By: Kelvin Chiringa The Affirmative Repositioning (AR) Walvis Bay has doubled down on its relentless fight to push for the toppling of Erongo Red board member, Irene Simeon-Kurtz, who has been accused of owing the same company more than N$649 728.45. The power company has so far shaken off the pressure to have her put […]
By: Kelvin Chiringa Sport, youth and national service minister Agnes Tjongarero is now set to be dragged before the Windhoek High Court over her decision to disregard a recommendation of the commission to renew the contract of chief administrator Fredy Mwiya. The minister stands accused of failing to understand where her powers begin and end […]
By: Kelvin Chiringa The Works ministry has made good on its promise of paying out the contractor, Otesa/CMC Joint Venture, responsible for the Windhoek-Okahandja road construction where workers had downed tools for four months due to not being paid. The workers had paid works minister John Mutorwa a visit last week protesting against not being […]
By: Kelvin Chiringa National Housing Enterprise (NHE) board chairperson, Sam Shivute, says that the demand for a 60 per cent once-off payment by workers at the state entity is impossible to meet, and he will not support it. This comes as NHE boss, Gisbertus Mukulu, is up in arms with the workers who have slammed […]
By: Kelvin Chiringa Frustrated ex-Air Namibia employees met with deputy finance minister Maureen Hinda-Mbuende, pleading with her to pressure the liquidators (Bruni & McLaren) to pay out their severance packages worth N$105 million. The employees were led by the opposition shadow minister for works, Jan van Wyk and Popular Democratic Movement (PDM) lawmaker Celeste Becker. […]
By: Kelvin Chiringa The Okahandja municipal council is divided over a N$4 764 589.17 paid out to a company called CEPM using the resolution of the previous council. The fight has pitted three councillors from the opposition against a Swapo dominated management committee which green-lighted the payment. A complaint letter has been written to urban […]
By: Kelvin Chiringa City of Windhoek mayor, Sade Gawanas, has outrightly rejected councilor Job Amupanda’s submission that the hunt for a substantive Chief Executive Officer (CEO) has been riddled with corruption and a desire to protect the interests of the management committee. Amupanda has submitted that he may be forced to drag the committee to […]
By: Kelvin Chiringa The N$1 billion Kranzberg and Walvisbay-Swakopmund rail rehabilitation project is now in jeopardy after workers downed their tools this Tuesday, citing unfair labour relations. The project is being spearheaded by Unik Construction, a Chinese owned company that also won the tender to construct the N$730 million Swapo Head Quarters. At the centre […]
By: Kelvin Chiringa Defence minister Frans Kapofi yesterday prevented a mob of Swapo affiliated war veterans from camping at his ministerial offices after they threatened to do so, citing unkept payment promises; this all a day before the Cassinga Day commemorations. The minister had to bring down his entourage to meet up with a throng […]
By: Kelvin Chiringa The finance ministry’s communications officer, Wilson Ashikoto, has said that B1 road construction workers that are threatening to march on the finance ministry demanding their payments should instead deal with the works ministry. The workers who have gone unpaid have ditched the Okahandja-Windhoek B1 road citing a lack of payments. On Tuesday, […]