Otjozondjupa governor James Uerikua has promised the residents of Okahandja that President Hage Geingob’s administration has taken a decision to deal with the thorny land issue at the Garden Town. Addressing residents at a packed Nau-Aib stadium yesterday, Uerikua said the ministry of urban and rural development has already been instructed to start surveying land where...
WALVIS BAY – Health workers at Walvis Bay yesterday told a high-level government delegation they are understaffed and overworked due to the increasing Covid-19 infections at the harbour town. The health workers said they simply cannot cope with the intense and emotionally draining work of caring for patients, as both isolation and quarantine facilities are...
“The argument that suspects in white-collar crimes should be granted bail is the reason the public has lost trust in the justice system.” These were the words of magistrate Duard Kesslau yesterday while handing down judgement in the Windhoek Magistrate’s Court when he denied bail to former fisheries minister Bernhardt Esau and his son-in-law Tamson...
Prime Minister Saara Kuugongelwa-Amadhila yesterday launched the Public Sector Innovation Policy, aimed at enhancing effective public service delivery through good governance, accountability, transparency and improved performance service delivery as part of the Harambee Prosperity Plan. The launch took place at Nipam in Windhoek and was attended by cabinet ministers and other public institution executives. The...
Mountain Bike and Time Trial champion, Michelle Vorster, says if female cyclists are given the same publicity as their male counterparts, it would change the way young female riders look at the sport. In an interview with Nampa, Namibia’s representative at the 2021 Olympic Games in Mountain Bike (MTB) said women cyclists are underrated compared...
As of yesterday, clubs in the expelled Namibia Premier League (NPL) were swimming in a pool of confusion unsure of what the future holds for them in the now banished topflight football league. This is in exception of African Stars and league newcomers Okahandja United, who both this week publicly came out to announce their...
Stefanus Nambara NKURENKURU – The Mbunza Traditional Authority has ordered the removal of an alleged illegal fence, which was erected earlier this year, to pave way for farmland at Tamesa village in the Kavango West region. The illegal fence is said to have affected three villages, including Karo, Pusa and Gcugcuma, as well as residents...
Works and transport minister John Mutorwa has intervened into the much-publicised saga at the Namibia Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA), ordering the company’s board to reinstate the suspended assistant legal officer Natalia Isak. Isak was suspended after she was involved in a physical confrontation with the parastatal’s chief financial officer. Prior to her suspension, she wrote...
Magistrate Duard Kesslau is scheduled to give a ruling in the bail application of former fisheries minister Bernhard Esau and his son-in-law Tamson ‘Fitty’ Hatuikulipi today in the Windhoek Magistrate’s Court. Esau (62) and Tamson (39) brought forth a formal bail application, hoping to convince the court to release them from custody, pending the finalisation...
WALVIS BAY – Covid-19 has claimed three more lives at Walvis Bay, bringing the total number of deaths in the country to seven. Health minister Dr Kalumbi Shangula yesterday announced one fatality was reported at the state hospital, while another two at a private facility. They are all males, aged 49, 58 and 64. Shangula...