Author: Edward Mumbuu (Edward Mumbuu )

Namibia and South Africa’s extremely close ties were yesterday on full display when the countries’ presidents met to sign a raft of agreements in Pretoria.   

With a looming drought, Cabinet has directed the Office of the Prime to extend the drought relief programme by the tune of N$121 million to Kunene, and parts of Erongo and Omusati.

The Affirmative Repositioning movement has called on the sports ministry to get to the bottom of a dodgy land deal that saw the Newman Katuta stadium sold from under its nose.

The Namibia University of Science and Technology management has cleared itself of any wrongdoing in the face of an avalanche of allegations, including impropriety, tribalism, nepotism and abuse of power. 

When property mogul Erastus ‘Chicco’ Shapumba approached Opuwo Town Council with a deal to buy the town’s only sporting facility, the council was convinced he was a good sport.

The proposed merger between the Namibia Press Agency and New Era Publication Corporation is still hanging in the balance, with no concrete paperwork done to set the unification process in motion.

For the past three financial years, auditor general Junias Kandjeke has given the New Era Publication Corporation clean audit opinions, a feat its CEO attributes to good governance.

Higher education minister Itah Kandji-Murangi read the Namibia University of Science and Technology’s governing council the riot act.

Modesty, calmness and composure are but a few features that quintessentially set lawmaker Maximalliant Katjimune apart among the political elite, who now happen to be his peers. 

Certain quarters of the Kunene business community have claimed exclusion in major State tenders, saying unlike in other regions, indigenous inhabitants do not enjoy preference in the awarding process.