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...
Uakutura Kambaekua The National Unity Democratic Organisation will hold its long-awaited congress at the Ramatex Centre in Windhoek this weekend. Among the expected outcomes of the two-day congress is the selection of a new executive to oversee the organisation for the next five years. It is also expected that several top party figures will battle...
Disgraced former fisheries minister Bernhard Esau and his wife, Swamma Esau emerged victorious yesterday in the Windhoek High Court in their fight to have access to their funds frozen by the State. Judge Beatrix de Jager ordered the curators managing the assets of Esau and his wife to release more than N$1.2 million to allow...
Lahja Nashuuta Landless People’s Movement leader Bernadus Swartbooi has accused the government of using public resources to advance the ruling party’s election agenda. According to Swartbooi, the government’s decision last week to subsidise the cost of electricity by N$365 for the current financial year is an election gimmick for the upcoming Presidential and National Assembly...
While hunger continues its grip on Namibia, coupled with devastating droughts, the situation is projected to exacerbate. New forecasts indicate that more people will experience food insecurity in the coming months. About half of the Namibian population (48%) studied, results show that almost 1.4 million people will suffer from food insecurity from July to September...