Author: Edward Mumbuu (Edward Mumbuu )

Almost a year after the position became vacant, the Financial Intelligence Centre would soon appoint a new director.

While she could afford it, it was a group of unemployed Namibians who raised N$17 000 for the release of parliamentarian Inna Hengari.

The Namibia Revenue Agency has surpassed its revenue-collection target by about N$2 billion, a good month before the financial year comes to a close.

Accounting continues to be a thorn in the flesh of most local authorities that are seemingly unable to account for public resources under their care, recently submitted audit reports show.

This week, New Era’s Edward Mumbuu sat down with Landless People’s Movement leader Bernadus Swartbooi, who pulled no punches when he confronted questions on the party’s achievements, internal chaos, ties to his former political home, how the country’s resources can benefit its citizen and coalition politics as the country gears towards the 2024 showdown:

A leaked board resolution shows that TransNamib has offered its want-away CEO Johny Smith a N$2.4 million salary to remain at the cash-strapped rail entity for another five years.

The United Kingdom is in the process of changing Namibia’s status due to the purported abuse of its asylum and other immigration laws, New Era has been reliably informed. 

Outgoing TransNamib CEO Johny Smith has washed his hands off and absolved himself of any wrongdoing during his troubled tenure at an
entity now on the brink of collapse. 

All eyes will be on President Hage Geingob tomorrow when he delivers his penultimate State of the Nation Address, with many pondering how he intends to address the country’s unemployment quagmire, which has reached crisis proportions. 

Swapo leader Hage Geingob says his deputy, Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah, is the ruling party’s sole candidate at next year’s general elections, quashing doubts the party is still undecided in that regard.