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Namibia enacted a Public Procurement Act No. 15 of 2015, following a regimented process, is currently under review, and is heralded as the best benchmark in the market, particularly for public entities.

African countries with little or no current oil and gas output could potentially see billions in energy investments in the coming years. 

The just ended 51st Plenary Assembly Session of the SADC Parliamentary Forum, held in Lilongwe, Malawi, was held under the theme ‘Towards Energy efficiency, sustainability and self-sufficiency in the SADC region’. 

Windhoek mayor Sade Gawanas finds herself between a rock and a hard place. 

The Windhoek municipality is in a financial quagmire, which, if not arrested could collapse the city and residents will pay the ultimate price. Generous salaries and perks have made the city technically bankrupt. 

Residents in Zambezi have opted to buy smuggled maize meal from Zambia entering via non-designated border points because it is cheaper than locally produced maize.  

Financial experts and economic analysts have warned civil servants that forcing government to institute salary increases now could backfire in the future as elevated expenditure would ultimately increase the already inflated public service wage bill.

The City of Windhoek management Council refused to budge amidst mounting political pressure to employ Roads Authority boss Conrad Lutombi as CEO.

Expelled Independent Patriot for Change party member and former chairperson of the Erongo Regional Council Ciske Smith-Howard has denied defaming fellow councillor Sifried Junios //Garoëb.

Suspended Landless People’s Movement Keetmanshoop local authority councillor Charlcyta Cooper has pleaded with the party’s leadership to consider hearing her side of the story, saying if given the chance, she will spill the beans.