As the curtain falls on the current Parliament, records indicate that the National Assembly made legislative progress over the past three years, sometimes under difficult circumstances and limitations. Reviewing its annual reports, it is apparent that the August House managed to pass key Bills, despite facing financial and administrative challenges. The reports, reviewed by this...
SWAKOPMUND – Just less than a week after Parliament pointed to illegal mining in the Uis area of the Daures constituency, further shortcomings and irregularities have been uncovered. Findings of an oversight visit by the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Natural Resources have raised environmental and labour concerns in the mining sector. The latest committee’s findings,...
Mighty Gunners’ defender Sergio Damaseb, who recently earned his first national team call-up, relishes the opportunity and looks forward to making a mark in the upcoming FIFA World Cup qualifiers. Damaseb is part of the 30-man preliminary squad preparing for two crucial matches against Malawi next Thursday at the Bingu National Stadium, and Equatorial Guinea...
Namibia Football Association (NFA) president Robert Shimooshili has congratulated Patrice Motsepe following his re-election as president of the Confederation of African Football (CAF). Motsepe was re-elected unopposed for another four-year term at the CAF 14th Extra-Ordinary General Congress held in Cairo, Egypt yesterday. “The Namibia Football Association proudly congratulates Patrice Motsepe on his unopposed election...
Prosecutor General Martha Imalwa (PG)’s quest hit a snag yesterday to have the assets of the foreign directors in the Fishrot case and the companies they represent attached and restrained. Windhoek High Court Judge Orben Sibeya dismissed an application by Imalwa in her fight to attach the assets of all the Fishrot accused. She has...
Namibia has been advised to adopt Ethiopian agricultural strategies following a benchmarking visit by the delegation from the National Assembly’s Parliamenty Standing Committee on Natural Resources to that country. The committee now wants the country to adopt and implement successful agricultural strategies to bolster Namibia’s food security and support its farming communities. The recently-concluded study...
Development Bank of Namibia (DBN) CEO John Steytler resigned yesterday, but dismissed any assertions that he may have left the position under duress. Steytler said he decided to step down with immediate effect after serving as the bank’s top executive for a year and six months. “On record, I was not forced,” he told New...
KEETMANSHOOP – Deputy safety and security minister Lucia Witbooi said community service sentences are retributive and restorative in that they are beneficial for offenders, the community and the State. She said this during the launch of the roll-out of community service orders to the Lüderitz and Aus courts, which recently took place in the harbour...
Chief administrator of the Namibia Sports Commission (NSC) Freddy Mwiya has firmly defended the plan to send nearly 204 Namibian athletes, 12 coaches and a team of officials to Botswana for a ‘pre-competition’ ahead of the upcoming Region 5 Youth Games set to take place in July. Despite some criticism, he believes this strategy is...
The highly-anticipated MTC Maris Cup final is set to take place on 29 March in Windhoek. Young African’s owner and coach Maleagi Ngarizemo will face off against rising force in Namibian football Benedictus Haoseb’s African Stars. The stakes could not be higher, with a hefty N$1.5 million awaiting the winner. Ngarizemo, whose passion for the...