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Fund pays communal conservancies N$3m
The Environmental Investment Fund (EIF) has paid out operational costs to communal conservancies three months in advance amidst COVID-19 which totals N$3 million. Former EIF chairperson Theofilus Nghitila this morning said this advancement will cushion the effects of the pandemic…
Swapo’s credibiltiy at stake – Iivula-Ithana
Some Swapo cadres who fell by the roadside after the 2017 elective congress said there were suspicions even back then about the money used in the campaign. Former Swapo secretary-general Pendukeni Iivula-Ithana and former deputy prime minister Nahas Angula said…
Solid waste fixed-term workers give Windhoek ultimatum
More than 250 fixed-term Windhoek municipality solid waste workers have given their employer until 15 July 2020 to resolve the issue of their unrenewed contracts. The workers marched to the municipality headquarters in Windhoek where they handed over a petition…
3 police officers given 10 years jail time each for murder
Three City Police officers have been sentenced to 10 years in prison each after they were found guilty in March this year, of killing a 17-year-old teen, Mandela Ramakhutla. High Court Judge Dinnah Usiku handed down the sentence. This sentencing…
Mnangagwa sacks testkits scandal accused health minister
President Emmerson Mnangagwa has stripped Health minister Obadiah Moyo off his cabinet post “for conduct inappropriate for a government minister.” This comes after Moyo was recently arrested over a scandal surrounding the procurement of coronavirus tests and equipment. Moyo,66, was…
Nothing serious about Esau not calling a witness in bail case – Lawyer
Lawyer Nafimane Halweendo has said that there is nothing sinister about former fisheries and marine resources minister, Bernard Esau, not calling in a witness in his bid for bail at the magistrate’s court. Esau has this week grabbed headlines for…
NIP still incapable of national mass-testing – Uirab
The chief executive officer of the Namibia Institute of Pathology (NIP), Dr David Uirab, has said they still are not capable of mass-testing the rest of Namibia amidst rising Corona Virus cases with statistics now above half a thousand. This…
Itula applies to register new party
Electoral Commission of Namibia chief electoral officer Theo Mujoro said Dr Panduleni Itula is applying to register a political party called the Independent Patriots for Change. In an interview with Eagle FM Tuesday, Mujoro also said there are two applications…
The James Hatuikulipi board saved Fischor from liquidation – Esau
Former fisheries minister Bernard Esau said he found Fishcor on the verge of collapse when the new board of directors headed by James Hatuikulipi was appointed in 2014. Esau is seeking bail from the Windhoek Magistrate’s Court and has offered…
Esau asks why lawyers who received money are still free
Former fisheries minister Bernard Esau, who is fighting for bail, asked the Windhoek Magistrate’s Court why some lawyers who disbursed money from Fishcor have not been arrested. Esau and his son-in-law Tamson Hatuikulipi are seeking bail from the Windhoek Magistrate’s…