Urban and Rural Development Minister Erastus Uutoni has hauled the Grootfontein municipal councillors over the coals.
Author: Albertina Nakale (Albertina Nakale )
Ndeitunga mum over ‘illegal’ exhumation
Police chief Sebastian Ndeitunga has refused to comment on why he allegedly allowed a group of former combatants of the People’s Liberation Army of Namibia to exhume the remains
Shiimi declines FIMA audience for now
Trade unions, asset managers and prospective pensioners will have to wait for the consultation process regarding the contentious compulsory preservation of pensions to be finalised.
NaCC probes Covid test prices
An investigation against various private pathology laboratories and other providers of Covid-19 testing services has been launched into whether the prices of polymerase chain reaction (PCR) tests for the coronavirus are competitive.
Ministry officials grilled over Bwabwata fallout
Senior officials of the environment ministry came under fire yesterday when they appeared before a Parliamentary Standing Committee on Legal Affairs for allegedly having failed to properly consult over the Bwabwata National Park tourism development and benefits with the communities living in and surrounding the game reserve.
‘Unsustainable’ logging worries Shifeta
Forests and other land vegetation produce between 20 and 30% of the oxygen in the air that humans breathe.
President rebuts genocide critics
President Hage Geingob has castigated some descendants of the victims of the 1904-08 Nama-Ovaherero genocide for demanding that government steps aside as far as negotiations with Germany are concerned.
‘There’s simply no money’
President Hage Geingob yesterday reiterated government’s stance that there was simply no money for salary adjustments for public service workers.
Namibians must enjoy preference for solar projects – UDF
In the wake of a Namibian business delegation, led by President Hage Geingob recently to Dubai, the United Democratic Front (UDF) has criticised the investment opportunities, saying Namibians should be given preference for solar projects at the expense of foreigners.
MET puts down terrorising lion
Following years of communities in the Kunene region living in constant fear of being mauled, the ministry of environment took a decision to put down a male lion, approximately eight to 10 years old, that has been terrorising communities in the Sesfontein and Puros areas.