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12 Jul

MHETI’s attempt at clarification rubbished

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Niël Terblanché Job Amupanda, the Affirmative Repositioning (AR) leader, has revealed more evidence of the alleged fraudulent subsistence and travel (S&T) claims of the Minister of Higher Education, Training and Innovation, Itah Kandjii-Murangi. Amupanda posted pictures of documents that he claimed were falsified by either the minister or by another person on her behalf on his social media platforms. Along with the pictures, he explains the method used to falsify the documents and that a quick visual analysis of the documents reveals that the content of an invitation letter has been changed and that the forger used a different typeface…

11 Jul

Minister’s reaction fuels Amupanda’s corruption allegations

ObserverMainMinister’s reaction fuels Amupanda’s corruption allegations

Stefanus Nashama The Affirmative Repositioning (AR) leader, Job Amupanda, yesterday threatened to reveal more information on the corruption allegations of the Minister of Higher Education, Training and Innovation, Itah Kandjii-Murangi, after she claimed innocence on social media. Amupanda claimed that there was a ‘Sunday Meeting’ between Kandjii-Murangi and what he termed the higher education cabal to get its stooges at the University of Namibia (Unam) to get rid of him. Amupanda is employed as a Senior Lecturer for Political Science at Unam. He also claimed that higher education is not run by laws and governance structures but by a secret…

10 Jul

Social grants not a result of Namibia’s struggle for independence- Itula

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Stefanus Nashama The Independent Patriots for Change (IPC) Leader, Panduleni Itula, said that social grants were not created by the struggle for the independence of Namibia nor do political parties provide it. Itula said the government, as stipulated in Article 95 of the Namibian Constitution provides the pension. He said people should understand that even during colonial times, the regime of the day was providing social grants to senior citizens. He stressed that Article 95 of the constitution states that, senior citizens are entitled to regular pensions. Itula stressed that many people especially elders have misunderstood the concept of the…

07 Jul

//Hoebes defends Swapo

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Martin Endjala The Minister of Presidential Affairs in the Presidency, Christine //Hoebes has come to the defence of the ruling party Swapo, saying that it has ensured that corruption is non-endemic or non-systemic in Namibia. She said this in response to a motion tabled by the Popular Democratic Movement leader, McHenry Venaani last month on the investigation into the purported power struggle and impropriety at NAMCOR. //Hoebes now wants the PDM’s motion dismissed. She stated that Venaani made several assertions that can only be referred to as incendiary and misguided. “His claim that the inability of the Swapo Party government…

06 Jul

Namibia will not have load shedding

ObserverMainNamibia will not have load shedding

Niël Terblanché Sound policy and a regime of contingency plans will prevent Namibians from ever having to deal with large-scale load shedding, NamPower’s Senior Manager in Energy Trading, Paulina Iyambo said. Iyambo was speaking at a panel discussion when she said that the country does not face an energy apocalypse despite the misgivings of some people. The panel discussion, hosted by the Windhoek Observer included Rojas Manyame, the General Manager of Regulation at the Electricity Control Board and Harald Schutt, an Energy Consultant. The discussion was part of a series of monthly panel discussions on Namibia’s security of electricity supply.…

05 Jul

Menzies wins another 30 days atHKIA despite Supreme Court judgment.

ObserverMainMenzies wins another 30 days atHKIA despite Supreme Court judgment.

Niël Terblanché The postponement of the matter of Menzies Aviation against the Namibia Airports Company by High Court Judge Shifimana Ueitele until 4 August 2023 has given the British company another 30 days to perform ground handling services at the Hosea Kutako International Airport. This is despite a Supreme Court judgement against Menzies to cease operations at the country’s international airport. Ueitele indicated that he will deliver his judgement at the beginning of next month. The postponement of the matter means that, in essence the Supreme Court’s order delivered on 9 June 2023 for Menzies Aviation Namibia to cease performing…

04 Jul

The ghost of Twaloloka still haunts residents

ObserverMainThe ghost of Twaloloka still haunts residents

Niël Terblanché The allocation of houses to families who fell victim to the devastating Twaloloka fire disaster almost three years ago will now be investigated by the Anti-Corruption Commission. The investigation by the corruption watchdog follows after a group of 21 beneficiaries of Twaloloka-Otweya houses were served with eviction notices by the Erongo Regional Governor, Neville Andre. The group is claiming that lists of beneficiaries that were compiled in the wake of the disaster have been tampered with repeatedly by the various authorities that were involved with the rehousing of the victims. The group in a letter signed by the…

03 Jul

ECN CEO hopeful disqualified for failing to declare Swapo ties

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Martin Endjala The Electoral Commission of Namibia has disqualified Michael Katjirari Tjivikua, who was part of the shortlisted candidates for the position of Chief Electoral and Referenda Officer, for failing to declare that he was a member of the Swapo Party Think Tank. Tjivikua’s affiliation with the governing party is deemed to question the Commission’s impartiality and independence, which might endanger the public’s confidence in the Commission if he is selected. “The Commission is of the opinion that you did not give a declaration of all relevant information in your documents or Curriculum Vitae, and instead you applied your own…

30 Jun

Shaningwa challenges Kawana on same-sex marriage

ObserverMainShaningwa challenges Kawana on same-sex marriage

Martin Endjala The Swapo Party Secretary General, Sophia Shaningwa has expressed her disappointment with Albert Kawana, the Minister of Home Affairs, Immigration, Safety and Security for complying with the ruling of the Supreme Court on the 16th of May 2023 to recognize same-sex marriage from abroad. This comes after the Ministry announced that it will implement the immigration act as per the Supreme Court Judgement on the treatment of same-sex marriages validly concluded between Namibians and foreign nationals outside Namibia as provided in section 2(1)(c) of the immigration control ACT NO. 7 of 1993. As a result, Shaningwa yesterday posted…

29 Jun

LPM will beat up Uutoni – Seibeb

ObserverMainHenny Seibeb, LPM will beat up Uutoni - Seibeb

Stefanus Nashama Chaos and mayhem were the order of the day in the National Assembly on Monday, after a heated exchange of words ensued between Landless People’s Movement (LPM) Member of Parliament, Henny Seibeb and other parliamentarians, after the former threatened to beat up the Minister of Urban and Rural Development, Erastus Uutoni, on his official visit to the Karasburg Town Council that is scheduled for today. Seibeb said that LPM will beat up Uutoni, much to the dismay of some parliamentarians including Swapo members Hilma Nicanor who came to the defense of Uutoni. Uutoni was however not present in…