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Swartbooi regrets making the ‘dog’ comment
Landless People’s Movement’s leader, Bernardus Swartbooi has expressed regret and proffered an apology for telling labour minister Utoni Nujoma that he was “demoted like a dog”. Both politicians, who at one time steered the land reform ministry as minister and deputy minister before they fell out of each other’s favour, squared off in parliament this […]
Ndeitunga appoints third female regional commander
Police Inspector-General Sebastian Ndeitunga has promoted Deputy Commissioner Elizabeth Sibolile to the rank of Commissioner and appointed her as the new Regional Commander of Ohangwena Region. She takes over from Commissioner Simeon Shindinge who went on retirement on 31 May 2020. Prior to her appointment, Commissioner Sibolile was heading the Performance Evaluation Division of the […]
Labour migration benefits the economy – Utoni Nujoma
Labour Minister Utoni Nujoma on Wednesday said Namibia is committed to promoting international migration of labour as it benefits the economy. During the launch of the National Labour Migration Policy, Nujoma said Namibia is among the first countries in SADC region to heed the request and to develop the policy, as dictated by the SADC Labour […]
Public enterprises N$1,4b budget approved
Parliament on Tuesday approved the Public Enterprises Ministry budget allocation of N$ 1, 4b. This is a massive increase compared to the 2019/2020 budget allocation of N$400m. Public Enterprises Minister Leon Jooste while motivating his ministry’s budget allocation said 22 commercial State-Owned Enterprises under his ministry have improved on their profit margin to 7.4% despite […]
Former army medic pleads not guilty to murder
An army paramedic (41) accused of fatally shooting his girlfriend about two years ago in Katutura appeared in the Windhoek High Court Wednesday for trial. The gunman, who claims to be Namibia’s first army paramedic, Johannes Neuaka, stands accused of shooting his girlfriend to death at her residence in the presence of their son. He […]
Bible is not written for blacks – suspended teacher’s rant
The management of a Walvis Bay school, Hillside Christian College, has distanced themselves from the racist comments made by a teacher who said that the Bible is not written for blacks. Corien Steenkamp, a Grade 2 assistant teacher at the school posted on her social media saying that she wonders if there would be so […]
Unfair for colleges to ask for full tuition – Kandjii-Murangi
Higher education minister Itah Kandjii-Murangi has said that it is not fair for private tertiary institutions to demand full tuition fees from students who would have not been on campus due to the lockdown. Kandjii-Murangi also said the economic climate currently will make it hard for many families to afford tuition fees as a result […]
Erongo residents to get emergency grant payout priority
The finance ministry said they will prioritise payment to residents of Erongo region because they are now in lockdown. President Hage Geingob announced Monday that the Erongo region was going under lockdown because those in Walvis Bay did not adhere to the one-week lockdown and because the region had recorded 8 cases so far. The […]
Namibia to open more foreign missions
Deputy prime minister and international relations minister Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah said Monday that the 78% her ministry received for 2020/2021 is for the foreign missions programmes Nandi-Ndaitwah said this during her budget motivation speech for her ministry. The ministry was allocated N$1 010 617 000 under Vote seven of the 2020/2021 budget. This percentage retranslated into N$784,622,278.00 (Seven […]
AirNam grounds charter flights days after Geingob said must be liquidated
A few weeks after resuming international charter flights and a few days after President Hage Geingob said Air Namibia must be liquidated, the national airline announced that it was grounding its fleet indefinitely. The airline announced the decision on Monday on its twitter. The message read: Air Namibia wishes to inform the flying public that all […]