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: Big Lips   There are a lot of things that can be avoided. One of such things is the current row over the confiscation and subsequent burning of counterfeit goods. The Namibia Revenue Agency (NamRa) can talk about upholding the laws of the land. That is fine and understandable. They can tell us that […]

By: Hertha Ekandjo A security guard from the Cheetah Cement factory was accidentally killed by his colleague during a gun exchange. Police spokesperson of the Otjozondjupa region Maureen Mbeha revealed this. The incident happened around 18h00 as the two were exchanging shifts on Friday night at the factory a few kilometres outside Otjiwanrongo.  The 23-year-old […]

By: Uakutura Kambaekua The SWAPO Party Youth League (SPYL) in the Kunene region has commenced with its district elective conference on Saturday and Sunday before the regional elective congress slated for June. The congress started with the Opuwo rural constituency. SPYL’s Kunene youth league wing secretary Tuaakoveni Mocks Kenaumue told the Villager newspaper on Sunday […]

By: Ludorf Iyambo  A crowd of Namibia Protection Services (NPS) workers downed their tools today, demanding an increase in wages.  This morning, the workers organised a parade at Katutura Shoprite in Windhoek. Last Monday, the workers cried out to the Namibian Economic Freedom Fighters (NEFF) to help them with wage demands and other perks.  In […]

By: Annakleta Haikera UNAM’s part-time students have called on management to reverse connectivity restrictions following a change in service providers. The students say that while they welcomed a switch from Telecom to MTC, the latter has restricted their access to WhatsApp, Facebook, Instagram, YouTube and Zoom, which they argue are important online assistance apps. The […]

By: Andrew Kathindi The agriculture minister Calle Schlettwein has rejected the Agronomic Producers Association’s (APA) public-private partnership (PPP) proposal for several of the country’s green schemes. As reported by the Namibian Sun last week, the association was looking to facilitate the process for producers/groups of commercial farmers and the agriculture ministry to enter a PPP. […]

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 […]