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Youth demand end to corruption …and want BIG now
23 Nov

Youth demand end to corruption …and want BIG now

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Tujoromajo Kasuto Youth are questioning why they have to accept and live with growing unemployment, poverty and crime as the inheritors of a free Namibia. The youth is angry that their supposed freedom exists only on paper but not in practice. They feel that they are living as impoverished slaves, struggling to survive while being told that Namibia is flourishing. They decry that government plans and projects such as Vision 2030, Targeted Intervention Programme for Employment and Economic Growth (TIPEEG), the Harambee Prosperity Plan (HPP) and Food Bank have not eradicated poverty. Instead, a few enriched themselves at the expense…
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Man stones girlfriend to death and burned parts of her
23 Nov

Man stones girlfriend to death and burned parts of her

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Tujoromajo Kasuto IN the Aminuis Constituency in the village of Otjongwe in the Omaheke Region, it is alleged that a fatal fight erupted between a 27-year-old man and a 25-year-old woman, identified as Christine Brander, which led to her death. The duo were romantically involved. NamPol Spokesperson, Kauna Shikwambi, says the suspect took a stone and beat the deceased several times on the head causing her death. It is further alleged that he then made fire and burned the deceased's face, thighs, face, and back. Then after he dragged Brander’s lifeless body for about 40 metres and placed the body…
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21 Nov

Whither to Namibia, is there ever a point of halting and/or return?

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A young man last week lost his life in Walvis Bay over a vetkoek. He grabbed a vetkoek from a street vendor and while trying to get away to go and enjoy, which may have been his first eat in how many days, who knows, and indeed the last, he was hit by a car. A sad story indeed! Many a times our government has been priding itself in the fact people in the country do not die from hunger. A young lad lost his life after grabbing something to eat which in the end he could not enjoy having…
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Ex-Plan combatants threaten to take Swapo to court over unpaid refugee money
21 Nov

Ex-Plan combatants threaten to take Swapo to court over unpaid refugee money

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Eba Kandovazu CHAIRPERSON of former People Liberation Army of Namibia (Plan) combatants, Matheus Nangolo, says the group will be forced to take legal action if International Relations and Cooperation Minister (Mirco) and Deputy Prime Minister, Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah, does not respond to their petition in which they are asking whether or not the ruling party received their money from the United Nations High Commission on Refugees (UNHCR) upon their return from exile in 1989. Matheus, in an interview with Windhoek Observer, says the group will collectively consult with regional members on the way forward, following weeks of petitioning to the International…
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Duplicate land allocation compels presumed enemies, Katjirua and Hoveka, to meet
21 Nov

Duplicate land allocation compels presumed enemies, Katjirua and Hoveka, to meet

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Staff Writer Rampant land grabbing and duplicate allocation in the communal areas of the Epukiro and Otjombinde constituencies in the Omaheke region has compelled traditional leaders of the Ovambanderu Traditional Authority (OTA) and the Hoveka Traditional Authority (HTA) to convene an emergency meeting between the two authorities to see how they can jointly tackle this problem. The leaders of the two authorities, Acting Chief of the OTA, Senior Councilor Gerson Katjirua, and Chief Turimuro Hoveka of the HTA, met on Monday to look into the matter together with their councilors, advisors and lands committees of the two respective authorities. The…
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Hoveka Traditional Authority uses cultural commemoration for vaccination
21 Nov

Hoveka Traditional Authority uses cultural commemoration for vaccination

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Staff Writer THE 54Th Otjimana commemoration tomorrow and Sunday in the small settlement of Omauezonjanda in the Epukiro Constituency of Omaheke region offers a golden opportunity for those not vaccinated yet, to do so. The Hoveka Traditional Authority under whose auspices the cultural commemoration takes place every year, has deemed it prudent to also use the occasion to have those attending vaccinated. To their fortune and pleasure, the authorities, the health authority in the region has welcomed the idea and agreed to help in this regard with the activeness and involvement of the local health clinic. This initiative comes in…
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Magistrate questions “warning release” of suspected fake medicine supplier
21 Nov

Magistrate questions “warning release” of suspected fake medicine supplier

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Eba Kandovazu A WARNING issued by police officers to a Zimbabwean medicine supplier, Cosmas Mukaratirwa, who is accused of supplying fake medicine to government worth N$ 650 000, did not sit well with a Windhoek Magistrate. Magistrate Celma Amadhila is demanding answers as to why Mukaratirwa was merely given a warning when he made his first court appearance on Monday at the Windhoek Magistrate’s court. He was arrested on Sunday and subsequently released on a warning. The suspect, Mukaratirwa who is the Managing Director of Cospharm Group, is accused of selling unregistered medicine to the government’s Central Medial Stores. “On…
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18 Nov

Seibeb calls Katjavivi an “evil old man”

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Eba Kandovazu Deputy Leader of the Landless People’s Movement, Henny Seibeb, is calling on National Assembly Speaker, Peter Katjavivi to resign, characterizsing him “an evil old man”. Seibeb remarks after Katjavivi refused to hand him minutes from the Privileges and Immunity Committee’s meetings, which found him and fellow LPM leader, Bernadus Swaartboi, guilty following their conduct in Parliament during the State of the Nation Address by President Hage Geingob in April. The Committee has recommended: a reprimand; a fine not exceeding the value of a month's salary or a reduction of salary or allowances for a period not exceeding 15…
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18 Nov

New ID to be used as passport in neighbouring countries

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Tujoromajo Kasuto President Hage Geingob has launched the new national identity card (ID) by the Ministry of Home Affairs, Immigration, Safety and Security has at State House. Launching the new look ID, the President says this is a great new beginning that will allow free movement of people around Africa, which he says is a key element of African unity as the ID will also be used as a passport for travel to neighbouring countries. He and his Botswana counterpart, President Mokgweetsi Masisi, have already agreed that the IDs could be used to travel between the two countries. The fingerprint…
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18 Nov

President Geingob endorses transformation of SOEs Ministry into department

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Eba Kandovazu President Hage Geingob has endorsed the recommendation of the High Level Panel on the Namibian Economy (HLPNE) to dissolve the Ministry of State Owned Enterprises (SOEs). The ministry will now be transformed into a department under the Ministry of Finance. Minister Johan Jooste this afternoon told the Windhoek Observer that no job losses are expected, adding that the transformation will happen in the next three months. He says 'only time will tell' regarding his own future political career. Press Secretary Alfredo Hengari refers questions in this regard to Jooste. "Experience has shown that most of the issues encountered…
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