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Sanherji prepares to leave Namibia after massive Fishrot scandal
Samherji acting chief executive officer Björgólfur Jóhannsson After torching a scandal storm in Namibia’s fishing sector, the Icelandic company Samherji is seeking to divest and leave the country. Samherji is at the centre of what could be Namibia’s biggest scandal…
Lengthy procurement process blamed for medicine shortages
The Public Procurement Act of 2015 is one of the six reasons why public health facilities experience a chronic shortage of medicine. Health minister Dr Kalumbi Shangula said Thursday that the procurement act was limiting the health ministry and it…
4 000 positions created in the health ministry
The health minister Dr Kalumbi Shangula said the Office of the Prime Minister has approved the creation of more than 4 000 positions in his ministry. Speaking to the media in Windhoek on Thursday, Dr Shangula said the 4 595…
Supreme Court reserves 2019 presidential election results
Advocate Jeremy Gauntlett and lawyer Frank Pelser The Supreme Court of Namibia on Friday reserved judgement in an application brought by five presidential candidates who participated in the 2019 Presidential Elections. The five candidates are Mike Kavekotora of the RPD,…
Hanse-Himarwa hires Oscar Pistorius’ defence lawyer
Former minister of education Katrina Hanse-Himarwa has hired one of South Africa best defence lawyers Barry Roux to represent her in a case where she is seeking leave to appeal a Windhoek High Court conviction. Hanse-Himarwa, who was convicted on…
August 26 CEO confirms textile company closure, job losses
August 26 Holdings chief executive officer Colonel George Kaxuxwena has said that there are closing down three subsidiaries that are insolvent. One of the companies is August 26 Textiles that makes shoes and employs about 86 workers. August 26…
Council workers arrested for poaching – again
Some of the poaching suspects The anti-poaching unit – the Blue Rhino Combined Task Team – last week arrested 18 suspects among them two Oshakati…
Education is more than just maths, science and geography – Nghipondoka
The deputy education minister Anna Nghipondoka opened the 2020 school year Tuesday in Windhoek. Below we carry her speech verbatim. The Ministry of Education, Arts and Culture is happy to welcome you all back to the new academic year. We…
Engineer challenges mango ban directive
Engineer Charles Mukwaso has said the directive by the agriculture ministry to ban the movement of mangoes from Zambia into Namibia is akin to the agro-economic blockade called the redline. Mukwaso said this when he responded to the letter written…
Finance minister Tito Mboweni wants Lesotho to be SA’s ‘10 province’
Tito Mboweni has a few radical ideas, but this might top the lot. South Africa’s finance minister wants Lesotho to be SA’s ‘tenth province’. He’s not been back on Twitter for very long, but Finance Minister Tito Mboweni knows how…