The 2020/21 national budget presented in parliament Wednesday is ‘part of the ammunition in Namibia’s arsenal to fight Covid-19, finance minister Ipumbu Shiimi said. This year’s N$72,8b budget runs under the theme ‘Together defeating COVID-19, Together thriving again’, which according to Shiimi ‘summons the collective contribution of all Namibians, young and old, to defeating COVID-19 […]

Finance minister Ipumbu Shiimi presented the 2020/21 national budget on Wednesday under the theme “Together Defeating COVID-19, Together Thriving Again”. Shiimi said that he was tabling the N$72,8b budget during one of the most challenging times in the global, regional and domestic economy. According to Shiimi, the budget aims to enable Namibia to better fight […]

The oldest African leader is 87. That is Cameroon’s Paul Biya. If his gods allow him to enjoy a much longer life, he will be 130 years old when Agenda 2063 happens. The youngest is 43. That is Ethiopia’s Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed Ali. When Agenda 2063 finally happens, he will be 86 and out […]

One of the Fishrot accused Ricardo Gustavo made a second court appearance in his formal bail application today. He applied for bail in the Windhoek Magistrate’s Court on Friday, before magistrate Johannes Shuuveni. Gustavo, in his first appearance, testified that he is a man of integrity, and has never in his life stolen a cent […]

  Africa has three major problems. One, we know what our problems are. Two, we know what to do with and about them. And three, we do not learn. Here is how it looks like. If you listen to people complaining about their situations or their countries situations, you understand what the problems are. Just […]

Tajudin Abdul-Raheem Most African leaders go through some changes once they assume power. Even those who would have come into power after protracted wars. See below an apt description of the transformation most leaders go through as given by the late Pan-Africanist Tajudin Abdul-Raheem who died in a car accident in Kenya years back. Tajudin […]

  The Covid-19 cases in Namibia have gone up to 18 from 16 the country has had since March when the two index cases were recorded. Health minister Dr Kalumbi Shangula told the nation Thursday during the daily report that there were two new cases. Until now and for more 45 days, Namibia has had […]

Secretary-General of the OvaHerero Traditional Authority, Professor Mutjinde Katjiua, has disclosed to Eagle FM that Nudo President and former chairperson of the OvaHerero Genocide Foundation, Ester Muinjangue, was scouted as early as last year to take the position of deputy minister in the ruling party government. To make this possible, Katjiua said, former spokesperson of […]

Finance ministry communications officer Tonateni Shidudu has said that more than 50 000 applicants that had been denied access to the emergency income grant will be paid out. Dozens of applicants whose applications had been rejected because they appeared in the system as taxpayers flocked at the Social Security Commission demanding to be delisted as […]

Dr Emma Haiyambo, Director Department of Strategic Communications and Financial Sector Development The Bank of Namibia has warned those who are involved in the R200 WhatsApp Stokvel to stop the activities or they will be fined N$1 million or imprisonment for up to 10 years or sentenced to both. The warning came after the Bank of […]