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13 Apr

No peace in OvaHerero house

ObserverUncategorisedMutjinde Katjiua, Ovaherer, Ovaherero Traditional Authority (OTA)

Staff Writer The Ovaherero Traditional Authority (OTA) group in favour of Mutjinde Katjiua who lost his court battle for the supremacy of the authority against the chairman of OTA, Vipuira Kapuuo has vowed that the battle is not over. They pledged to continue fighting for the interest of the Ovaherero people. The group said this in a statement shortly after the High Court dismissed an urgent application in which Katjiua interdicted Kapuuo not to interfere with the running of OTA. The application was removed from the court roll and Katjiua was order to pay Kapuuo’s legal costs, including one instructing…

13 Apr

Mortgages, car and loan instalments going up ..as cost of borrowing increases

ObserverUncategorisedcar and loan instalments going up ..as cost of borrowing increases, Johannes !Gawaxa, Mortgages

Tujoromajo Kasuto The Governor of the Bank of Namibia (BoN), Johannes !Gawaxab, has announced that the Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) has decided to raise the repo rate by 25 basis points to 4.25 percent following its bi-monthly meeting on April 11th and 12th. He notes that this will have an impact on all people who have home, car, and overdraft loans with banks. The monthly payment on all these items will go up by 0.25 percent. This is the second hike in the repo rate in succession. He further warned that because other lending and interest rates are linked to…

12 Apr

Namibia believes in peaceful resolution of conflicts: Netumbo

ObserverUncategorisedDefence and Security Cooperation a, Namibia believes in peaceful resolution of conflicts: Netumbo

Staff Reporter Namibia’s objective as the next chair of the SADC Organ on Politics, Defence and Security Cooperation and as a member of the African Union Peace and Security Council is to strengthen peace processes across the continent. In this regard the country will work with relevant stakeholders to promote dialogue at the international level and promote the settlement of disputes by peaceful means in line with its national and regional obligations. This was said in the National Assembly by the Minister of International Relations and Cooperation, Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah during her budget motivation yesterday. Ndaitwah used the opportunity to spell…

12 Apr

Corporate advised to invest in human capital

ObserverUncategorisedCorporate advised to invest in human capital, NamibRe Managing Director, Patty Karuaihe-Martin

Tujoromajo Kasuto The Namibia National Reinsurance Corporation, NamibRe Managing Director, Patty Karuaihe-Martin today handed over 690 Laptops and bags valued at over 3.3 million to NUST and UNAM and urged other corporates to invest in education, particularly in helping students have access to ICT equipment as this will assist them in their studies. Karuaihe-Martin believes that providing access to education by investment in the sector is important to building a sustainable future for young people. She emphasises that the donation is NamibRe’s commitment to supporting the education sector as a strategic pillar in the Corporate Social Investment of NamibRe Foundation…

12 Apr

Katjiua’s urgent application dismissed

ObserverUncategorisedHerman Oosthuizen, Katjiua’s urgent application dismissed, Ovaherero Traditional Authority

The urgent application with the High Court of Namibia by Mutjinde Katjiua to interdict the chairperson of the OvaHerero Chief’s Council, Vipuira Kapuuo, was dismissed in the High Court this afternoon. The application was removed from the court roll and Katjiua was order to pay the Kapuuo’s legal costs, including one instructing and two instructed attorneys. On 30 March 2022 Katjiua who was appointed as the paramount chief and thereafter applied for an urgent interdict to have the court to restrain Kapuuo from proceeding with irregularly and unlawfully purporting to be the representative of the OvaHerero Traditional Authority representative and…

12 Apr

Namcor acquires oil blocks in Angola

ObserverUncategorisedImmanuel Mulunga, Namcor acquires oil blocks in Angola, Sequa and Petrolog, Somoil, Sonangol

Namcor has realised one of its strategic objectives of acquiring commercially viable producing assets outside the Namibia. Namcor announced on its Twitter page that it was one of the successful bidders for exploration and producing blocks in Angola, after going through an extensive tender process, adding that ‘’Namcor has reached its target of acquiring producing assets’’. In an Agencia Lusa news report on social media, Sonangol, Angola’s government-owned oil company, says it has sold eight Angolan oil concessions, ‘’in a limited public tender without mentioning the value of the deal’’. The eight blocks in a partial sale of Sonangol’s participating…

11 Apr

Violence, death dominate weekend crime

ObserverUncategorisedViolence death dominate weekend crime

Staff Writer The weekend crime report is dominated by multiple violent crimes with five people reported dead and others involved in violent altercations that led to serious bodily harm. On Friday at about 22:30 at Okutupa bar in Karaburg in the //Kharas Region, it is alleged that Theofelus Lenga also know asRasta, died after he was stabbed in the left upper part of his chest with an unknown object. Police investigation in the murder continues. In Walvis Bay’s Kuisebmund area, a 26-year-old woman was allegedly hit with an empty beer bottle on the head by her boyfriend and caused a…

11 Apr

Toddler dies from drug overdose

ObserverUncategorisedToddler dies from drug overdose

Tujoromajo Kasuto A three-year-old girl Maria Ndapewa Shuudifonya, died from alleged drug overdose after she allegedly consumed a tablet that was left lying around. The girl from the Oshivanda Shanghatanga village in the Etayi Constituency in the Omusati Region died at the Oshakati Hospital. According to Omusati regional crime investigations coordinator, Deputy Commissioner Moses Simaho the toddler was in the house with her grandmother, when she fell asleep. When the granny woke her up, she was very weak and was taken to Oshikuku Hospital and was referred to Oshakati hospital where she died on Sunday. Simaho adds that the doctors…

11 Apr

Walvis Bay writes off pensioners debt

ObserverUncategorisedMunicipal bills of all pensioners at Walvis Bay worth 6.7 million dollars are to be written off with immediate effect, Walvis Bay writes off pensioners debt

Martin Endjala Municipal bills of all pensioners at Walvis Bay worth 6.7 million dollars are to be written off with immediate effect, as a way to relief elderly people from spiking municipal bills. This action was taken by the municipality because pensioners are unable to pay for their accounts due to the general economic difficulties in the country. Walvis Bay local authority councilor Ryan Gordon shared the news with the Windhoek Observer today. Gordon, stated that the late LPM local councilor Alfredo Stanely Bikeur tabled the motion in the council chamber to give amnesty to all pensioners in Walvis Bay,…

11 Apr

BIG Coalition disappointed in Social Protection Policy

ObserverUncategorisedBIG Coalition disappointed in Social Protection Policy, Rinaani Musutua of the Basic Income Grant Coalition

Tujoromajo Kasuto BIG Coalition says the recently launched Social Protection Policy 2021-2030 which was expected to outline comprehensive interventions to achieve the eradication of poverty is a disappointment. Rinaani Musutua of the Basic Income Grant Coalition says that the policy states that social protection must help people to “cope with the risks, vulnerabilities and shocks throughout their life cycle”. This includes poverty, illness, hunger, lack of income, inability to access education, health sanitation, housing etc and the policy documents have played a big role in reducing the poverty gap, especially the universal old age pension. However, she observes, that when…