On face value, defence is one of the highest recipients of the national budget.
Author: Edward Mumbuu (Edward Mumbuu )
Public media laud cash injection
Both the Namibia Press Agency and New Era Publication Corporation have heaped praise on the government for a combined budgetary allocation of N$54.5 million for this financial year.
GIPF top job race heats up… Swapo congress hangover spills over to pension fund
With less than three months left before Government Institutions Pension Fund CEO David Nuyoma retires, the race to replace him is climaxing.
Mberirua exonerates TransNamib executives
TransNamib executives who irregularly paid themselves handsome performance bonuses without evidence to back up their purported stellar display could walk scot-free.
Union claims nepotism, tribalism at NUST
The Namibia Public Workers Union has called for an urgent intervention by the Namibia University of Science and Technology and higher education ministry in the affairs of the public university, after damning allegations of corruption, abuse of power and nepotism surfaced.
FIC edges closer to director’s appointment
Almost a year after the position became vacant, the Financial Intelligence Centre would soon appoint a new director.
Unemployed youth bailed me out – Hengari
While she could afford it, it was a group of unemployed Namibians who raised N$17 000 for the release of parliamentarian Inna Hengari.
NamRA collects record N$55 billion
The Namibia Revenue Agency has surpassed its revenue-collection target by about N$2 billion, a good month before the financial year comes to a close.
AG tears into Outapi, Omuthiya and Karibib councils
Accounting continues to be a thorn in the flesh of most local authorities that are seemingly unable to account for public resources under their care, recently submitted audit reports show.
On the spot – Bernadus Swartbooi: Frustrated Namibians to decide 2024
This week, New Era’s Edward Mumbuu sat down with Landless People’s Movement leader Bernadus Swartbooi, who pulled no punches when he confronted questions on the party’s achievements, internal chaos, ties to his former political home, how the country’s resources can benefit its citizen and coalition politics as the country gears towards the 2024 showdown: