Shortly before the crack of dawn on Sunday at the historic Otjimbingwe, the towering Hoze Riruako rose to be unveiled as new Ovaherero paramount chief-designate.
Author: Edward Mumbuu (Edward Mumbuu )
NNN enters condom tender fray
Swapo vice president Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah has added her voice against the controversial medical tenders, saying the country’s opulence should benefit the masses, as opposed to a select few.
CPBN abstains from condom factory fracas
Despite promising that it would ascertain whether health tender magnate Shapwa Kanyama’s purported factory exists, and manufactures condoms, the silence from the Central Procurement Board is deafening.
NNFU: Don’t slaughter Meatco yet
It is an open secret that Meatco finds itself between a rock and a hard place, gasping for breath like a dying cow, but it must not be killed, for now, says the Namibia National Farmers Union.
Otjimbingwe vote dispute looms
Lawyers representing the Ovaherero Traditional Authority, led by paramount chief claimant, academic Mutjinde Katjiua, have written to Ovitoto chief Vipuira Kapuuo to block this weekend's election and coronation of the authority’s successor to Vekuii Rukoro.
Otjimbingwe hosts historic Ovaherero chief vote
Thousands of Ovaherero Traditional Authority loyalists and spectators will have their eyes squarely fixed on Erongo’s Otjimbingwe settlement to witness the election and coronation of OTA’s ombara otjitambi (paramount chief).
Nudo not Swapo’s side chick – Kauandenge
National Unity Democratic Organisation has blasted critics who label the party as a ‘Swapo side chick for its purported close links and cooperation with the ruling party.
Kanyama’s ‘condom factory’ under wraps
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.
Ngavetene: President can’t cancel tenders
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).
EU evasive on genocide… ‘focus on the future’ … Namibia told to choose friends ‘wisely’
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.