Strategic direction… Toini Muteka has been appointed as the executive officer for human capital for Bank Windhoek. Her appointment is effective from 1 October 2024. She will be responsible for developing and executing the bank’s resource strategy in support of the overall business plan and strategic direction. She will focus specifically on succession planning, talent...
Deputy Minister of Information and Communication Technology Modestus Amutse, made the following announcements on 3 October regarding the latest Cabinet decisions: Submission of bilateral cooperation engagements held in London, England, from 17 to 19 July 2024: Submitted by the Minister of Industrialisation and Trade. Cabinet took note of the bilateral cooperation engagements held in London,...
Lahja Nashuuta The National Unity Democratic Organisation (Nudo) has agreed to file the current president, Ester Muinjangue, as the party’s presidential candidate for the upcoming Presidential and National Assembly elections, slated for 27 November 2024. The decision is among the resolutions taken at the party’s electoral college held over the weekend. The party’s leaders met...
Rudolf Gaiseb Political parties have reiterated their stance that the Electoral Commission of Namibia (ECN) cannot handpick a printing company for ballot papers in the absence of a fair and transparent bidding process. This development has raised concerns about transparency and fairness in selecting a printer for the ballot papers, which parties say could potentially...
Two people who were allegedly shot by their 59-year-old colleague at Henning Crusher at Ondangwa on Friday have been identified as 43-year-old John Myburgh and 44-year-old Johana Richter. The Oshana police commander Naftal Lungameni Sakaria, said the two victims were employed as production and mechanical managers at Henning Crusher. According to Sakaria, the incident occurred...
A former police detective attached to the Keetmanshoop Gender Based Violence Unit was on Thursday sentenced to an effective 25-year imprisonment for the murder of his ex-girlfriend, Sharon Louw.Brian Plaatjie during the trial admitted to having murdered Louw, the mother of his two children, between 25 and 26 June 2021. A postmortem found that she suffered...
The Electoral Commission of Namibia has cancelled the public bid for ballot papers for the 2024 Presidential and National Assembly elections and will hand-pick a printer. In a statement, chief electoral and referenda officer, Peter Shaama said that the commission deems this to be in the best interest of electoral democracy and public interest to...
TUNIS – Tunisians cast ballots in yesterday’s presidential election, with incumbent Kais Saied expected to secure another five years in office as his main critics are behind bars. Three years after he staged a sweepingpower grab, the election is seen as a closing chapter in Tunisia’s experiment with democracy. The North African country had prideditself...
BEIRUT – A huge fireball lit up the night sky and plumes of smoke rose over south Beirut early yesterday as Israel unleashed intense air strikes targeting Hezbollah, nearly a year after the Gaza war erupted. Israeli forces were on high alert ahead of today’s anniversary of Hamas’ 7 October attack, which triggered the war....
MIAMI – Florida’s governor declared a state of emergency on Saturday as forecasters warned the US state – still reeling from deadly Hurricane Helene – could be slammed by another major storm next week. Tropical Storm Milton, currently churning in the western Gulf of Mexico, was “forecast to strengthen into a major hurricane as it...