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30 Sep

Swapo inaugurates 34 Think Tank members

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Eba Kandovazu THE Swapo Party today inaugurated its newly restructured Think Tank, consisting of 34 members, serving on a voluntary, non-remunerative basis. Secretary General, Sophia Shaningwa, says the group was appointed by the Political Bureau (PB) of the Central Committee (CC) on the basis of competency. It will provide evidence-based policy options on political and economic issues. The group will serve from 2021 to 2022. "It is therefore expected that the Think Tank timeously report to the Secretary General and the Politburo on the outcome of suggested ideas and policies for adoption and action. In the fast changing world, which…

30 Sep

Venaani proposes re-negotiation of Genocide deal

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Eba Kandovazu POPULAR Democratic Movement (PDM) President, McHenry Venaani, is calling on a re-negotiation of the Genocide deal, with an all parties Select Committee of the National Assembly as the midwife on the road towards the re-negotiation along with the government and the affected communities. This, he says, is because the National Assembly had a 'diminished role' when it came to engaging in the Genocide debate. "If a Parliament’s membership is truly representative of the country’s population, the decisions taken by parliamentarians in respect of genocide agreements would be endorsed by the people as its democratically elected representatives bearing their…

30 Sep

USA, Germany donate nearly 400 000 vaccines doses to Namibia

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Kandjemuni Kamuiiri THE Government of the Federal Republic of Germany, through the German Embassy in Windhoek donated 200 000 doses of the AstraZeneca vaccine, while the United States of America’s donating through the COVAX Facility up to 100 620 doses of Pfizer Covid-19 vaccine to the Government of Namibia. The handover of the AstraZeneca vaccines took place on Monday at the Minister of Health and Social Services, Kalumbi Shangula’s boardroom. According to Shangula the Robert Koch Institute (RKI) supported Namibia to expand the capacity of the Namibia Institute of Pathology (NIP) to be able to conduct testing for COVID-19 diagnosis,…

30 Sep

NTB running out of funds, seeking govt intervention

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Eba Kandovazu THE Namibia Tourism Board (NTB), which in 2016 lost millions to the Kora Music Award organisers for a no show, will need the Government's intervention to keep it going as of November this year. The NTB board currently only has money to pay for salaries and operations until that month. Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Digu //Naobeb says the board is currently engaging Government as a shareholder to seek intervention. Sarl Mundial Telecom, a company owned by Ernest Adjovi, owner of the Kora Awards is being sued for US$ 1.5 million (N$ 23.5 million) which NTB paid in 2015…

29 Sep

IUM discontinues non-education courses at Ongwediva

ObserverUncategorisedInternational University of Management (IUM), Ongwediva

Eba Kandovazu THE International University of Management (IUM) has announced that as of next year, the Ongwediva campus will be solely devoted to the administration of Education programmes. Students currently enrolled for other programmes will be allowed to continue until they have completed their studies. No student intakes will be made other than those intending to study education from next January. IUM Communication Director, Gerry Munyama, says the decision is rooted in IUM Strategic Plan 2020-2025, which includes the strategic realignment of its programmes and overall activities as well as the utilisation of resources. "No single lecturer is at risk…

29 Sep

Alleged NIMT’s bosses killer back in the dock

ObserverUncategorisedNamibian Institute of Mining and Technology(NIMT), Windhoek High Court

Eba Kandovazu ERNST Lichtenstrasser, the man accused of brutally gunning down two executives at the Namibian Institute of Mining and Technology(NIMT) in Arandis, has made another appearance in the Windhoek High Court today. Lichtenstrasser, 58, reportedly shot Eckhart Mueller, 72, and Heimo Hellwig, 60, in April 2019, sending shockwaves in the small town. The trial is before Judge Christie Liebenberg, with Deputy Prosecutor General, Antonia Verhoeff, representing the State. Lichtenstrasser denied playing any role in the alleged murders at the start of the trial. He was employed as a Senior Lecturer at the campus in Tsumeb. Lichtenstrasser faces a total…

29 Sep

5000 cattle infected with FMD, 150 dead in Zambezi

ObserverUncategorisedAgriculture, Calle Schlettwein, Water and Land Reform Minister

Eba Kandovazu A TOTAL 5000 cattle have been infected by the Foot and Mouth Disease (FMD) in the Zambezi region, since its detection in May this year. A total 150 cattle have died as a result, Agriculture, Water and Land Reform Minister, Calle Schlettwein, has announced. Schlettwein says this is despite the higher vaccination coverage in the infected herds, adding that infection rates remained high among the vaccinated cattle, which is an indication of the presence of a different FMD virus variant, which was confirmed to be a new FMD virus serotype O in August, the first time in the…

28 Sep

Kandjii-Murangi denies ‘dodgy’ Malaysian university agreement claims

ObserverUncategorisedDr Itah Kandjii-Murangi, Minister of Higher Education, Training and Innovation

Eba Kandovazu THE Minister of Higher Education, Training and Innovation, Dr Itah Kandjii-Murangi is denying allegations that she is part of a ‘secret agreement’, which would allegedly see her entering into a deal with a Malaysian university to set up a private institution linked to her, which is to be funded by Government, replacing the Namibia Training Authority(NTA). “It is not true. None of that is true”, says she emphatically when contacted for comment. Meanwhile, the Spokesperson in the ministry, Selma Ngola says she would consult the Executive Director (ED) to determine whether the matter is a ministry affair or…

28 Sep

Walvis Pupkewitz Mega Build robbers still at large

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Tujoromajo Kasuto THE Erongo Regional Crime Investigations Coordinator, Deputy Commissioner Erastus Iikuyu, says five unidentified male suspects in the Southern Cross Security guards robbery of cash estimated at N$ 943 616.84 and other various items estimated at about N$ 24 000, are still on the run. Whether the police have been able to trace the suspects through a cell phone that belonged to one of the suspects that was left behind at the scene, Iikuyu would not say anything yet as police investigations are still on. According to police reports the robbery took place at Pupkewitz Mega Build in Walvis…

28 Sep

Pastors’ wives slapped with murder charges over deadly concoctions

ObserverUncategorisedNamibian Police, Spokesperson Deputy Commissioner Kauna Shikwambi

Eba Kandovazu THE police has confirmed the arrest of two women, barely two weeks following the arrests of their pastor husbands after they allegedly administered a deadly concoction into the rectums of three people from which they may have succumbed at Nkurenkuru. Namibian Police, Spokesperson Deputy Commissioner Kauna Shikwambi, says the two women, Corneria Sikukutu and Maria Fernando, were also part of the administration of a methylated spirit, salt, vinegar and olive oil the deceased, Evaristus Ndumba, Roberta Ndumba and Hilma Simbaranda, who are all family members. A fourth family member survived the ordeal. Shikwambi says the two women were…