By:Megameno Shinana The dramatic comeback of prime minister Saara Kuugongelwa-Amadhila, Khomas regional governor, Laura Veendapi McLeod-Katjiruaand others in the second round of vote verification and certification after allegations of ballot tampering has seriously cast doubt on the party’s inside processes, especially on vote counting. The fact that it has taken longer than the scheduled period […]

By:Staff writer As South African president Cyril Ramaphosa feels the heat on the Phala Phala scandal, politicians in Namibia want the same pressure exerted on president Hage Geingob but have blamed the inaction on the lack of domestic institutional weakness. The fate of Ramaphosa seemed to hang in the balance last week after a report […]

By:Hertha Ekandjo The environment and tourism ministry will spend N$71 million on the rehabilitation of roads in the Etosha National Park. In response to allegations that the park is in disarray with roads and other facilities in terrible conditions, the ministry said that the roads in the park are in good condition, with the majority […]

By:Justicia Shipena Mines and energy ministry’s petroleum economist Abednego Ekandjo says that at least for December fuel consumers are safe. The mines and energy ministry on Friday announced that diesel prices will decrease by 125 cents per litre and petrol prices will remain unchanged. This is set to be effective as of 7 December 2022. […]

By;Hertha Ekandjo The mines and energy ministry has yet to visit the operations of Chinese mining company Xinfeng to ascertain whether it has stopped shipping tonnes of lithium ore to China. Last month the ministry said it had granted Xinfeng permission to transport crushed lithium ore from its mine to the port of Walvis Bay […]

By:Staff writer Hyphen Hydrogen Energy, the company in talks with government over a planned US$10 billion green hydrogen project in the south of the country, has recently signed a memorandum of understanding with the German multinational energy company RWE AG that could see the latter buying up to 300000 tons of green ammonia per year […]

By:Justicia Shipena Credit extended to foreigners or non-residents in Namibia which includes both foreign firms and individuals has increased notably in recent months. This is according to a Simonis Storms report on private sector credit extension for the month of October 2022. This comes as credit uptake by the private sector slowed in October 2022, […]

By:Justicia Shipena Independence Patriots for Change (IPC) councillors have walked out of the the City of Windhoek (CoW) council chambers yesterday, reasoning that the house was “not in order”. The city council was convened to elect new office bearers for the position of mayor, deputy mayor and management committee members. However, this could not take […]

By:Ludorf Iyambo The children of the liberation struggle have given the defence and veteran affairs ministry two months to respond to their demands of being deregistered with the ministry of youth and sports and transferred to the defence and veteran affairs ministry. The group yesterday took to the streets to march to the ministry of […]

By:Justicia Shipena State-owned regulatory and air traffic services organisation, Namibia Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA), incurred a net loss of N$84 million during the 2021/22 financial year, according to the authority’s latest integrated annual report. “The authority has incurred an accounting loss of N$84 million for the year ended 31 March 2022. This is partially offset […]