Namibia’s national clean-up campaign was launched at Rundu in Kavango East Saturday. The clean-up campaign fell on the same with the International Day of Peace whose 2019 theme was Climate Action for Peace. Below are some of the scenes across the country where residents came out in numbers to clean up their surroundings.
Yang Fan, Kongo Mokaxwa and Teckla Lameck The N$120 million that was at the centre of the fraud case of former Public Service Commission boss, Teckla Lameck and her two other accomplices has left a bad taste in the mouth of Namibians after the three were let go by the High Court. Lawyers, civil rights […]
Bernard Kavau Former and suspended leaders of the Namibia National Students Organisation (Nanso), Simon Amunime, Bernard Kavau and Tyson Hihanguapo have launched a new rival student representative body called the Students Union of Namibia. The new organisation comes after the student leaders broke away from Nanso citing that they were being targeted for pointing out […]
ALEX SHIMUAFENI The domestic economy has posted yet again more worrisome subdued growth figures, recording a contraction of 2.6 per cent compared to a growth of 0.6 per cent recorded in the corresponding period of 2018. This comes right in the wake of a Bank of Namibia prediction that the economy will contract deeper for […]
National Assembly Speaker Peter Katjavivi Speaker of National Assembly Professor Peter Katjavivi has shot down at perception that he is well advanced in age to continue with government business saying he still has the energy to push on. If he is to make it back to parliament, considering that he has been nominated by President […]
Aggrieved fishermen have petitioned all High Court Judges and the Judicial Service Commission in a case in which they claim to have been injured by a ruling that shifted their labour case from the labour commission to the High Court. The fishermen went on a legal strike on 26 October 2015 against what they have […]
State-owned entities are forking a total of N$8,5 billion per annum for salaries alone, despite a horde of them failing to make profits, minister Leon Jooste has disclosed. Jooste was speaking at the recently held public enterprises’ conference held at Walvis Bay. The conference sought to find ways to rescue the situation at public entities […]
The President of the oldest student organization, the Namibia National Students Organisation (NANSO), Ester Simon, has admitted that she made a mistake by attending a Swapo event wearing party colours and got mistaken for being there in the capacity of her apolitical organization. Ester Simon spoke to Eagle FM yesterday where she sought to clear […]
Electoral Commission Chief Electoral Officer Theo Mujoro has lauded the national voters’ register as one of the healthiest in the region, surpassing that of neighboring South Africa. Mujoro said that the register is a reflection of half of Namibia’s population, equating it to that of Botswana. Mujoro has so far expressed happiness with the successful […]
The Rally for Democracy and Progress (RDP) has expressed its reservations about the Electoral Commission of Namibia’s (ECN) ability to run free, fair and credible election this November. President Hage Geingob has declared the 27th of November 2019 a public holiday to allow for the elections as per Section 64 (6) of the Electoral Act, […]