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16 Jun

Geingob locks down Khomas

ObserverObserver MoneyCovid-19, Okahandja, president Hage Geingob, Rehoboth, Windhoek

Andrew Kathindi President Hage Geingob has restricted the exit and entry into Windhoek, Okahandja and Rehoboth local authority areas amidst an alarming rise in COVID-19 cases, in which Khomas has accounted for 52 percent thereof. The ban comes as on Tuesday evening 15 June, Namibia recorded 1206 new cases of COVID-19, of which Windhoek reported 359 cases, Okahandja 1 and Rehoboth 47. Travel into and out of these local authority areas have been banned with the exception for returning residents, essential service providers in possession of the relevant permit, emergency medical cases and the transportation of human remains to other…

15 Jun

PDM youth calls for schools to end face-to-face teaching

ObserverObserver MoneyCovid-19, Popular Democratic Movement Youth League (PDMYL)

Andrew Kathindi The Popular Democratic Movement Youth League (PDMYL) have called for all face-to-face teaching countrywide to be suspended as the tide of the third wave continues to rise in Namibia. This comes as the Ministry of Education, Arts and Culture has sent out a call to its education regional directors to advise on the way forward. “It is therefore an undeniable fact that the country has entered the third wave of Covid-19, and our basic education centres have become hotspots for the spread of the virus,” PDMYL Secretary General,Bensen Katjirijova, states. “The PDMYL therefore calls on the Ministry of…

15 Jun

ReconAfrica in water license misunderstanding

ObserverObserver MoneyMinistry of Agriculture, NAMCOR, Namibia, National Petroleum Corporation of Namibia (Namcor), ReconAfrica, Water and Land Reform (MAWLR)

Kandjemuni Kamuiiri A misunderstanding from ReconAfrica, an oil and gas exploration company searching for oil in the Kavango basin, led to the company operating without a water permit, Ministry of Agriculture, Water and Land Reform (MAWLR) Deputy Executive Director (ED) Maria Amakali has revealed. “As such, there was a misunderstanding from their side that because they are operating in non-water control area, they did not need a permit.” This appears to be a contradiction to Agriculture minister Calle Schlettwein’s revelation last month that the company had applied to drill boreholes, for both exploration and abstraction and purposes and that, thus…

12 Jun

Empire retooling, preparing for colonial comeback

ObserverUncategorisedAfrican national liberation fighters, Julius Kambarage Nyerere, Kamuzu Banda, Nelson Mandela, Robert Mugabe, Samora Machel

African national liberation movements are not only being deconstructed and decentred via contemporary neoliberal discourses, but colonialists and imperialists have always made manifold efforts to destroy African liberation movements and other resistance movements throughout colonial history. Suffering natural attrition through the death of aging African national liberation fighters and leaders, African national liberation movements are in states of atrophy that is expedited and precipitated by liberal philosophies, organisations and institutions that have tripped the historic agenda of African national liberation movements. Indeed the epithet “movement” signifies ephemerality in contrast to organisational stability and permanence. With neoliberally inclined nongovernmental organisations and…

12 Jun

Accept ye projects kingdom first and Germany will offer reparations later?

ObserverUncategorisedYours Truly Ideologically

Yours Truly Ideologically cannot but be perplexed that those from the affected communities who must be in the better know and how, are the ones today in the forefront of delivering their communities on the altar of the second genocide. Because if the agreement between the Namibian government, and its German counterpart, needs to be seen as and/or called anything, then it is no more better than a second genocide against the very communities of the Ovaherero, Ovambanderu and Nama, that the agreement purported to reconcile and reconstruct. With the midwives of the purported reconciliation and reconstruction, sadly, none other…

12 Jun

Members of the executive violating the law

ObserverObserver MoneyDeputy-Minister of Information and Communications Technology, Emma Theofelus

Rose-Mary Haufiku It has emerged that it is illegal for any member of the executive to embark in any business activity, the Windhoek Observer can reveal. Attorney General (AG), Festus Mbandeka, has revealed that the law does not allow all members of the Executive to have any business interests. The AG according to Article 42, section 1 of the Constitution of Namibia that states that “During their tenure of office as members of the Cabinet, Ministers may not take up any other paid employment, engage in activities inconsistent with their positions as Ministers, or expose themselves to any situation which…

12 Jun

Face to face classes continue amidst Covid-19 skyrocketing cases

ObserverObserver MoneyCovid-19, Namibia National Students Organisation (NANSO), Namibia National Teachers Union (NANTU)

Tujoromajo Kasuto Education, Arts and Culture Ministry plans to go ahead with face-to-face learning despite alarming rise in COVID-19 cases. Namibia reported 1,432 new COVID-19 cases on Friday evening, the highest number of new cases ever recorded in 24 hours, a day after the country reported 1,045 cases. The Executive Director of the Ministry, Sanet Steenkamp, says the ministry was taking the situation case by case. “At this moment the ministry is only looking at case by case, if the case arises for example the school in Aroab where the Ministry of Health advises the school must close and other…

11 Jun

Secret ballot not on genocide … if Parliament has to vote on agreement?

ObserverObserver MoneyGerman, Kazenambo Kazenambo, Namibia, Namibian Parliament, Professor Peter Katjavivi, Speaker

Andrew Kathindi Parliament may have to vote on the genocide agreement the government of Namibia and it the German counterpart are due to sign before it is eventually debated in the Namibian Parliament and thereafter ratified. If there should be no consensus after the debate and a vote is necessary. Meaning the august house would then have to decide whether to go for a secret ballot or not to allow for conscience voting, if members of the same political party may be divided on the issue. Former Swapo Party of Namibia Parliamentarian and former deputy minister, Kazenambo Kazenambo, explaining the…

11 Jun

Kavango West the poorest Namibian region

ObserverObserver MoneyKavango West, Namibia, Namibia Statistics Agency (NSA)

Andrew Kathindi Kavango West has been found to be the poorest region in Namibia according to a multidimensional poverty index report conducted by the Namibia Statistics Agency (NSA), with 79.6 percent. After Kavango West, the incidence of multidimensional poverty is followed by Kavango East (70.0 percent), and Kunene (64.1 percent). The two Kavango regions have generally been reported as among the poorest regions in the country over the years. The national multidimensional poverty stands at 43.3 percent. According to the NSA, the region with the highest poverty intensity levels is Kunene region, reported at 59.2 percent, “which indicates that on…

10 Jun

Ovaherero and Nama leaders plan ahead …as appeal to US Supreme court is declined

ObserverObserver MoneyParamount Chief of the Ovaherero, US Supreme Court, Vekuii Rukoro

Andrew Kathindi Paramount Chief of the Ovaherero, Vekuii Rukoro, has revealed that they will now seek recourse at the United Nations and the African Union for justice in the matter regarding the genocide that was committed by Germany between 1904 and 1908. On Monday 7 June, the U.S. Supreme Court declined to hear a petition by the Nama and Ovaherero leaders, which sought to restart a lawsuit for damages against Germany for the genocide. “In light of the latest diplomatic and legal developments, we shall now escalate our campaign at the diplomatic front by ensuring that the United Nations, the…