The United Democratic Front (UDF) used its consultative meeting with President Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah to highlight pressing challenges in Kunene. Chief among them was human-wildlife conflict, a legal dispute involving the regional council, housing shortages, youth unemployment and inequality between rural and urban schools. This comes at a time when stray elephants are wreaking havoc in...
Swapo Party Youth League (SPYL) secretary Ephraim Nekongo says discussions about succession with the ruling party ahead of the 2027 watershed congress are premature. The party is still completing internal renewal processes across its structures, Nekongo said. Entering the Swapo congress discourse this week, the youth leader said the party follows a structured process that...
The Namibian Revolutionary Transport and Manufacturing Union (Naretu) and Namib Mills have reached an agreement, ending a 59-day strike involving close to 1 000 workers. The union’s commander-in-chief, Petersen Kambinda, revealed this on Wednesday during a media briefing in Windhoek. Five times, the group met with the Minister of Justice and Labour Relations, Fillemon Wise...
As the debate around Swapo’s 2027 intraparty elective congress takes shape, questions around the state of the party, possible contenders for key posts and internal unity have emerged. At the heart of the debate are the vacant vice presidency, possible dual centres of power and the efficiency of the party’s grooming machinery, as veterans near...
Namibia’s high unemployment, land reform and other socio-economic issues affecting the country dominated Friday’s discussion between President Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah and Swanu leaders at State House. The meeting formed part of the President’s consultations with political parties. The consultations are meant to promote dialogue and exchange of views between the government and political parties. “This invitation...
President Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah said, although Namibia has made strides to promote gender equality and ensure that women take their rightful place in the country’s development, women globally still face challenges that limit their full participation in society. In her International Women’s Day message yesterday, celebrated under the theme, ‘Rights. Justice. Action. For All Women and...
The National Disaster Fund has received an unqualified audit opinion for the 2021, 2022 and 2023 financial years (FYs). This is according to auditor general Junias Kandjeke, who added that the Fund’s financial statements “present fairly, in all material respects, its financial position”. In his report submitted and recently tabled in the National Assembly in...
The Ovaherero Traditional Authority faction led by academic Hoze Riruako yesterday met President Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah at State House. High on their agenda were calls for a quota-based land allocation system for historically dispossessed communities, restitution of ancestral land rights and renewed negotiations with Germany over genocide reparations. Shooting from the hip, Riruako said the meeting...
Ehika rOzombara za Kandjoze rOtjiṱiro Otjindjandja nOtjisuta Omandaha rayauzire oukukutu okuyara Omaraisiro Yapamwe (Ojoint Declaradtion) pokati ka Namibia nEhi rOvandoitji. Nomambo omawa nomakanga va raerere Operesidenda Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah kutja onḓuvasaneno indji “kaina omaṱunino” nu ma yiso okwiisiwa na iyarukirrwa po iyo ngondjero ombe mumuva ovandu avehe. Ovanane vombazu imba mbaa venhongorerwapo iyOmbara Rikurura Kukuri, vayandjere...
The Namibia Economic Freedom Fighters (NEFF) has called for labour reforms and the transparent management of Namibia’s emerging oil and gas sector when they met President Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah at State House yesterday. Among the key issues raised was the state of the country’s healthcare system, with the party calling for increased investment in hospitals, improved...