Author: Kuzeeko Tjitemisa (Kuzeeko Tjitemisa )

The Affirmative Repositioning Movement’s chief activist, Job Amupanda, has urged members of parliament to do something useful for their people by passing a bill prohibiting foreign nationals from owning land in Namibia.

The plight of pensioners, who are abused by either family members or vendors, was taken up by a National Unity Democratic Organisation president Utjiua Muinjangue in the National Assembly last week.

President Hage Geingob has urged Commonwealth nations to work together, embrace multilateralism, and promote dialogue as a method of preserving world peace and security.

Defence minister Frans Kapofi has categorically refuted allegations by a Popular Democratic Movement parliamentarian that only those who offer sex to high-ranking navy officials are promoted.

National Unity Democratic Organisation’s parliamentarian Josef Kauandenge has moved to discuss the signed Namibia-Botswana Boundary Treaty of 2018.

Prime Minister Saara Kuugongelwa-Amadhila has called upon the non-state actor stakeholders to join hands with government in coming up with programmes to address social challenges facing vulnerable members of society.

National Unity Democratic Organisation parliamentarian Josef Kauandenge has expressed dismay at what he describes as meagre salaries paid to local authority councillors, saying it deters them from performing their work effectively. 

The Emir of the state of Qatar, Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani, has hailed Namibia’s governance architecture, saying the country is among the best on the continent and that they are confident their investment will be in good hands.

Visiting United States of America deputy assistant secretary of state for African affairs, Akunna Cook, says companies are eager to collaborate with the government and private sector to achieve its goal of making economic diplomacy a cornerstone of the US-Namibia-Africa relations.

International relations minister Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah hopes the recent discovery of oil off the Namibian coast will not bring instability but shared prosperity to all citizens.