The National Council (NC) recently concluded its 15th session with the passage of four Bills which were approved without amendments. The passed Bills include the Regularisation of Status of Certain Residents of Namibia, Their Descendants, and Foreign Spouses Bill; the Civil Registration and Identification Bill; the Health Professions Bill; and the Appropriation Amendment Bill. As...
Rudolf Gaiseb Former fishermen who receive a N$4 000 stipend under the Government Employment Redress Programme have expressed gratitude for the remuneration, but said it is a drop in the ocean. They said it is barely sufficient to meet all their needs. The former fishermen lost their jobs in 2018. The job losses in the...
LÜDERITZ – Swapo leader assigned to the //Kharas region Tom Alweendo said the party has a workable plan to address socio-economic challenges facing Namibians. He said this while delivering a keynote address during a mini-rally in Lüderitz recently. “We have what is needed to deliver in terms of the party manifesto,” he stated. The mines...
The Department of Legal Aid in the Ministry of Justice has refused to pay a psychiatrist to testify in a murder trial involving one of his patients. Similarly, the ministry also declined to foot the bill of N$43 000 Dr Reinhardt Sieberhagen is charging to testify in the murder trial of former teacher Patrick Geingob,...
Mines and Energy minister Tom Alweendo said Namibia has the potential to become an energy hub in Africa, provided energy projects are managed effectively. He made these remarks at the groundbreaking ceremony of NamPower’s Otjikoto Biomass Power Station project, located 12 kilometres outside Tsumeb, on Friday. The power station will generate 40 megawatts of electricity...
High Court Judge Orben Sibeya, dismissed the application with costs on a party-to-party basis in which Tjitemisa and Associates sought to avoid paying a former employee her dues. Gelia Etty Nyandoro, a Zimbabwean national, was employed at Tjitemisa and Associates from 22 January 2014 to 31 August 2021. After her departure, the firm petitioned the...
Sakeus Iikela JOHANNESBURG – Deputy Speaker of the National Assembly Loide Kasingo has called on all African countries to introduce national programmes aimed at educating young people on the ideals of Pan-Africanism to strengthen unity and promote development on the continent. She said this is especially important to ensure that young people, “who are the...
BEIRUT – Schools in Beirut were closed on yesterday after Israeli strikes on the Lebanese capital killed six people, including Hezbollah’s spokesman, the latest in a string of top militant targets slain in the war. Israel escalated its bombardment of Hezbollah strongholds in late September, vowing to secure its northern border with Lebanon to allow...
DAKAR – Senegal’s ruling party was on track to a large victory in weekend legislative polls, according to media projections yesterday, paving the way for it to deliver an ambitious reform agenda eight months after sweeping to power in the West African country. President Bassirou Diomaye Faye’s Pastef party was projected to get from 119...
KANO – Attackers from an Islamic State-affiliated jihadist group killed five Nigerian soldiers and wounded 10 more in a raid on a military base near the Niger border, two officers said yesterday. Fighters from the Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) stormed the base in Kareto village, Borno state in a dawn attack Saturday and...