By: Priscilla Mukokobi Education minister Ester Anna Nghipondoka officially decentralized functions to regional councils in Otjiwarongo on Thursday. Nghipondoka said that the educational sector had favored decentralization since 1977. The ministry presented its first draft decentralization action in 1999 with the intention of decentralizing primary and secondary schools, community libraries, adult education, arts and […]

  By: Ludorf Iyambo   Immanuel Hangula, an employee of NIMT double murder accused, Ernst Lichtenstrasser, was found with a firearm bearing two serial numbers.   Deputy Prosecutor General Antonia Verhoef had called Hangula to stand before the court and give evidence in the trial which commenced after Lichtenstrasser was denied bail at the beginning of this […]

  By: Ludorf Iyambo Former health minister Bernard Haufiku has expressed shock after it emerged that he got barred from excessing the premises of the Catholic Church in Windhoek due to a dispute. A document hit the internet Friday morning to the effect that Haufiku, former cabinet member and leader of the Covid-19 task force had […]

          By: Justicia Shipena   The Landless People’s Movement (LPM) has said it is in the process of instituting criminal charges against its former founding member, Ziggy Sixtus Isaacks, for the disappearance of over N$76 000. This comes as Isaacks resigned from the party earlier this week. According to LPM, the […]

By: Kelvin Chiringa Fishrot lawyer Trevor Brockeroff, who successfully represented Ricardo Gustavo’s bail hearing, is now set to face a disciplinary committee after being accused of badly representing a fired TransNamib employee, Daniel Nakambonde. According to a subpoena seen by The Villager, Brockeroff is scheduled to appear on the 22nd of April 2022 in the […]

Staff writer Paratus Namibia will launch its carrier-neutral Data Center (DC) facility in Windhoek in August this year. The facility, named Armada Data Center by the company, will be the first carrier-neutral and the largest DC facility in Namibia. A carrier-neutral is a data centre that allows interconnection between multiple telecommunication carriers and/or colocation providers. […]

By: Andrew Kathindi Cabinet has approved, in principle, the joint bid to co-host the 36th or 2027 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) finals tournament. Botswana approached Namibia with an ambitious proposal to host the Afcon in five years with the aim of bringing the competition back to the SADC region. The tournament was last hosted […]

Staff writer Urban and rural development minister Erastus Uutoni says that government is not to blame for any dysfunctional local authority councils. This comes as NUDO secretary-general Joseph Kauandenge argued that the local authority act had bestowed too much power on the line minister, resulting in the stifling of local authorities. Kauandenge further accused central […]

By: Pricilla Mukokobi Former cabinet minister Immanuel Uarotua Ngatjizeko was laid to rest at Otjohorongo Village in Erongo Region on Saturday. In his farewell speech on Friday, at the memorial service of the liberation movement icon, President Hage Geingob described Ngatjizeko as a son, father, brother, uncle, comrade, and friend. He said that although death […]

By: Frans Sinengela Windhoek has been plagued by mass demolition of shacks in many of its informal settlements, leaving many in the open, and at the mercy of mother nature. While many had hopes in law-makers changing these laws and making it easier for the acquisition of land by ordinary citizens, it has come to […]