By: Kelvin Chiringa The departed long time Swapo stalwart, Kazenambo Kazenambo’s remains are set to be laid to rest this Saturday at Okapuka farm in the Khomas region. The Botswana-born firebrand politician passed away on the 17th of August 2021 following COVID-19 complications, at the age of 58. His life has been celebrated in various […]

By: Dwight Links Walvis Bay mayor Trevino Forbes says the municipality will not renew the chief executive officer Haingura is returning but that the notion of renewing his contract at the municipality is not open. Haingura, who was appointed substantive CEO in 2011, will serve until November this year when his contract ends. Forbes said […]

BY: Julia Heita, Justicia Shipena and Maria Hamutenya President Hage Geingob has paid tribute to victims that succumbed to COVID-19 in a statement commemorating Heroes’ Day earlier today. Geingob said that over the past several months, almost every week he had to confer either an official, state or heroes funeral for the veterans on Namibia’s […]

By: Andrew Kathindi Namibia Investment Promotion and Development Board (NIPDB) CEO Nangula Uaandja says that bureaucracy and a slow pace has led investors to pull out of the country in recent years. “What they are saying is our pace is counter-industry. They say we are slow in making decisions. We leave investors to devise their […]

By: Kelvin Chiringa Beleaguered Swanu of Namibia president, Dr Tangeni Iijambo, said he will not be approaching the courts despite declaring the recently held extraordinary congress an illegality. The other faction has dared him to approach the courts and threatened to take control of the headquarters. Swanu is in the throes of a dispute over […]

By: Justicia Shipena and Julia Heita NWR is pressing ahead with its plans to cut salaries after suffering a heavy financial battering from the reduced hotel occupancy caused by Covid 19. The parastatal said in a statement on Thursday said the salary cuts are part of a raft of cost cutting measures meant to breathe […]

By: Kelvin Chiringa The AR Movement is adamant that they will go ahead with the plan to summon their leader Job Amupanda to explain the salary and tariff increases. The movement wants Amupanda and Illse Keister to explain the justification behind a 3.7% electricity tariff hike to as well as who drew and approved the […]

By: Kelvin Chiringa Prime Minister Saara Kuugongelwa-Amadhila has said that there seems to be an effort to tarnish her image and that of her family as accusations continued that she grabbed and sold at a massive profit, Farm Duwib. The Prime Minister, who this week has also hogged the limelight in connection with the controversial […]

There’s an old African which says, “If you want to go fast, go alone. If you want to go far, go together,” and although bit of a cliché to start an article with a quote or a proverb, it really illustrates a point I want to make as an entrepreneur. Fighting doggedly for the success […]

By: Nghiinomenwa Erastus THE private sector and public members have recommended to the prime ministers that they will prefer an independent advisory body to one minister handling the empowerment issues. The reason being the route of having one individual suggesting all amendments to a certain policy has been flawed in the past. The recommendation was […]