By understanding how they have functioned throughout, the City of Windhoek, we can see that parties are much less effectively organized. The paradoxes of parties in Namibian politics are everywhere, but perhaps the greatest paradox is that of progressives. The marriage of the coalition has turned City of Windhoek into the laughing stock of the world!
The Southern African Development Community (SADC) Electoral Observation Mission (SEOM) described the pre-election and voting phases in Angola held on the 24 August 2022 general elections as peaceful, calm and well organised, which enabled voters to express their democratic will.
Two of three men on trial for the murder of renowned stock theft investigator Wilfred ‘Major’ Kazeurua in Gobabis in 2012 are fighting to have the presiding judge step down from their case.
Government has said the vast country inhabited by a small population is the reason why only half of Namibian households have electricity but it is committed to tackle the challenge by 2040.
With fuel becoming increasingly unaffordable, smuggling of the commodity across the border from Angola has not just caused skirmishes between locals, the police and smugglers, retailers in northern Namibia are closing their businesses while others are left teetering on the brink of bankruptcy.
Several government offices, ministries and agencies owe the works and transport ministry – government’s asset custodian - over N$1.5 billion in unpaid fees for leasing vehicles from the ministry over the past five years.
A well-known Walvis Bay community activist has been arrested following allegations that he raped a 13-year-old girl.
Tamson “Fitty” Hatuikulipi, one of the key figures in the Fishrot scandal, yesterday and Thursday last week refused to answer questions on emails that mentioned him in the conspiracy to rob Namibia of millions of dollars in the Fishrot scandal.
Hardap governor Salomon April and regional council chairperson Gershon Dausab, both men of the cloth, traded verbal jabs on Friday as the region’s capital, Mariental, held this year’s Heroes’ Day commemorations.
Despite the brutal attacks by the apartheid regime, former President José Eduardo dos Santos stood firm and never wavered in his support for the people of Namibia and the region when he took over as leader of neighbouring Angola.