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DRC, Malawi to chair regional Model Laws Committee
29 Sep

DRC, Malawi to chair regional Model Laws Committee

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Moses Magadza WINDHOEK, NAMIBIA – The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and Malawi were last week elected chair and vice chair, respectively, of the recently-constituted Regional Parliamentary Model Laws Oversight Committee (RPMLOC) of the SADC Parliamentary Forum. This happened as the regional inter-parliamentary body acted towards ensuring that the region’s citizens benefit meaningfully from development of regional soft laws, which are arguably immensely persuasive. Model laws are typically developed in line with international human rights law and international best practice. The RPMLOC held its virtual meeting on Friday and unanimously elected DRC lawmaker Andre Leon Tumba as its chair for…
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PSEMAS audit still on-going
29 Sep

PSEMAS audit still on-going

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Staff Writer The Ministry of Finance says the audit process of the Public Service Employee Medical Aid Scheme (PSEMAS) launched last year is still on-going, with 75 percent of the main members and 95 percent of dependents having been verified as part of measures to reduce fraud and abuse of the government employee’s medical fund. The member audit comes as media reports attributed to the International Monetary Fund (IMF) revealed the medical aid fund has been losing close to a billion dollars annually to fraud, abuse, waste and collusion. “During the first phase of the verification 95 percent of dependents…
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ACC chief investigator loses Prime Minister appeal
29 Sep

ACC chief investigator loses Prime Minister appeal

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Staff Writer The High Court, on Monday 28 September, dismissed a case by the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC)’s Chief of Investigation Phelem Masule who had sought to overturn Prime Minister Saara Kuugongelwa-Amadhila’s decision to remove him from his position. The Prime Minister, earlier last month, removed Masule from his role as the Chief of Investigation a mere week after he received the promotion, citing “irregularities” in his appointment. Masule, who replaced Nelius Becker who is now with the Namibian Police, last month approached the High Court to hear his case against the Prime Minister. When contacted for comment, ACC boss Paulus…
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Traditional authorities vow to take case to US Supreme Court
29 Sep

Traditional authorities vow to take case to US Supreme Court

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Andrew Kathindi Genocide descendants have vowed to continue the fight “in and out of court” after the US Court of Appeals, last week, dismissed their case brought after they unsuccessfully sued the German government for reparations for the atrocities committed from 1904-1908 in US Federal Court. Paramount Chief Advocate of the Ovaherero Traditional Authority, Vekuii Rukoro and Gaob Johannes Isaack of the Nama Traditional Leaders Association, have instructed their lawyers in New York to file a Petition for Rehearing and for "En Banc" Proceedings, following a USA Court of Appeals’ decision, which they say had “fundamental legal error at its…
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26 Sep

Workers are their own liberators

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Kae Matundu-Tjiparuro Concerning the drive towards a true and meaningful radical socio-economic transformation, to herald the Second Phase of the Namibian Revolution, which in Namibian political parlance has been hailed as the phase of the economic struggle or emancipation, Yours Truly Ideologically believes after 30 years of independence, and the obvious decadence and blatant ideologically retrogression, the jury has been out who can lead the Second Phase of the Namibian Revolution. The State or Namibian government, if any of its previous the self proclamations on socialism by some but few of the leaders, foremost of the leading liberation movements of…
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26 Sep

The Masquerade

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Hugh Ellis Former George Washington University Associate Professor Jessica Krug has been the focus of controversy for the last couple of weeks, after she disclosed in an essay she had, for years, pretended to be black. The Professor, with research interests including, ahem, the effects of colonialism and imperialism, faked various racial identities, including being Algerian-American and Bronx-bred Afro-Puerto Rican. As an activist, she went by the name of ‘La Bombalera’, from Bomba, an Afro-Puerto Rican style of music and dance. In a September 3 blog post, Krug confessed that: ‘I have eschewed my lived experience as a white Jewish…
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26 Sep

Mental Illness in the workplace

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KHANYISWA MOGOTSI As a society, we love screaming about how mental health matters but do we really care or is this all just performance activism? I was diagnosed with severe anxiety disorder and depression in 2016 and since then, navigating in the work industry has been so eye-opening. My first internship gave me a lot of room to grow and build myself in a safe space without me ever having to put my mental health on the line just to come off as a great employee and I believe that was because people in the office were extremely progressive. The…
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26 Sep

Trump has committed treason

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Jackie Wilson Asheeke The American president has constantly been the source of buffoonery, unseemly Tweets, school yard temper tantrums, hypocrisy, sexist remarks, racist innuendo and point blank lies. He has embarrassed himself around the world with his jaw-dropping ignorance. No other American politician would ever have been given the free pass to say and do the outrageous things that Donald Trump has. And now, he uttered words I thought I would never hear from an American president in my lifetime. In effect, he said that he will not turnover power as required by the constitution unless elections are ‘free and…
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26 Sep

Couch Cat: Don’t let life get you down!

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Jackie Wilson Asheeke Economic numbers in the newspapers say how poorly Namibia is doing economically. The bad news should be no surprise. Covid-19 stuff knocked us flat. We all knew that. But, we must not get depressed and hide our heads in the sand! If we curl up and let the bad news take over, we can never rise. Let us find ways to laugh, sing, enjoy family and friends, be smart about saving and buying and re-charge our batteries to fight the good fight. We cannot let the bad days drown us. We have to keep thinking and hoping…
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Check out the music of Fasie Kay!
26 Sep

Check out the music of Fasie Kay!

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Staff Writer Big Ben, one of the best Namibian musicians and performers has announced a new musical brotha’ on the scene. His name is Fasie Kay. According to the news release: “We hereby wish to announce the release of an exciting brand new song by a new Namibian artist FASIE KAY called Mutima. The song was written by the artist himself being a songwriter and performer and was co-produced by Big Ben. In the song ”Mutima” Fasie Kay expresses how he felt a lot of pain and hurt in the world, seeing so many people but no humanity and the…
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