The Affirmative Repositioning (AR) movement yesterday appointed its fiery activist Paulus Kathanga, well known as Pau Pau, as the movement’s head of elections. The announcement was made by AR activist-in-chief Job Amupanda who at the same time revealed the movement will field candidates in all 121 constituencies and 57 local authorities in the upcoming regional and local authority...
OKAHANDJA – The contentious and long-standing issues of land and genocide dominated speeches of speakers during the 50th commemoration of the death of revered nationalist and Ovaherero paramount chief Hosea Kutako. Chief Kutako, who is hailed as an indomitable nationalist, died at the age of 100 on 18 July 1970. President Hage Geingob in a...
Works and transport minister John Mutorwa has intervened into the much-publicised saga at the Namibia Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA), ordering the company’s board to reinstate the suspended assistant legal officer Natalia Isak. Isak was suspended after she was involved in a physical confrontation with the parastatal’s chief financial officer. Prior to her suspension, she wrote...
The Popular Democratic Movement (PDM) says it will put under microscopic scrutiny its members wanting to contest as candidates on its tickets in regional and local authority polls in November. This, according to PDM secretary general Manuel Ngaringombe, was decided during its central committee meeting, held in Windhoek last week. Ngaringombe said the party will allow all...
Swapo party Okorukambe district coordinator in Omaheke region Frans Murangi has been suspended and is prohibited from participating in any party activities, pending his appearance before the party’s political bureau. Swapo has accused him of disrupting its activities in the region, particularly since he started serving as district coordinator. “The central committee meeting of Swapo...
Newly-appointed Meatco’s board chairperson, Johnnie Hamman, has promised to make the country’s premier meat processing and marketing entity, great again by improving the relationship between the cooperation and its producers. Hamman said this last week while speaking at a stakeholders meeting that started at Gobabis in the Omaheke region and ended at Grootfontein in the Otjozondjupa region....
The country’s dairy producer across the country last week Wednesday met in Windhoek to discuss strategies for surviving the current economic situation as well as possible ways to save the industry. The dairy industry has been in the midst of a serious crisis over the past few years. This according to the Dairy Producers Association...
All People’s Party (APP) president Ignatius Shixwameni last week urged President Hage Geingob to release unpublished Presidential Commissions of Inquiries conducted since independence. Shixwameni made this call while addressing the press at Rundu in the Kavango East region. “President Geingob must release and publish all hitherto unpublished reports of all Presidential Commissions of inquiries paid...
The City of Windhoek says residents will massively benefit from the smart city concept once fully operationalised, including access to a faster and cheaper internet service. The City is also looking at capitalising on a fibre optic network by connecting both residents and businesses to automated municipal services, while improving service delivery through smart metering...
President Hage Geingob has strongly implored Swapo parliamentarians to stick to addressing issues in the National Assembly instead of resorting to personality clashes. “It is your ultimate task to re-define the rules of engagement within the Namibian socio-economic and political context, to ensure that we effectively address the burning issue of economic freedom for the...