By: Kelvin Chiringa Independent Patriots for Change (IPC) leader Dr Panduleni Itula directed the party’s Kalkrand chairperson, Simeon Martin, to prevent acting chief executive officer Johannes Kaulihowa from entering his work premises. Itula has also directed Martin to stop interfering with the conduct of Kaulihowa’s official duties. This comes after chaos erupted at the village […]

By: Andrew Kathindi Namibia Public Workers Union (NAPWU) and Namibia National Teachers Union (NANTU) have called finance minister Iipumbu Shiimi to claim that civil servants were content to tighten their belts amidst ongoing civil servant increment negotiations with the unions. The two unions are currently negotiating an increment for civil servants for the 2021/2022 financial […]

By: Nghiinomenwa Erastus They say where there is a political will; everything will flow. The green hydrogen idea that started floating around last year and enhanced after the release of the HPPII is increasingly turning into a practical concept. The government has appointed Hyphen Hydrogen Energy as the preferred bidder to develop the country’s first […]

By: Nghiinomenwa Erastus Current estimates presented by the Shackdwellers and Namibian Housing Group show that around 1 million people live in shacks in Namibia. The estimates are in the two organisations (Namibia Housing Action Group and Shack Dwellers Federation of Namibia) 2020 annual report, released last month. According to their estimates, 40% of the country’s […]

  By: Nghiinomenwa Erastus The government has channelled N$5,6 of its newly acquired funds and withdrawals from other priorities to subsidise the Agribank loans scheme’s interest. The mid-year budget policy review shows that part of the re-allocated N$2,2 billion made available, some went to the agriculture and land reforms ministry. The agriculture and land ministry […]

By: Wonder Guchu The former Investec manager Ricardo Gustavo, one of the 10 accused in the Fishrot scandal, will ask the court to release N$2,8m from the restrained funds for his legal expenses. The respondents in the matter are the Prosecutor Martha Imalwa, the liquidators David John Burni and Ian Robert McLaren. Gustavo, who was […]

By: Wonder Guchu (This article was first published on Eagle FM pages on 22 December 2020. It was titled ‘Job’s toughest job is breaking down the systems’) Windhoek mayor Job Amupanda has good ideas. Very good ideas. But the system could be his biggest hurdle. So, what is the system? It is the landed people. […]

By: Kelvin Chiringa Youthful member of parliament Patience Masua demonstrated her no-nonsense attitude when she lashed out at a fellow member during a heated debate on a motion on youth unemployment. A visibly angry Masua lost patience and, along with it, temper on the Republican Party’s chief whip, Herlinde Tjivere, whom she accused of bully […]

  By: Nghiinomenwa Erastus From July to September 2021, Independent Power Producers have generated more than 50% of the country electricity as the hydropower generation dwindled. Namibia Statistics Agency (NSA), latest electricity sectoral reports for July, August and September 2021 revealed. Local electricity production stood at 50 664 MWh in September 2021, with the independent […]

PDM parliamentarian Johannes Martin says the workers of Al-Dhahra at Naute Dam, about 40 km southwest of Keetmanshoop, have been working under bad conditions for years. Martin said although the workers have raised complaints with various offices, including government ministries and offices, nothing has been done. Al Dahra is a grape and date agricultural company […]