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Transport sector chokes as fuel price skyrockets
25 Apr

Transport sector chokes as fuel price skyrockets

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Obrein Simasiku "Hunger, poverty and bills will finish us" were some of the comments raised by struggling taxi drivers as they bemoaned the high fuel prices which have seen the profits of their business reduced to the bare minimum, while passengers are feeling the pinch as they dig deeper into their pockets. Since the beginning of this year, fuel has increased about three times, with the latest in April bringing prices at N$20.23 for diesel and N$19.10 petrol, respectively in Windhoek. The adjustments were necessitated by increasing global oil prices, exacerbated by the geo-political situation and the war between Russian…
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Billions for social protection programs
22 Apr

Billions for social protection programs

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Tujoromajo Kasuto Over 500 000 Namibians benefit from the government’s social grants administered by the Ministry of Gender Equality, Poverty Eradication and Social Welfare, with a coverage of 98 percent for old-age pension beneficiaries, 74 percent for disability and 71 percent for children’s grant beneficiaries. This include 341 204 vulnerable children, 192 544 pensioners, and 48 472 people with disabilities. During the Ministry’s budget motivation in the National Assembly yesterday, Minister Doreen Sioka shared that a total of five billion dollars is allocated to this programme for the fiscal year 2022/2023. Other items to be covered are the food bank…
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Germany pledges support to vocational training
22 Apr

Germany pledges support to vocational training

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Martin Endjala Germany will finance Technical and Vocational Training and the promotion of small and medium sized enterprises to the tune of N$650 million. The announcement was made yesterday on the 21st of April 2022, during the signing of a financial and technical cooperation agreement between Namibia and Germany in Windhoek. Obeth Kandjoze, the Director General of the National Planning Commission and the ambassador of the Federal Republic of Germany Herbert Beck signed the agreement that were concluded following successful development cooperation negotiations in 2021. Other programs to be covered are the establishment of a Sustainable Financing Mechanism for Namibia’s…
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Unapologetic forex traders hauled for violating bail conditions
22 Apr

Unapologetic forex traders hauled for violating bail conditions

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Obrein Simasiku The Prosecutor General has slapped forex traders turned politicians Michael Amushelelo and his co-accused associate, Gregory Cloete, with a final warning for the violation of their bail conditions. They are on bail of N$35 000 each, over charges relating to a N$17 million suspected ponzi scheme they operated since 2015 until their arrest in October 2019. In a notice to their Lawyer Kadhila Amoomo, the Prosecutor General’s Chief Legal Clerk, issued a final warning to the duo, saying that they allegedly violated condition number 3 of their bail, which requires them to seek ‘prior authorization’ from the investigating…
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Tweya says committee means business
21 Apr

Tweya says committee means business

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Martin Endjala The chairperson of the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Natural Resources Tjekero Tweya, says the committee is not a talk shop, but means business when holding public hearings. He issued this warning at today’s public hearing on the Affirmative Reposition petition on land ownership by foreigners in Namibia. Today’s public hearing had engagements with representatives from the Namibia National Farmers Union (NNFU) and the Namibia Agricultural Union (NAU). Tweya called on parties before the committee to repair elaborately for the hearings and to make the necessary recommendations to parliament. The chairperson said the procrastination of the process with excuses…
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Depositors money in banks safe
21 Apr

Depositors money in banks safe

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Tujoromajo Kasuto The Namibia Deposit Guarantee Authority (NDGA) board chairperson Ebson Uanguta says in the annual report that the entity’s market value has increased to N$10 259 574 in 2021 from N$4 902 924 in 2020. He says the growth in the fund’s value was primarily attributable to N$5,079,150 in member institution premiums paid in July 2021 and a total annual interest income of N$278,496 in 2021. Over the reporting period, the premiums received from member institutions were invested in line with the Investment Policy and Investment Agreement signed between the NDGA and the Bank of Namibia. Uanguta explained that,…
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Judges appointed on merit – Tjombe ….courts remarkably independent
21 Apr

Judges appointed on merit – Tjombe ….courts remarkably independent

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Staff Writer Parliamentarians have been called upon to ensure that the statements they make in the legislature about other branches of the State are true and thoroughly researched, unless they want to make a mockery of the ‘’parliament and its most important duty of making laws …. And keeping accountable the government of the day’’. Legal practitioner and well known human rights lawyer, Norman Tjombe made this scathing remark in a statement following Landless People’s Movement’s leader Bernadus Swartbooi attack on the judiciary in the National Assembly saying only lawyers from law firms with political connections to the ruling party…
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Parents advised to discuss family planning with children and break stigma
20 Apr

Parents advised to discuss family planning with children and break stigma

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Tujoromajo Kasuto Ministry of Health and Social Services is calling on parents to break with cultural norms of not discussing sexual reproductive issues with children. Parents, the ministry says should start guide and advise their children on how to overcome the transitional period from childhood to adulthood as well as discussing family planning. The Deputy Minister Ester Muinjangue says that it is important to note that counseling and Sexual Reproductive Health and Family Planning services do not encourage young people to have sex, but instead, they help them to protect their health as access to information and contraceptives can protect…
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Government in hot soup over unpaid invoices
20 Apr

Government in hot soup over unpaid invoices

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Staff writer The government of Namibia is in a court battle with SBDS and Fourie inc. Quantity Surveyors (SBDS) over unpaid invoices to the valve of N$680 361.77. According to documents, SBDS was awarded a contract to prepare bills of quantities for the Omatjete Police Station by the Minister of Home Affairs acting on behalf of the government in January 2020. In High Court documents filed October last year, SBDS is citing the Government of the Republic of Namibia as the first respondent, the Minster of Works and Transport as the second defendant and the Minister of Home Affairs, Immigration,…
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Inclusivity advocated for all disabled persons
20 Apr

Inclusivity advocated for all disabled persons

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Martin Endjala The needs of people with disabilities must be included in national planning policies to deal with cross cutting issues affecting them to ensure that they live a dignified life. This observation was made by the Deputy Minister of Disability Affairs, Alexia Manombe-Ncube at the official launch of the Media Awareness Campaign today in Windhoek. The United Nations Convention on Rights of Disabled Persons advocates for a dignified life for all disabled persons, and with the new launch under the theme ‘Disability Disaggregated Data Benefits All’ the National Federation of People with Disabilities in Namibia (NFPDN) has embarked on…
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