Defence minister Frans Kapofi yesterday unveiled a committee tasked with exhuming and re-interning the remains of the country’s liberation struggle martyrs. The committee is led by former Plan combatant and ex-Cabinet minister Charles Namoloh, who fought under the nom de guerre ‘Ho Chi Minh’. The Namoloh-led committee will work to ensure that the fallen heroes...
The Namibia Water Corporation is owed a cumulative N$2.1 billion, a situation that has placed it between a rock and a hard place financially. This figure was released by NamWater spokesperson Lot Ndamanomhata yesterday while laying bare the grim reality of the entity’s financial position. In a statement, he said NamWater faces substantial financial challenges...
Iuze Mukube Popular Democratic Movement leader McHenry Venaani has taken a swipe at internal political slates ahead of their elective congress. The PDM congress kicks off tomorrow in Zambezi regional capital Katima Mulilo. They are also expected to launch their election manifesto this weekend. As of yesterday, delegates from different parts of the country had...
Namibia could become a crude oil exporter in the early 2030s when several projects reach their production peaks. This optimism is fuelled by concerted efforts to conclude appraisal, and shift the gear to development in the oil discoveries. Interim managing director at the National Petroleum Corporation of Namibia (Namcor) Ebson Uanguta made these remarks while...
Bela Bento SWAKOPMUND – Jan Carlo Horn said he will never forgive Jandre Dippenaar. Horn is the the father of Jan Carlo (JC) Horn Junior, one of six people who died when two cars crashed on the Henties Bay road nearly 10 years ago.JC, along with two others, including his girlfriend, were passengers in the...
Noreen Sitali For disabled persons, living in a society created only to be habitable to others is an elemental part of one’s life experience. As just one example, easy access to transportation as well as the empowerment and participation facilitated by freedom of movement are denied to most visually impaired persons in society. The unavailability,...
Rauna Kalola SWAKOPMUND – Erongo governor Neville Andre has emphasised the critical role of public participation in the ongoing review of the regional roads master plan held in Swakopmund this week. Addressing a diverse audience, which included the Roads Authority team, regional and local authority councillors, members of the Erongo regional roads board and various...
As the temperature heats up in the Swapo ‘pot’ ahead of the upcoming elections, several former parliamentarians are gearing up for a political comeback. The electoral college, or ‘pot’, as it is known in Swapo, is seen as their pathway back into the legislative chambers and mainstream politics, following years on the periphery of decision-making...
Hilma Hashange OMUTHIYA – The shortage of school hostels at secondary schools in the Oshikoto region has resulted in many learnersrenting accommodation in townships. After completing primary school, the learners migrate from villages to nearby towns to enrol in secondary school, and are forced to rent in ‘ghettos’ because of a lack of hostel facilities...
KATIMA MULILO – The Ministry of Mines and Energy has allocated N$17.8 million towards electricity projects in the Zambezi region for this financial year. Energy minister Tom Alweendo revealed this during a meeting with the Zambezi Regional Council’s leadership at Katima Mulilo on Monday. He implored the regional leadership to expeditiously release funds to electrify...