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Contractors abandoned 43 capital projects in 3 years
Forty-three (43) capital projects of 153 projects have been left abandoned and left incomplete in the space of three years. Works and Transport Minister John Mutorwa, reported this morning. Mutorwa said this during a media briefing on the reports of abandoned and incomplete government capital projects. A regional breakdown saw that Khomas had the highest […]
Otjozondjupa builds 233 toilets for N$3m
The office of the Otjozondjupa Governor paid over N$3 million for the construction of 233 toilets in 6 different constituencies. During his state of the region address, Governor James Uerikua said they constructed 233 toilets in the various settlements of the region at an amount of N$3,157,332.79 This means each toilet costs about N$13 551. […]
Sibling murders brother over a jacket
A Katutura man has been arrested by the police for the murder of his brother whom he allegedly stabbed after an argument erupted over a jacket. The deceased took the jacket without his brother’s permission, according to the police resulting in the fatal stabbing. The deceased was rushed to hospital where he died and the […]
Show empathy, solidarity – Erongo governor
The High- Level Inter-Ministerial Delegation that went on a fact-finding mission to Walvis Bay has visited the families of those who died as a result of COVID-19. During his weekly briefings, Erongo Governor Neville Andre said in the last two days the delegation managed to visit some of the bereaved families who lost their loved […]
Second NBC staffer tests positive for Covid-19
A second NBC employee has tested positive for Covid-19. NB spokesperson Umbi Karuaihe-Upi confirmed to EagleFM that one of their employees in the Windhoek newsroom has tested positive for COVID-19. The case is one of those announced this morning. Karuaihe-Upi said that they will be taking some of their employees from the regions and other departments, […]
Driver reports herself after fatal accident
A 33-year old woman has been arrested after she reported herself to the police today in connection with a weekend accident that resulted in the death of an unidentified male in his 60s. The accident happened at 23h00 along the Florence Nightingale road, Khomasdal. The body of the deceased was found next to the road […]
NIDA management labeled “useless”
Some small-scale businesses this week have watered down the Namibia Industrial Development Agency (NIDA), the country’s newest State-Owned Enterprise, as a money-making idea that should have stayed in the ambit of the trade ministry. This is amidst accusations that management is sitting on its laurels and doing nothing about availing offices to SMEs in the […]
Swapo won’t recognise itself in the mirror – Nahas Angula
As the ruling Swapo party braces for its reflective conference on the November 2019 polls, its senior cadre who is former Prime Minister, Nahas Angula, said the party will not be able to recognise itself in the mirror due to ideals that he says have evaporated. Angula caught up with Eagle FM this week after […]
SA Reserve Bank cuts repo rate by 25 basis points
The South African Reserve Bank has announced yet another cut in their repo rate by 25 basis point. The repo rate is the rate at which a reserve bank lends money to the commercial Bank. The South African rate has now been cut by 300 basis points in 2020 in an effort to mitigate the […]
Govt considers flexible Covid-19 isolation options
The executive director in the health ministry Ben Nangombe said the government is considering more flexible options for isolation and quarantine. Recently, Nangombe admitted to Eagle FM that the ministry ran out of isolation beds and said COVID-19 positive cases now have to self isolate from now onwards. Meanwhile, when Eagle FM reached out to […]