WALVIS BAY – A N$100 000 donation pledge by RedForce during the Walvis Bay mayoral gala dinner last year has come back to haunt the council. This is now being questioned by the residents. During a lunchtime protest last week, residents alleged that the donation was a “thank you” from RedForce after the company was...
Rudolf Gaiseb The Ministry of Urban and Rural Development handed over 28 new houses in Windhoek’s Goreangab Extension 4 to public servants as part of the Informal Settlement Upgrading Pilot Project (ISUPP) on Friday. The ministry’s executive director Nghidinua Daniel said, the project targets low-income earners, and these houses were particularly meant for soldiers, police...
OSHAKATI – Some of the sex workers on popular WhatsApp groups that came to light recently are graduates who said they have little choice but to sell their bodies as they simply cannot find work. Soin Thomas (not her real name) said she will only stop doing sex work if she gets a better job....
Erstwhile forex trader-turned-politician Michael Amushelelo, who recently dumped the Namibia Economic Freedom Fighters following their deregistration for non-compliance, has joined the Landless People’s Movement. A flamboyant young man who once promised his followers in the forex trading business huge returns on their investments, Amushelelo or Stokkie, as he is affectionately known, has now become a...
Today, Namibians have exactly 20 days left to take part in the ongoing general registration of voters (GRV) process. This step will allow them to ultimately vote in the Presidential and National Assembly elections slated for 27 November. While acknowledging slight improvement in the voter registration turnout during the week of 1-6 July 2024 compared...
Zebaldt Ngaruka OTJOMBUNDIRO – The marginalised San people in various parts of the Omaheke region’s Epukiro constituency are not happy with their quarterly food distribution programme. The quarterly food parcel is composed of 20kg of flour, four tins of fish, two 750ml bottles of cooking, a small bag of salt, beans and soup. However, they...
VON BACH – Bridging the digital divide, prudent use of resources, aligning visions, creating opportunities and executing government’s development should be the yardstick of the country’s information and communications technology (ICT) sector. These were the key takeaways from information minister Emma Theofelus’ remarks during yesterday’s senior leadership retreat at the Von Bach Dam Resort on...
Rudolf Gaiseb The annual government budget provision for land servicing and housing will increase from N$750 million last year to N$6.5 billion over the next five years. This is according to Big-Don Kondunda, the director of habitat and housing development. He was speaking at the launch of the 2023 Revised National Housing Policy and Implementation...
Charles Ndeumane OSHAANDJA – He is Namibian-born, married to a Namibian, and even though all his children are registered in his surname and are Namibian, an 83-year-old man has allegedly been denied national documents for nearly two decades. Oshaandja villager Fillemon Johannes’ efforts to obtain Namibian citizenship and other national documents for more than 20...
National Planning Commission director general Obeth Kandjoze is perplexed by the International Monetary Fund’s (IMF) recommendation to make all oil and gas deals public. The IMF’s recommendations were made amidst rampant corruption in some African oil and gas countries. The IMF request, he said, undermines good governance. “All of us globally must act and do...