Author: Edward Mumbuu (Edward Mumbuu )

Health tender magnate Shapwa Kanyama has refused this newspaper entry into his purported condom manufacturing factory, located in the Windhoek northern industrial area, citing privacy. 

There is no provision in the Procurement Act that gives the head of state unfettered powers to cancel tender awards by the Central Procurement Board of Namibia (CPBN).

Acknowledging Germany’s genocide of Namibians, European Union commissioners said while the dark past should not be forgotten, greater focus must be placed on the future. 

Popular Democratic Movement leader McHenry Venaani has said some medical doctors employed by the State have their bread buttered on both sides, to the detriment of ordinary Namibians. 

Last year’s dismal performance by grades 11 and 12 candidates should have sent parents to the streets in protest, demanding better from the government in the face of a teetering public education sector. 

The Namibia University of Science and Technology’s male hostel has been dormant for over two years, following the institution’s failure to renovate it.

Despite awarding him a multimillion dollar tender, the Central Procurement Board of Namibia does not know if businessman Shapwa Kanyama owns a condom or surgical gloves factory. 

A last-minute attempt to resolve the leadership impasse at the Windhoek municipality ended in a cul-de-sac, after parties failed to reach a consensus on an array of issues.

A report into government’s spending during the Covid-19 pandemic has lifted a veil on potential maleficence in the State’s procurement of goods and services.