Zebaldt Ngaruka EPUKIRO – Following his re-election as Swapo district coordinator for the Epukiro constituency, Lucky Tjozongoro said unity within ruling party members will bring victory in this year’s November Presidential and National Assembly elections The ruling party recently held its renewals of mandate, where Tjozongoro retained the top party seat in the Epukiro district....
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Drought relief stalls in Otjozondjupa…as region grapples with one truck
Drought-stricken Otjozondjupa residents, especially those situated in remote areas of the region, are yet to benefit from government’s drought relief food rollout programme. This is because the region currently has only one truck to distribute the food. This came to light during deputy Prime Minister John Mutorwa’s recent visit to the region, where he met...
Housing backlog: PPPs needed – Uutoni
Auleria Wakudumo Urban and Rural Development minister Erastus Uutoni says there is a need for public-private partnerships to address the land and housing backlog in the country. Uutoni made it clear that the government is not in a position and does not have resources to cater for the growing housing demand the country is experiencing....
NC reviewing money, divorce bills
Rafael Hangula The National Council, the reviewing chamber of the Namibian Parliament, is in a special session this week to review six significant bills recently passed by the National Assembly. The bills under review include the Income Tax Amendment Bill, Value-Added Tax Bill, Transfer Duty Amendment Bill, Stamp Duty Amendment Bill, Divorce Bill, and the...
Opinion – Political sloganeering: Voters’ behaviour, electoral politics
The term slogan, as used in politics, is claimed to derive from the (Gaelic) Scottish term as Slaughhairm or slogome, which means battle cry or war cry. The term slogan was first used in English in 1589, Stanley. E, (2024). Voters’ behaviour has an impact on both the election method and outcome. As a result,...
Opinion – The ‘invisible’battle of ideas
On 18 August, I published an opinion piece in The Namibian newspaper, titled: ‘The people of Venezuela have spoken.’ In that opinion piece I, inter alia, stated that I had observed the presidential elections that were held in Venezuela on 28 July. I further argued that, according to my analysis, and contrary to what was...
Ndeitunga calls for fast development of aquifer
EENHANA – Ohangwena regional governor Sebastian Ndeitunga has called for expedited development of Aquifer II to address the region’s drinking water shortages. Ndeitunga made these remarks during his State of the Region Address (Sora) at Eenhana on Wednesday, saying the aquifer, has the potential to provide water to people in and outside of the Ohangwena...
Omaheke cries for network coverage
Zebaldt Ngaruka OHAMBO JATATE – Telecom Namibia and MTC customers have called for network expansion in the Omaheke region. The calls are from customers’ complaints in one of the less developed constituencies in the region. Most TN customers complained that the coverage by their service provider ends in the Gobabis area, leaving the other six...
Youth leaders accused of failure… young MPs claim to have executed their duties
Lahja Nashuuta Recent statistics show that young people constitute 71.1% of Namibia’s total population, with over 900 000 of them having registered to vote. Furthermore, young people represent 10% of the members of the National Assembly, while the National Council has less than 5% of its leaders under the age of 35. Despite these meagre...
Nudo suspends members, threatens legal action
At its sixth National Council (NC) meeting held in Windhoek on Saturday, Nudo suspended more than 10 members for allegedly undermining and questioning the authority and legal status of the party’s leadership. The suspended members are accused of chasing the party’s administrative secretary from the party’s head office, and replacing all locks to deny others...