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PARIS – France yesterday accused the United States of violating international law after president Donald Trump signed an order to fast-track deep-sea mining in the open ocean outside his country’s territorial waters. Washington wants to spearhead mining for mineral-rich nodules in the deepestocean floor, sidestepping a global effort to regulate such potentially damaging exploration. France...
Rudolf Gaiseb Education minister Sanet Steenkamp said with the new directive to fully subsidise public universities as well as technical and vocational education and training (TVET) institutions, they will ensure that private tertiary institutions are not impacted. Financial provision has been made for private tertiary institutions, and a funding model will be developed, she revealed....
Auleria Wakudumo While cannabis activists and users continue to rally for its legalisation in Namibia, traditional leaders have made it clear that they will never support its decriminalisation. Uukwambi Traditional Authority Chief and the Northern Traditional Authorities’ chairperson, Ndilimani Iipumbu, stated that the legalisation of cannabis will destroy the nation and bring madness to the...
Iuze Mukube Former fisheries, land reform and agriculture minister Mac-Albert Hengari (59) and his 30-year-old co-accused made their first court appearance yesterday in the Windhoek Magistrate’s Court. The duo, who appeared before Magistrate Monica Andjaba, each face a charge of attempting to defeat or obstruct the course of justice. It is alleged that on 26...
GOBABIS – The Nama Youth of Namibia rejected the Genocide Remembrance Day meeting held in Keetmanshoop in the //Kharas region last week. The meetings, spearheaded by Vice President Lucia Witbooi, form part of her engagement with traditional leaders from the affected communities on the commemoration of the day, in the Omaheke, Otjozondjupa, Hardap, //Kharas, Erongo,...
Rudolf Gaiseb Fishing quotas could benefit former fishermen by providing employment and shares in fishing companies, Swanu leader Evilastus Kaaronda said last week. He made this submission in the National Assembly while enquiring whether the government can ensure that fishermen leverage the quotas and obtain shares in fishing companies. This is so that even after...
Lahja Nashuuta The Landless People’s Movement (LPM) has firmly rejected the proposed national budget currently under review in the National Assembly, with party member Eneas Shivolo Emvula declaring it disconnected from the realities faced by ordinary Namibians. Speaking during the debate last week, he said, “On behalf of my political party, I cannot, in good...
Lahja Nashuuta Finance minister Erica Shafudah says the government will reduce the non-mining corporate tax rate to enhance the country’s economic competitiveness, attract investments and stimulate growth. Responding to questions raised in the National Assembly last week during the budget debate, Shafudah acknowledged concern over the decline in Southern African Customs Union (Sacu) revenue for...
KIGALI – Rwanda last month severed relations with Belgium following criticism of its actions in neighbouring Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) – a move that is already having unexpected consequences. Rwanda’s support for the M23 armed group, which has seized large areas of the mineral-rich eastern DRC, has attracted international condemnation and sanctions. In March,...
KAMPALA – Uganda’s opposition said yesterday that security forces had “sealed off” its headquarters in the capital, Kampala, to stop the party launching a protest campaign ahead of national polls next year. Security forces have in recent years frequently targeted the opposition party of the National Unity Platform (NUP), led by musician-turned-politician Bobi Wine. The...