By the end of March 2022, an account named Children of the Liberation Struggle, resorting under the Prime Minister’s office, had a balance of N$13 million, all while children of the liberation struggle were knocking on the government’s door, pleading for economic opportunities.
A fresh tug-of-war has erupted between MTC and the industry regulator, the Communication Regulatory Authority of Namibia, in the protracted legal tussles between the two parastatals.
If Namibia is to be unchained from the triple shackle of unemployment, poverty and inequality, it will depend heavily on how it deals with opportunities presented by the energy and mining sectors.
Police in the Kunene region have been besieged with land disputes, particularly between community conservancies and traditional leaders.
President Hage Geingob has elected to remain silent on the recent Supreme Court ruling recognising same-sex marriages conducted beyond Namibia’s borders, but traditional leaders have vehemently opposed the ruling.
A marathon Cabinet meeting yesterday directed Prime Minister Saara Kuugongelwa-Amadhila to assess the impending drought situation in the country, with a view to proactively address it.
Property mogul and northern businessman Erastus ‘Chicco’ Shapumba has attempted to exonerate himself in a dodgy deal that left the small town of Opuwo without a stadium.
Opuwos !Ā!nāsi ǀAwemā!nans ge ǁîs di ǂnûǁkhaeba ra Danasîsenǂuira Mâisab, Karui Rikamburab gere mîsa !oa ǀorodomma N$147 miljun marisa ǂhâba hâ, ǁîs di ǁgam!khō!khaiga !gâi!gâi!nâs tsî ǀkharapa ī-ūs tsî nēs xōǀkhā ǁgam-e !anu!anus !khaib tsîna ǂnuwis di ǂâis !naka.
The Opuwo Town Council needs at least N$147 million to upgrade and relocate its existing oxidation ponds while also establishing a water treatment plant, the town’s acting CEO Karui Rikambura said.
Germany is increasingly becoming a pariah state, at least from an African vantage point, over the manner in which it has handled discussions on the 1904-08 Ovaherero and Nama genocide.