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Board members appointed at TransNamib
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Board members appointed at TransNamib

The Acting Minister of Public Enterprises Ipumbu Shiimi this week confirmed the appointment of the TransNamib Board of Directors. The appointments at the State-owned rail and freight operator were undertaken in accordance with the Public Enterprises Governance Act. 

Opinion – The quest for a paramount chief in Zambezi
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Opinion – The quest for a paramount chief in Zambezi

It seems the quest for a paramount chief in the Zambezi region is still on the cards, and it is only that this time around it is being aired on social media through video clips by a secret cult organisation whose members are operating from Botswana, Namibia and Zambia. The members of this secret cult happen to belong to the Masubiya ethnic group. 

Opinion –  Rebuilding higher education  after Kandjii-Murangi’s departure
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Opinion – Rebuilding higher education after Kandjii-Murangi’s departure

In 2006, I enrolled for my first degree at the University of Namibia. The Dean of Students was current higher education minister Itah Kandjii-Murangi. Because of my high school student leadership background, I took keen interest in student politics. In that year, there was a thorny issue of compulsory breakfast, where the university charged students even when they did not eat breakfast. 

Opinion –  Sibbinda constituency and service delivery: A ward on its knees
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Opinion – Sibbinda constituency and service delivery: A ward on its knees

The Republic of Namibia gained its political independence on 21 March 1990 with its Constitution being adopted on the 9th of February 1989. In terms of legislation, Namibia is a democratic State in which democratic elections are held every after five years whereby political parties and leaders are to be elected to political power at all three levels of government namely, local, regional, and natio