The Namibia Revenue Agency (NamRA) yesterday confirmed the arrest of two men, aged 51 and 33, on Monday in Windhoek for bribing a NamRA official.
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Slain Dutch national had troubled past
A 53-year-old Dutch national, who was murdered in front of his rented Swakopmund home on Monday, was not only known in the drug trafficking network but had a criminal history in the Netherlands, where he was also convicted of murder in 2001.
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Party-list system questioned … commentators demand greater MP accountability
A political commentator says the current electoral system makes it difficult to hold parliamentarians accountable, suggesting there is a need to consider limiting their term in office to two and a half or three years, instead of the current five.
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Geingob reiterates call for reclassification
President Hage Geingob yesterday reiterated the call for Namibia’s income level by the World Bank to be reclassified, saying the current classification as an upper middle-income country is insensitive to distortions created by the unequal distribution of resources.
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Katiti challenges medicine tender conditions
A local pharmaceutical company yesterday lodged an urgent application in the Windhoek High Court, where it is challenging certain bid conditions in a lucrative tender to supply medicine to government.
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Govt advocates cheaper, ‘DIY’ divorce
Spouses who intend on divorcing will no longer have to travel to Windhoek or Oshakati as divorce matters will soon be heard in the lower courts.
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NA passing of information bill hailed
Various commentators have lauded parliamentarians in the National Assembly for passing the long-awaited Access to Information Bill. Institute for Public Policy Research director Graham Hopwood yesterday said the passing of the Bill was a “step forward in the country’s democracy”.
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N$194m to fix portion of major highway
Government, through the Roads Authority and the Road Fund Administration, is set to commence with the rehabilitation of phase 3 of a portion of the Trans-Zambezi Highway in the Kavango East region.
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Mushelenga wants 100% internet coverage
Information and communication technology minister Peya Mushelenga has urged stakeholders in the ICT sector to redouble efforts to ensure 100% internet coverage nationwide.
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Oshana, WFP ink deal to promote food security
The Oshana regional council and the World Food Programme (WFP) yesterday signed an agreement to help improve food security and nutrition in the region.