By: Nghiinomenwa Erastus Many households and real estate businesses are struggling to make monthly payments, with most of them behind in their instalments for more than three months, revealed the Bank of Namibia in their annual report. By the end of 2021, the commercial banks had loans worth N$6,7 billion that were not being repaid […]

By: Nghiinomenwa Erastus Every politician and policymaker’s speech has a sentence telling youth and graduates to create their own employment, but little has been documented on the country’s skillset and quality of education. In their latest Finance and Development Magazine, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) presented the outcome of a comprehensive and timely analysis of […]

By: Hertha Ekandjo Professor Mutjinde Katjiua, at what was meant to be a handover ceremony, has refused to surrender a government vehicle, which was allocated to the Ovaherero Traditional Authority (OTA), unless the ministry provides a police case number. This comes as the ministry had requested Katjiua to hand over the vehicle upon not recognising […]

By: Kelvin Chiringa On 27 January 2022, the Democracy Report team said that it requested to view the ‘Register of Members’ Interests’ for the 2021/22 financial year, which led to shocking revelations that 38 members of parliament did not bother to file their interest declarations. The investigating team was provided access to the register on […]

By: Annakleta Haikera The Kavango East regional council chairperson has urged the Mashare Constituency community not to take laws into their own hands. This follows after the community threatened to shut down the council offices last week. The group had accused its councillor, Filiphus Mavara, of incompetency and failing to perform his duties since he […]

By: Ludorf Iyambo President Hage Geingob says he spends 30 per cent of his time solving traditional authority fights. Geingob said this during a curtsy visit by Ondonga traditional authority at State House on Wednesday. Geingob asked other traditional authorities in Namibia to take a good example from Ondonga traditional authority. “Currently, we are seeing […]

By: Justicia Shipena The labour ministry sent the Namibia Economic Freedom Fighters (NEFF) members away after a meeting with them turned sour. On Wednesday, NEFF had an engagement with the labour ministry to address workers’ issues. The NEFF delegation, which consisted of its members Epafrans Mukwiilongo, Kalimbo Iipumbu and Michael Amushelelo, claimed the ministry has […]

By: Staff Writer The Ecosystem-based Adaptation (EbA – SAP006) recently concluded a nationwide training workshop in the regional towns of Keetmanshoop (/Kharas Region), Otjiwarongo (Otjozondjupa Region), Khorixas (Kunene North Region), Opuwo (Kunene East Region), Ondangwa (Oshana Region), Rundu (Kavango East Region) and Katima Mulilo (Zambezi Region), respectively. The Ecosystem-based Adaptation (EbA) project is the first […]

By: Kelvin Chiringa Chief Vipuira Kapuuo’s spokesperson, Wilson Katjita, says that it is an insult that fierce power struggles continue to rock the Herero nation even before the late Paramount Chief Vekuii Rukoro’s tombstone has been unveiled. He said this at the back of the suspension of chief Kapuuo, the OvaHerero Traditional Authority’s (OTA) Chiefs […]