National Assembly Speaker Peter Katjavivi has appealed to his counterpart in the United Kingdom’s House of Commons, Lindsay Hoyle, for the two parliaments to create a parliamentary friendship group in order to strengthen bilateral relations and enhance the capacities of the two institutions.
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Walvis Bay allocated N$106 million for land development
The Walvis Bay town council has allocated 40% of its total capital budget for land development projects. This translates to N$106 million of its N$551 million capital budget to be spent during the 2022/2023 financial year.
Undertakers still charge extra for Covid burials
The executive director in the health ministry Ben Nangombe said the suspension of Covid-19 regulations includes burials.
Civil servants gear up for strike vote on pay
More than 100 000 government employees are gearing up for what could amount to the biggest-ever strike since independence after government and the bargaining unions reached a deadlock and a certificate of unresolved dispute was issued.
Swartbooi: City should hire Lutombi
Landless People’s Movement leader Bernadus Swartbooi believes Roads Authority CEO Conrad Lutombi should be hired to become the city’s administrative head in the interest
of Windhoek residents.
AR boots Amunime, Kathanga
The Affirmative Repositioning (AR) movement has fired its spokesperson Simon Amunime and head of elections Paulus Kathanga for dragging the movement’s name in the mud and sowing seeds of division within its rank and file.
Hanse-Himarwa farm probe awaits PG decision
The Anti-Corruption Commission yesterday confirmed the investigation into corruption claims levelled against former ministers Katrina Hanse-Himarwa and Alpheus !Naruseb in allocating a resettlement farm to Hanse-Himarwa’s son Denzil Tryane Hanse in 2015 is now with the PG for a decision.
Traditional authorities demand compensation for land
Eight northern traditional authorities have expressed frustration over local authority councils, who are taking their land without compensation.
Oshakati to create 3 000 jobs
The Oshakati Town Council plans to create more than 3 000 temporary jobs through housing construction contracts with various small and medium enterprises in town.
Cop accused of killing still waiting for mental observation
The lawyer representing a former senior police officer attached to the Women and Child Protection Unit in Keetmanshoop on Thursday informed Deputy Judge President Hosea Angula that they are still waiting for his client to be seen by a psychiatrist.