Iuze Mukube During the bail hearing yesterday in the fraud and corruption case, former Namcor’s logistics manager Cedric Willemse revealed that Erongo Petroleum was never his first choice as a customer for a fuel supply agreement with the oil parastatal. He was debunking the State’s allegation that he conspired with others to allow Enercon and...
Lahja Nashuuta Popular Democratic Movement leader McHenry Venaani and his protégé former lawmaker Maximilliant Katjimuine are divided in their diagnosis of the root causes of the recent resignations within the party. Venaani believes that those quitting are doing so for selfish reasons as they no longer occupy prominent roles and benefit financially or otherwise. However,...
Lylie Joel SINGURUVE – A determined farmer in the Kavango West region is working to transform food production in his community through the expansion of his agricultural project, despite significant challenges relating to water and access to funding. Thomas Hausiku, owner of Nanzamba Mixed Farming at Singuruve village in the Ncuncuni constituency, is expanding his...
JOHANNESBURG – South African prosecutors announced on Wednesday their plans to reopen an inquest into the death of prominent anti-apartheid activist Steve Biko, nearly 50 years after he died while in police custody. Biko, founder of South Africa’s Black Consciousness Movement, died in a prison cell in 1977, aged just 30, after being beaten into...
JERUSALEM – US Secretary of State Marco Rubio yesterday told Israel that the United States backed the “constructive role” by Qatar in mediating in Gaza, after an Israeli strike on the Gulf state against Hamas. President Donald Trump and Rubio have both said they opposed the attack last week on Qatar, which is home to...
BIZERTE (Tunisia) – A flotilla bound for Gaza carrying aid and pro-Palestinian activists set sail yesterday from Tunisia after repeated delays, aiming to break Israel’s blockade and deliver aid to the Palestinian territory. “The fleet that departed Barcelona is already at sea, and the Tunisian boats are now setting sail in stages,” the Global Sumud...
Zebaldt Ngaruka Minister of Defence and Veterans Affairs Frans Kapofi praised the high level of competition and camaraderie at the recently concluded Namibia Defence Force’s (NDF) 10th annual sports games held at Gobabis’s Legare Sports Complex in the Omaheke region. The event concluded with a vibrant awards ceremony, where teams and individual athletes from various...
Taimi Haihambo Ouministeli weameno nomatonatelo okeengaba owa kunghilila ovakwashiwana opo va kale va yandja oilwifo oyo ihe na eembapila doufemba. Eendjebo osho yo oilwifo ihe li paveta nai twalwe kee sasiona dopolifi moshilongo ashishe. Onghundana ei oya li yatulwa moshiwana ku kakukutu komatanga opolifi noNamibia Joseph Shikongo, oshivike shadja ko. “Eshi kashishi ngeno oku strafa...
Ras Hans Sheehama used to call me “the philosopher.” But as I sit down with a heavy heart to write this tribute after his passing, I must state something clearly: He was the true philosopher — not me. In Ras, Namibia had a voice of reason, of truth, of conscience. And in losing him, we lost far...
Auleria Wakudumo ONDANGWA – The minister of urban and rural development, James Sankwasa, has expressed deep concern over Ondangwa Town Council’s decision to implement a travelling and subsistence allowance (T&S) policy in defiance of a ministerial directive. Speaking during his visit to assess the implementation of council capital projects, Sankwasa said the local authority had...