KATIMA MULILO – Swapo presidential candidate Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah has hit back at naysayers who claim she has achieved nothing in the past 34 years that she has been in government. She asked those holding this view to revisit her track record at each of the portfolios she has held in government, as her work speaks...
Zebaldt Ngaruka Paheja Siririka President Nangolo Mbumba has applauded the conduct of Botswana’s recent parliamentary elections, which saw the ruling Botswana Democratic Party (BDP) conceding power to the opposition, Umbrella for Democratic Change (UDC). BDP’s 58-year rule ended last Friday when the Independent Electoral Commission tallied the results, with the opposition UDC securing 31 out...
WALVIS BAY – Official opposition leader McHenry Venaani said Southern Africa is on the brink of a major political transformation, spurred by rising unemployment rates across the region. Addressing a crowd at his party’s star rally at the Kuisebmond Stadium on Saturday, he said the rising unemployment figures are one of the key reasons the...
Chelva Wells The Rehoboth Town Council (RTC) has written off N$26 million related to the alienation scheme for 609 houses and erven in Block E. The debt write-off addresses long-standing arrears under the alienation scheme, which had delayed property ownership for affected residents. RTC spokesperson Desire Pieters shared this during an information-sharing session at the...
ONDANGWA – The National Housing Enterprise has delivered a total of 506 houses during the 2023/24 financial year. This was revealed by NHE corporate communications and marketing manager Mutonga Matali during a media engagement at Ondangwa in the Oshana region on Thursday night. Matali said, they are working around the clock to address the housing...
A former nurse who took a “witchdoctor” to court after he allegedly swindled her out of her house, wants the judge in the case to recuse himself for bias. Elizabeth Neis (63) is accusing Windhoek High Court acting judge Collins Parker of siding with the defendants in her suit, Kenneth Kasuma and Josephina Amutse. Parker had...
Although the country has made steady progress in various socio-economic spheres, Namibia is still facing structural inequality at the household level. At the moment, the country is grappling with over 7 754 child and orphan-headed households. The 2023 Population and Housing Census Main Report, launched in the capital last week, reveals that more than 3...
Linea Dishena The finance ministry says civil servants will continue paying thousands of dollars for uncontracted specialist medical care until the government completes the reform of the Public Service Medical Aid Scheme (Psamas). This is in a bid to align it with the current Namibia Association of Medical Aid Fund (Namaf) tariffs. Civil servants are...
Lahja Nashuuta Zimbabwean-born public speaker Joshua Maponga has told the ruling party to set the nation’s agenda, and to never be mistaken for an opposition party. He said this during one of the discussions to unpack Swapo’s election manifesto in the capital on Monday. “Swapo, hear me well. Stop acting like an opposition party. You...
KATIMA MULILO – While Zambezi chief regional officer Regina Lubinda-Ndopu denies the existence of bad blood between them and the Katima Mulilo Town Council, the situation on the ground tells a different story. This comes after Katima Mulilo CEO Rafael Liswaniso revealed during a parliamentary standing committee hearing last week that no cordial relationship exists...