Secretive defence company August 26 Holdings, which has strenuously and consistently refused to account for public funds, is once again in the red, this time over the alleged disappearance of around N$3 million.
Author: Edward Mumbuu (Edward Mumbuu )
Germany dead set on rejected joint declaration
The German government has refused to budge to criticism that alongside their Namibian counterpart, they have violated the rights of Nama and Ovaherero communities by excluding them from genocide talks.
Bipa’s web of lies and deceit
When Business and Intellectual Property Authority (Bipa) boss Vivienne Katjiuongua learned about conspiracies to commit fraud at the entity, she moved a sensitive document to her office for safekeeping.
Swapo CC to unpack same-sex brouhaha
An extraordinary Swapo central committee meeting will be convened in the coming days to deliberate on the recent Supreme Court judgment on recognising same-sex marriages solemnised beyond Namibia’s borders.
Govt unleashes drought counter-offensive
The agriculture ministry will roll out drought mitigation measures from 1 July 2023 to December in Kunene region and parts of Erongo and Omusati, and provide livestock support programmes in drought-stricken regions of Omaheke, Hardap and //Kharas.
PM, struggle kids plan N$13 million spending spree
While a court declaration exists that children of the liberation must not receive preferential treatment, the Office of the Prime Minister has allegedly been meeting a faction of the group behind closed-doors, concocting a plan on how to spend millions that are lying idle in an account.
N$13 million idle in struggle kids’ account
By the end of March 2022, an account named Children of the Liberation Struggle, resorting under the Prime Minister’s office, had a balance of N$13 million, all while children of the liberation struggle were knocking on the government’s door, pleading for economic opportunities.
MTC, Cran on warpath again
A fresh tug-of-war has erupted between MTC and the industry regulator, the Communication Regulatory Authority of Namibia, in the protracted legal tussles between the two parastatals.
Alweendo: Mining, energy could liberate Namibia
If Namibia is to be unchained from the triple shackle of unemployment, poverty and inequality, it will depend heavily on how it deals with opportunities presented by the energy and mining sectors.
Alarm over Kunene conservancies’ ‘impunity’… as People’s Park still in pipeline
Police in the Kunene region have been besieged with land disputes, particularly between community conservancies and traditional leaders.