2023-05-26Edward Mumbuu President Hage Geingob has elected to remain silent on the recent Supreme Court ruling recognising same-sex marriages conducted beyond Namibia’s borders, but traditional leaders have vehemently opposed the ruling. View more
2023-05-30Edward Mumbuu If Namibia is to be unchained from the triple shackle of unemployment, poverty and inequality, it will depend heavily on how it deals with opportunities presented by the energy and mining sectors. View more
2023-05-30Edward Mumbuu A fresh tug-of-war has erupted between MTC and the industry regulator, the Communication Regulatory Authority of Namibia, in the protracted legal tussles between the two parastatals. View more
2023-05-31Edward Mumbuu By the end of March 2022, an account named Children of the Liberation Struggle, resorting under the Prime Minister’s office, had a balance of N$13 million, all while children of the liberation struggle were knocking on the government’s door, pleading for economic opportunities. View more
2023-06-08Edward Mumbuu When Business and Intellectual Property Authority (Bipa) boss Vivienne Katjiuongua learned about conspiracies to commit fraud at the entity, she moved a sensitive document to her office for safekeeping. View more
2023-06-09Edward Mumbuu Secretive defence company August 26 Holdings, which has strenuously and consistently refused to account for public funds, is once again in the red, this time over the alleged disappearance of around N$3 million. View more
2023-06-12Edward Mumbuu India’s foreign affairs minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar has refused to be dragged into a discussion around the arrest warrant hovering over Russian president Vladimir Putin’s head. View more
2023-06-21Edward Mumbuu FORMER Namibia Training Authority (NTA) interim CEO Muvatera Ndjoze-Siririka has accused higher education minister Itah Kandjii-Murangi of flouting procedures when she appointed the current board. View more
2023-06-29Edward Mumbuu Despite government spending N$600 million to support the Meat Corporation of Namibia (Meatco) and abattoirs in the north over the past three years, only N$32 million has in fact ended up in the pockets north of the redline. View more
2023-07-04Edward Mumbuu Outgoing Namibia University of Science and Technology council chairperson Florette Nakusera has registered her disappointment in her council colleagues, whom she accused of leaking confidential information to the media. View more
2023-07-06Edward Mumbuu Popular Democratic Movement l awma ker Ma x i m a l l i ant Katjimune says higher education minister Itah Kandjii-Murangi must investigate governance issues at the Namibia University of Science and Technology. View more
2023-07-07Edward Mumbuu Higher education minister Itah Kandjii-Murangi’s past few weeks in office have been a stern examination of her wits. The latest accusation against the minister is that she received subsistence and travel allowances (S&T) for a fully-paid trip from the embattled Namibia University of Science and Technology. View more
2023-07-11Edward Mumbuu The Meat Corporation of Namibia allegedly terminated its contract with British marketing firm, GPS Food Group UK Ltd, citing financial constraints but without providing evidence to backbone this claim. View more
2023-07-18Edward Mumbuu After spending N$189 million on its construction, a further N$51 million is needed to revive the Zambezi Waterfront Tourism Park, which has not been operational for nearly seven years. View more
2023-07-24Edward Mumbuu Excessive amounts of money at the Guardian Fund, a national investment vehicle comprising unclaimed inheritance, is being invested at an inadequate rate of return of as low as 5.5% by some fund managers. View more
2023-08-02Edward Mumbuu Five years later, a paltry 25 of the 169 resolutions taken at the 2018 land indaba have been fully implemented, a draft progress report on the second national land conference reveals. View more
2023-08-03Edward Mumbuu The Meatco Corporation of Namibia has seemingly woken up from its slumber, generating N$297 million between May and June this year. View more
2023-08-03Edward Mumbuu While acknowledging that the Namibia Press Agency finds itself between a rock and a hard place, a board member says they cannot fire the company’s CEO Linus Chata like the employees want, as this would be in breach of his employment contract. View more