Several government offices, ministries and agencies owe the works and transport ministry – government’s asset custodian - over N$1.5 billion in unpaid fees for leasing vehicles from the ministry over the past five years.
Author: Edward Mumbuu (Edward Mumbuu )
Swapo endorses city coalition
Swapo’s Windhoek municipal councillors who ignored party directives not to participate in a vote of no confidence in the management committee (MC) or partake in any form of coalition, are off the hook.
City residents deserve council chaos – Sankwasa
Former works and transport deputy minister James Sankwasa has put the blame for chaos at the Windhoek municipal council squarely on residents. He said the mess in which the municipality finds itself would have been avoided had voters given one party an outright majority or eight seats in the 15-member council.
Shikongo appointment hailed… implored to tackle crime head-on
The appointment of deputy inspector general Joseph Shikongo as the country’s new police chief has been largely lauded.
Swapo messed up towns – Swartbooi
The ruling Swapo party is the last political formation to lecture others about running local authorities as it failed at an industrial scale, for the better part of 32 years, Landless People’s Movement leader Bernadus Swartbooi has said.
AR takes MC chair
The Affirmative Repositioning (AR) has successfully toppled the Independent Patriots for Change (IPC)-dominated management committee through a motion of no confidence.
Shikongo’s meteoric rise
Twenty-four years ago, then an officer in the Namibia Defence Force, Joseph Shikongo rose to the rank of lieutenant colonel on 1 September 1998.
Swapo ‘Iron Lady’ combat-ready
After years in her cocoon, veteran Swapo politician Pendukeni Iivula-Ithana is ready for deployment anywhere by the ruling party for as long as the process is above board and bona fide.
Swapo’s big weekend…SPYL congress rocked by disunity, ‘no irregularities’ …key congress dates announced
Despite numerous attempts by the ruling party to shoot down reports of disunity within its ranks, the Swapo Party Youth League’s re-elected secretary Ephraim Nekongo has admitted the party continues to experience disunity among its “comrades”.
City marches forward with 5G
Notwithstanding external pressure to cancel its telecommunications licence with the Communications Regulatory Authority of Namibia (Cran), the Windhoek municipality has refused to budge and will continue with its 5G aspirations.