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26 Apr

BTA leadership squabble far from over

info_e12wt4csUncategorisedBlouwes Traditional Authority, BTA leadership squabble far from over, Dawid Casius Gertze, Jerry Ekandjo, Johannes Benjamin Koopman

Staff Writer The Blouwes Traditional Authority has been involved in a long battle for recognition after the Ministry of Urban and Rural Development turned down the request to consider Johannes Benjamin Koopman, as chief of the authority five years ago. In 2010, an application to designate Salomon Kooper as the chief of BTA was filed at the then Ministry of Regional and Local Government, Housing and Rural Development which was approved in October the same year. However, according to documents the application was a breach of Section 4 and 5 of the Traditional Authorities Act and was subsequently withdrawn by…

26 Apr

WAD calls for cautious approach to AR petition

info_e12wt4csUncategorisedWAD calls for cautious approach to AR petition, WAD national coordinator Absai Kashululu

Martin Endjala A non-governmental organization has called for advised for caution over the proposed Affirmative Repositions movement petition, arguing that it land distribution proposals should not create further conundrums but look at how to resolve the sensitive matter, without having to pick fights with foreigners. The petition was submitted to the Speaker of the National Assembly in 2018 and is now the subject of a public hearing by the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Natural Resources and Legal Affairs. The Women’s Action for Development (WAD) when delivering its position paper at hearing today, through its legal representative challenged the AR proposed…

25 Apr

Namib Mills locks out NEFF

info_e12wt4csUncategorisedNamib Mills, Namib Mills locks out NEFF, Namibia Economic Freedom Fighters (NEFF

Obrein Simasiku Namib Mills had a rude awakening today, as it became the latest target of the Namibia Economic Freedom Fighters (NEFF) which appeared at its doorsteps unannounced demanding to engage the management who had a low key presence in their offices. The delegation led by NEFF's Commissar for Economic Development, Michael Amushelelo, sought to have a discussion with Namib Mills' management relating to employee's wellness, remuneration and unfair labour practices. This however, did not go as planned as the group was not allowed inside the premises. In return, after losing hope of a productive dialogue, Amushelelo blocked the main…

25 Apr

Transport sector chokes as fuel price skyrockets

info_e12wt4csUncategorisedGrootfontein-Rundu route, N$20.23 for diesel and N$19.10 petrol, Transport sector chokes as fuel price skyrockets, transport to Okahandja

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…

22 Apr

Billions for social protection programs

info_e12wt4csUncategorisedBillions for social protection programs, Doreen Sioka

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…

22 Apr

Germany pledges support to vocational training

info_e12wt4csUncategorisedAccording to Kandjoze priority areas are fully in support of the objectives of the Harambee Prosperity Plan II, Germany pledges support to vocational training, Obeth Kandjoze

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…

22 Apr

Unapologetic forex traders hauled for violating bail conditions

info_e12wt4csUncategorisedLawyer Kadhila Amoomo, 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, Unapologetic forex traders hauled for violating bail conditions

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…

21 Apr

Tweya says committee means business

info_e12wt4csUncategorisedNamibia National Farmers Union (NNFU), Tjekero Tweya, Tweya says committee means busines

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…

21 Apr

Depositors money in banks safe

info_e12wt4csUncategorised496, Emma Haiyambo, N$278, NDGA and the Bank of Namibia, The Namibia Deposit Guarantee Authority (NDGA) board chairperson Ebson Uanguta, Uanguta

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,…

21 Apr

Judges appointed on merit – Tjombe ….courts remarkably independent

info_e12wt4csUncategorisedBernadus Swartbooi, Judges appointed on merit – Tjombe ….courts remarkably independent, Norman Tjombe, Sisa Namandje

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…