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Kandjeke tears into shambolic Omaheke books 
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Kandjeke tears into shambolic Omaheke books 

Dormant bank accounts, undisclosed financial statements, missing procurement documents, an unverifiable valuation roll, and lack of important supporting documents were some of the key mishaps that auditor general Junias Kandjeke flagged in an audit report for the Omaheke Regional Council, for the financial years 2021 and 2022. The report, which was shared with Parliament in...

Livestock board blasted for misstated financial statements 
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Livestock board blasted for misstated financial statements 

Auditor General Junias Kandjeke has taken the Livestock and Livestock Products Board of Namibia to task for misrepresenting its financial statements, providing incomplete information and using outdated rates to extract levies from transactions.  As a result of the violation of set and accepted international accounting standards and principles, Kandjeke slapped the board with a qualified...

Low turnout at Grootfontein by-election
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Low turnout at Grootfontein by-election

GROOTFONTEIN – Presiding officers of the Electoral Commission of Namibia (ECN) at various polling stations at Grootfontein all voiced great satisfaction with the ordinated manner and procedural maturity in which yesterday’s by-elections were conducted.  All polling stations, including mobile ones, opened to the public at 7h00.  No technical hiccups were observed or reported throughout the...

Residents want election promises fulfilled
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Residents want election promises fulfilled

GROOTFONTEIN – Grootfontein residents said they are growing tired of unfulfilled election promises and are hoping that those being elected to office will not only pay lip service but embark upon delivering tangible change.  These were their mixed demands, aspirations and frustrations expressed after casting their votes in yesterday’s by-election across various polling stations in...

Neglected govt projects drain millions 
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Neglected govt projects drain millions 

A sizeable number of government projects worth millions of dollars are on the brink of becoming white elephants, while others are facing daily mismanagement by those entrusted to look after them. This was the finding of the National Council Standing Committee on Public Accounts and Economy.  The committee undertook follow-up regional oversight visits to various...

Foreign land ownership bill’s Achilles heel
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Foreign land ownership bill’s Achilles heel

A parliamentary committee has cautioned against a hasty and careless passing of legislation seeking to regulate, if not entirely ban, the ownership of land by foreign nationals. The Parliamentary Standing Committee on Natural Resources said the proposed law in its current form is in direct conflict with the supreme law of the land. The proposed...

Rukoro, Nudo smoke peace pipe 
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Rukoro, Nudo smoke peace pipe 

Two Nudo warring factions, one led by the party’s last democratically elected leadership now under acting secretary general Joseph Uapingene and another led by former football administrator Barry Rukoro, have smoked the peace pipe.  The National Unity Democratic Organisation (Nudo) has for the past almost two years been a house in serious disarray, as the...

Omkhaisenra Taradi group makes great strides …progressive female farmers on a mission
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Omkhaisenra Taradi group makes great strides …progressive female farmers on a mission

The annual training session for members of the Omkhaisenra Taradi Group, a group of progressive and well-organised female farmers, was recently held at Farm /Aoxas in the Hardap region, where knowledge, skills and modern farming techniques were exchanged.  Established three years ago, the women farmers’ group caters for female farmers from all over Namibia.  The...