumeni said the…