When finance minister Iipumbu Shiimi tabled the mid-term budget review this week, one of the main considerations was how to minimise the impact of the escalating cost of living that continues to exert pressure on ordinary Namibians.
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LEX SCRIPTA with Fedden Mainga Mukwata – Focus on case law on foreign legal practitioners
On 28 November 2019, the appellants who are senior counsels, practising as advocates in the Republic of South Africa, arrived in Namibia at Hosea Kutako International Airport, where they sought entry into the country and made certain declarations to immigration officials and thereafter granted visitors’ permits in terms of section 29(1) of the Immigration Control Act, 7 of 1993. It later turned ou
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Helao Nafidi to relocate hazardous dumpsite
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PM visits Ompundja, Uuvudhiya
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Nujoma congratulates Xi on re-election
Founding President Sam Nujoma this week congratulated Chinese leader Xi Jinping on his re-election as the general secretary of the Communist Party of China (CPC) for another five years.
NNFU boss suspended since August
The Namibia National Farmers Union (NNFU) president Jason Emvula is still on suspension since 24 August 2022.
REFELA elects new leaders
The Network of Locally Elected Women of Africa (REFELA) has elected new commissioners. The network’s two-day event, which started on Thursday in Rundu, also decided on a strategy to address the issue of street kids countrywide.
Campaign teams cause division – Shifeta
Swapo vice presidential hopeful Pohamba Shifeta has said “teams” or “camps” created during the internal campaigns are causing division within the party.
Shaningwa: Fishrot cost party heavily
Swapo secretary general Sophia Shaningwa has said the wide-reaching Fishrot corruption scandal, which implicates ruling party officials, took place before she became the party’s chief administrator.