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City says they spend N$12,6m on vehicles, not N$13m
TThe City of Windhoek said it is not true that they spent N$13m on eight bakkies but that they indeed spent N$12,6m on 39 vehicles. In a statement Friday, the City said they bought 19 bakkies, 18 sedans and two vans for N$12 624 730. The denial comes even when the City police chief Abraham […]
NWR appoints Dr Ngwangwama managing director
Namibia Wildlife Resorts (NWR) Board of Directors has appointed Dr Matthias Mpareke Ngwangwama as the substantive managing director effective 1 April 2020 for five years. Dr Ngwangwama is no stranger to NWR, having spent the last seven years in two very critical and strategic positions in the company. He was the longest-serving chief financial officer […]
Woman threatens to shoot Geingob
The Namibian police are busy tracing the whereabouts of a Namibian woman, Sonja Isaaks in connection with comments on her Facebook account where she, amongst others said, she should be given an AK-47 to shoot the President. Namibian police Inspector General Sebastian Ndeitunga said that the police are not taking comments threatening a sitting President […]
ECD education should be prioritised – experts
Malnutrition and the impact on educational outcomes are just some of the risks associated with the closure of early childhood development centres across Namibia. Following the declaration of the Covid-19 pandemic as a national disaster, the Namibian government announced that early childhood development (ECD) centres would be shut down from early March. Hilma Weber, a […]
Man survives electrocution while trying to steal cables
A 20-year-old man was admitted to the Swakopmund State Hospital Tuesday after sustaining burns while he was allegedly trying to steal cables. Erongo police said the cables belonged to ErongoRed base station that is behind NamWater at the coastal town. Police community affairs commander Ileni Shapumba said workers at ErongoRed discovered that there were cables […]
Vilho says there’s attempt to drive wedge between people, army
Defence minister Rear-Admiral Peter Hafeni Vilho said there’s a deliberate attempt to use the current economic and health crisis to drive a wedge between the nation and the security forces. Vilho said this in parliament Wednesday while motivating his ministry’s budgetary allocation in the National Assembly this afternoon. During the 2019/2020 budget debate, former defence […]
Swartbooi regrets making the ‘dog’ comment
Landless People’s Movement’s leader, Bernardus Swartbooi has expressed regret and proffered an apology for telling labour minister Utoni Nujoma that he was “demoted like a dog”. Both politicians, who at one time steered the land reform ministry as minister and deputy minister before they fell out of each other’s favour, squared off in parliament this […]
Bible is not written for blacks – suspended teacher’s rant
The management of a Walvis Bay school, Hillside Christian College, has distanced themselves from the racist comments made by a teacher who said that the Bible is not written for blacks. Corien Steenkamp, a Grade 2 assistant teacher at the school posted on her social media saying that she wonders if there would be so […]
Unfair for colleges to ask for full tuition – Kandjii-Murangi
Higher education minister Itah Kandjii-Murangi has said that it is not fair for private tertiary institutions to demand full tuition fees from students who would have not been on campus due to the lockdown. Kandjii-Murangi also said the economic climate currently will make it hard for many families to afford tuition fees as a result […]
Erongo residents to get emergency grant payout priority
The finance ministry said they will prioritise payment to residents of Erongo region because they are now in lockdown. President Hage Geingob announced Monday that the Erongo region was going under lockdown because those in Walvis Bay did not adhere to the one-week lockdown and because the region had recorded 8 cases so far. The […]