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Esau, Gustavo in custody over N$150m corruption
Police in Windhoek arrested two of the alleged kingpins on the N$150m fishing quotas scandal on Saturday in Windhoek. Those arrested are the former fisheries minister Bernhard Esau and the suspended Investec Asset Management manager Ricardo Gustavo. Still to be…
ECN won’t be able to run election using paper ballot – Mujoro
The Electoral Commission of Namibia chief electoral officer Theo Mujoro told Eagle FM on Saturday that the commission will not be able to run this year’s elections if the tribunal court rules in favour of manual paper ballots. The Electoral…
NamPower probes source of two-hour blackout
SOME parts of Namibia were plunged into darkness on Tuesday night when power was off for about two hours. The affected areas were those at the coast, northern regions, and central Namibia. The power utility, NamPower, says it was…
EVMs use ruling set for 25 Nov.
The Electoral Tribunal has postponed independent presidential candidate Dr Panduleni Itula’s case in which he wants the Electoral Commission of Namibia to make changes to the use of the electronic voting machines to 25 November 2019. Dr Itula gave the…
State House condemns New Era article
President Hage Geingob has dismissed a news report in the state-owned New Era publication that said he had denounced demands for the dismissals of former ministers Sacky Shanghala and Bernhard Esau. The ministers, who are being investigated by the ACC…
State House denies motorcade was blocked
State House has dismissed reports that President Hage Geingob’s motorcade was blocked at Ondangwa on Saturday. Some media reports said that Geingob was stuck in the traffic after Dr Itula In a press statement Monday, the presidential press secretary…
15 arrested over poaching within a week
The environment ministry says 15 people were arrested between 11 and 17 November, while 10 new cases were reported during the same period. In a statement Monday, environment ministry spokesperson Romeo Muyunda said that two of the suspects were arrested…
NQA boss in court for attempted murder
The Namibia Qualifications Authority chief executive officer Frans Gertze who shot his wife, Annita, six times on Saturday has appeared in the Windhoek Magistrate Court Monday. Gertze is facing attempted murder, assault with the intention of causing gross bodily harm…
Another billion-dollar rail tender for a Chinese company
The Chinese-owned company that won the N$730 million-dollar Swapo headquarters construction tender is in line to win another N$1,2 billion-tender for upgrading the Arandis to Kranzberg railway line. Qingjian Group Co Ltd bid the rail upgrade tender as a joint…
SPYL calls for the barment of convicted party members
The SWAPO Party Youth League (SPYL) wants former ministers Sacky Shanghala and Bernhard Esau to resign following damning allegations that they received massive bribes from an Iceland fishing company in exchange for quotas and licences. Shanghala and Esau resigned on…