Author: Edward Mumbuu (Edward Mumbuu )

Six Popular Democratic Movement parliamentarians who were sworn in last year, are demanding backpay from the National Assembly, as they became duly elected members of the House in 2019.

While its leader McHenry Venaani continues singing from the transparency and accountability hymn book, some senior figures in Namibia’s second largest political party lament being in the dark about its finances.

A four-pillar proposal to address the Windhoek management committee leadership impasse crumbled like a sand-made castle on Tuesday, after the councillors failed to reach consensus.

The Livestock Producers Organisation (LPO) has expressed their shock at the allegations of alleged Meatco sabotage while northern farmers bemoaned the reputational damage their products may have suffered.

The government is analysing a forensic report by a local firm into the state of affairs and viability of the Meat Corporation of Namibia, with a view to secure the long-term sustainability of the beef sector. 

The Namibian Defence Force is expected to recruit a batch of trainees for the second year in a row later this year as it moves to beef up its personnel, New Era has established. 

There is general consensus across opposition parties that the increment of the elderly pension grants by N$100 is insignificant in the face of hardships confronting them, some branding it “an insult”.

Disgruntled previously advantaged commercial farmers have approached authorities in Ghana to stop buying Namibian beef from the northern communal areas, as it is allegedly contaminated with foot and mouth disease.

Erstwhile economic advisor to President Hage Geingob, John Steytler has entered the Meat Corporation of Namibia fray, saying the entity should have never been transformed into a full-blown parastal.