Author: Maihapa Ndjavera (Maihapa Ndjavera )

The Standing Committee on Economics and Public Administration held a consultative meeting last week with the mines ministry to seek clarification on challenges, and how the committee can help the ministry address identified challenges.

Finance minister Iipumbu Shiimi said government remains committed to improving the socio-economic condition of Namibians and will continue to support vulnerable members of society given the availability of resources and as the global, regional and domestic economic situations improve.

Some former Air Namibia employees are camping at the liquidated national airline offices due to unpaid severance packages. 

Public entities are making use of non-competitive methods of procurement without justifications for deviating from the competitive method of open national bidding. 

President Hage Geingob yesterday said he will focus on leaving a lasting legacy before his second and final term as head of state comes to an end in 2025. 

A N$15.2 million tax refund scam, uncovered by the Namibia Revenue Agency and revealed at the end of March this year, has now increased to N$104 million. 

Government has spent N$100 million per annum over the last decade on the rehabilitation of rails along the Walvis Bay-Kranzberg-Tsumeb line. 

Trustco owner Quinton van Rooyen said it’s unfortunate that the Namibia Revenue Agency (NamRA) abandoned their consultative relationship by seemingly acting in cahoots with Bank of Namibia (BoN) to undermine Trustco. 

The Retirement Fund Solutions (RFS) has rubbished findings from the Namibia Competition Commission (NaCC) that concluded the pension fund administrators’ market can be considered oligopolistic.

Members of opposition parties walked out of the National Assembly on Wednesday and Thursday after the deputy minister of transport Veikko Nekundi called them “hypocrites”.