From Charlie Min Xie’s Facebook  Chinese born Namibian businessman, Charlie Min Xie, has disclosed that he has only known Kavango East regional governor Bonifatius Wakudumo for less than two months before he was appointed to be his exclusive advisor on economic issues. “I only know him; I don’t think it is more than two months. […]

Trade Minister Lucia Ipumbu is one of the many Swapo party lawmakers that shot down PDM’s Elma Dienda for questioning where the rest of the remaining 50% of deceased members’ money goes at GIPF. Dienda also rallied pensioners to move their money from GIPF to other funds. During that time Ipumbu slammed Dienda for not […]

AR Movement leader Job Amupanda who is also the Windhoek mayor has dismissed GIPF’s response to his claims ‘as full of sound and fury signifying nothing’. In his initial post, Amupanda claimed that: When you retire, you only get 1/3 of your pension money, the 2/3 remains with GIPF If you die, your remaining 2/3 […]

Windhoek mayor and the leader of the AR Movement Job Amupanda has torched a storm with several allegations against how the GIPF operates. Amupanda pointed out that GIPF: • When you retire, you only get 1/3 of your pension money, the 2/3 remains with GIPF • If you die, your remaining 2/3 does not go […]

  Demonstrators in Kavango regions have given President Hage Geingob 15 days to dismiss Kavango East governor Bonifatius Wakudumo. The demand was one of many made by the residents of Kavango East who demonstrated in Rundu against the appointment of the Chinese businessman Charlie Min Xie as a special advisor to governor Bonifatius Wakudumo. The […]

The first chairperson at the Ndonga Linena Green Scheme, Booysen Mutelo, said production was affected by greedy people. Ndonga Linena was one of the first green schemes established in the Kavango regions. Debushing started in 2003 but production got off the ground in 2010. The green scheme has 800 hectares and the water as well […]

The government says they are working on removing the veterinary cordon fence by 2032. This is one of the resolutions arrived at as part of the second national land conference held about two years ago. The cordon fence is also known as the red line is a pest-exclusion fence separating northern communal areas (NCA) of […]

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. Those who are holding chunks of city land may not be willing to give it over. Some of them are holding the land for speculative purposes. I […]

Medipark Pharmaceutical Wholesalers has dragged the Central Procurement Board to court over an Anti-Retroviral Drugs tender. Medipark is seeking an interim interdict to stop dead the further implementation of a decision to supply and deliver Anti-Retroviral Drugs by way of open international bidding. The company employs only 13 permanent staff members and is based at […]

Wonder Guchu The Swapo MP Mandela Kapere, who died Monday morning age 38, was a warm being with a big heart. He was disarming, captivating by the way he articulated his thoughts and imposing by his physical appearance. I recall my first encounter with him at the NYC offices in 2009 when I was with Informante. […]