Author: Staff Reporter (Staff Reporter )

First, governors should oversee the efficient and effective spending of their regional budgets. This means they should demonstrate the ability to ensure that development projects and programmes in their regions are completed timeously,

It is widely acknowledged that throughout the colonial period, workers in Namibia and elsewhere on the continent bore the brunt of colonial extraction which did not only target Africa’s raw materials but also its people as a source of cheap labour.

The Oshikoto Regional Council observed poor record keeping practices in most of the public establishments in the region. This came to light when the council conducted an inspection in various government institutions, with the purpose of advising and assisting institutions to implement proper record management procedures.

Despite experiencing the challenge of a non-functional management committee for the past six months, the Lüderitz Town Council has not remained dormant, said mayor Anna-Marie Hartzenberg. 

A parent whose child has been in isolation at an Omusati school after allegedly contracting Covid-19 has received backlash from both the school principal and the hostel superintended.

An attempt by the defence of self-proclaimed prophet and founder of the House of Joy Ministries Jackson Babi to have his case provisionally withdrawn, fell flat when the court denied the request.

Civil rights group Breaking the Wall of Silence (BWS) has paid glowing tribute to its founding chairperson Samson Ndeikwila, whom it described as an icon of integrity. Ndeikwila, who died last week, founded the civil rights pressure group and was its chairperson from 1996 to 1999. 

Fraud accused Manga Nawa-Mukena, her husband Joseph Mukena and Celestino Gabriel Antonio pleaded not guilty yesterday on several charges of fraud, alternatively theft, forgery, uttering, money laundering and obstructing or defeating the course of justice.

The police have finalised their investigations into the case of the former public prosecutor, who allegedly worked in cahoots with a handful of people to scam the Office of the Judiciary in witness fees. 

United Nations World Tourism Organisation (UNWTO) secretary general Zurab Pololikashvili yesterday visited President Hage Geingob to brief him on the two-day UNWTO regional conference on brand Africa.