For the past several years, we have been living under the illusion that, after the colonial sunset, we had crossed that historic bridge from inequality to equality, conflict to absolute peace, and from poverty to prosperity. The nation was hopeful at the dawn of independence that we were shaping a society grounded in common citizenship...
It is quite interesting that political parties usually take a strong stance against corruption when presenting their manifestos to the electorate every five years when general elections come around. There is no doubt that corruption, in different forms and dimensions, has seriously infiltrated many spheres of our society. It has impacted mainly the poor, and...
KEETMANSHOOP – A Keetmanshoop family of 11 on Tuesday received a fully-furnished brick house from a construction company after their shack burned down over a week ago. On 4 July, the family lost all their belongings after a fire broke out at their shack in the Ileni informal settlement. Talking about the fateful day, Sarah...
Lorato Khobetsi-Slinger The Road Authority will invest over N$1 billion in the Hardap region in the next three years, through the upgrading and rehabilitation of major roads, as part of ongoing projects to be implemented for the 2020/2021 financial year. The projects include the phase 1 of rehabilitation and widening of the B1 road between...
The National Unity Democratic Organisation (Nudo) has deployed itss investigators to determine the veracity of details emerging from one of Namibia’s biggest corruption scandals, dubbed Fishrot. It says it does not believe in the version that the Swapo Party did not directly benefit from the Fishrot scandal as was presented to the nation by Swapo...
JOHANNESBURG – South Africa’s Financial Sector Conduct Authority said it was concerned that some insurers were using the country’s lockdown in response to Covid-19, to avoid paying business interruption claims. It said the lockdown imposed from March 27 in a bid to slow down transmissions of the coronavirus — which initially grounded most economic activity...
PORT ELIZABETH – The Minerals Council of South Africa on Thursday has announced that it has invested in fundamental research, which it says is critical to support the mining industry and others in dealing with the impact of Covid-19. “Taking this into consideration, the CEO Zero Harm Forum re-allocated research funding to focus on three...
RUSTENBURG – Botswana President Mokgweetsi Masisi on Thursday imposed strict measure to control the sale of fuel in the country following two weeks of shortages. He said a car would only be allowed to fill about US$21 (250 Pula) fuel at a time and buying fuel using jerry cans would only be allowed on Thursdays....
RUNDU – The Ministry of Environment, Forestry and Tourism plans to start issuing permits for the transportation of harvested timber but with strict conditions. The conditions will be communicated on various platforms, the ministry’s spokesperson Romeo Muyunda told Nampa on Tuesday. Muyunda said businessmen in the local timber industry have been calling on the government...
Hilma Hashange The National Council Standing Committee on Habitat is investigating drought relief funds allocated to the regions for the rehabilitation and installation of boreholes and water points. The funds were allocated to all the regions last year through the Office of the Prime Minister, and an instruction was given to the regional leadership on...