…as Israeli/Palestinian bombardment continue The Marxist Group of Namibia is calling for a boycott of all Israeli products and a black-listing of Israeli business people in the diamond sector to send an impactful message against the bombardment of Palestine currently playing out. The group has said that while Gaza has retaliated by firing missiles at […]

The Metal and Allied Namibia Workers Union (MANWU) has said tat RCC/TEICHMANN employees who had been earmarked for retrenchment finally got their allowance payments for the 3 days as agreed between the union and JV management. Eagle FM had reported on the Early Morning Scoop that more than 100 workers were set to be retrenched […]

A very influential Zimbabwean traditional leader, Chief Zvimba, has summoned former First Lady, Grace Mugabe, to appear before a village court where she faces charges of burying the body of president Robert Mugabe without following due process. The chief is pushing for the exhumation of the body which lies interred in Zvimba, Mugabe’s homestead, and […]

The ghost of the botched Kora All Africa Music Awards continued to haunt President Hage Geingob this week as the court closed the cross and re-examination of the Namibia Tourism Board (NTB) boss Digu Naubeb. In the case, government is hunting down for some N$23.5 million that got lost due to the event flopping. Whereas […]

Agribank, two years ago, came guns blazing in defense of its now resigned board chairperson, Michael Iyambo, after accusations that he had used his power to get preferential treatment from the bank. Iyambo, it has now come out, has been asked to resign from the board as chairperson by the finance ministry, citing conflict of […]

The newly formed Namibia Media Professionals Union of Namibia (NAMPU) has said that it has been alerted to incidents of bullying happening to Icelandic journalists reporting on the Fish-rot scandal in Iceland. “The Icelandic company at the centre of the corruption allegations, Samherji, has used various tactics to intimidate reporters including spreading disinformation, launching attack […]

President Hage Gingob has travelled to Impalila Island where he has met with the Nchindo family who lost their three relatives in a Botswana Defense Force shooting last year. The President said he “expressed my condolences to the family and shared the commitment of Government to assist the Nchindo family following the loss of their […]

Keetmanshoop management committee chairperson and LPM official, Easter Isaaks, has now officially confirmed that chief executive officer, Desmond Basson, has been given administrative leave saying that he will only be suspended after verification over alleged corrupt activities around him. Eagle FM had earlier on reported that Basson had been booted out. He said the council […]

The LPM dominated council in the south has gotten rid of the Keetmanshoop chief executive officer, Desmond Basson, according to information coming in. It is not yet clear under what circumstances Basson has been shown the door as the mobile phone of the management committee chairperson could not be reached. LPM’s Desmond Isaaks confirmed the […]