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16 Sep

CoW kicks-off housing scheme

ObserverNational NewsCity of Windhoek Affordable Housing Programme, CoW kicks-off housing scheme, Sade Gawanas

Obrein Simasiku The City of Windhoek began with the construction of the houses, with eight of the 1200 planned units to be delivered in six months. CoW Mayor, Sade Gawanas earlier this week made the ground breaking ceremony casting the first brick where eight houses will be built in Khomasdal and to be sold only to first time home buyers, who are on the municipality’s housing waiting list. The price includes both the house and land, with the cheapest a 312 square metres going for N$850 000. “The houses are the first batch of the 1200 houses planned to be…

16 Sep

Katjavivi emphasises need to sustain democracy

ObserverNational NewsKatjavivi emphasises need to sustain democracy, National Assembly Peter Katjavivi, SADC Model Law on Gender-Based Violence (GBV), Secretary General of the SADC Parliament-Forum Beomo Sekgoma

Martin Endjala Speaker of the National Assembly Peter Katjavivi has cautioned that peace and stability should not be taken for granted as its attainment did not come overnight. The said this as Namibia joins the world to commemorate International Day of Democracy, which is observed annually on September 15, as adopted by the United Nations (UN) General Assembly in 2007. The significance of this day is to honour the values that democracy upholds and to draw attention to how important it is for all UN Charter signatories to maintain democracy in their countries. The day is being commemorated under the…

16 Sep

Chiefs’ Assembly sees intensification of reparations demand as only way now

ObserverNational NewsChiefs’ Assembly sees intensification of reparations demand as only way now, Co-Chairperson of the Technical Committee of the Chiefs’ Assembly, Joint Declaration (JD), Ovambanderu and Nama

Staff Writer The only thing left now is for them to intensify the campaign for the government of the Federal Republic of Germany to recognise their genocide. Says Mbakumua Hengari, Co-Chairperson of the Technical Committee of the Chiefs’ Assembly, established by Ovaherero and Ovambanderu traditional leaders following their consultative meeting at Okandjoze from where they emerged with the Okandjoze Memorandum of Understanding last month. Hengari today shared with the media the chiefs’ position to recent media revelations that the German government shall not renegotiate the Joint Declaration (JD), which is an outcome of negotiations with its Namibian counterpart on Genocide,…

16 Sep

Nauyoma and Amushelelo in project black emancipation

ObserverNational NewsBlack People Economic Emancipation Association, Dimbulukeni Nauyoma and Michael Saddam Amushelelo, Nauyoma and Amushelelo in project black emancipation

Tujoromajo Kasuto Activists Dimbulukeni Nauyoma and Michael Saddam Amushelelo, who were recently released from prison after three months in detention, have formed a new association to fight for the economic freedom of black people in Namibia, particularly the youth. The association plans to do this by hosting a mass national protest on Tuesday, 25th October 2022 in Windhoek. This protest is aimed at reforming the laws and institutions that are a stumbling block to national prosperity. ‘’We shall petition institutions that continue to oppress our people. The aim of the protest is to call on the nationalisation of our resources…

16 Sep

REIAoN embarks on renewable energy rural awareness campaign

ObserverNational NewsRenewable Energy Rural Awareness campaign, The Renewable Energy Industry Association of Namibian (REIAoN) has launched the Renewable Energy Rural Awareness campaign financed by the GIZ Green People’s Energy project.

The Renewable Energy Industry Association of Namibian (REIAoN) has launched the Renewable Energy Rural Awareness campaign financed by the GIZ Green People’s Energy project. The rural awareness campaign will help improve access to information and strengthen advocacy for rural renewable energy product and service providers, through the creation of awareness and training. REIAoN, being the relevant industry representative, is ideally positioned to leverage its position to support and maximise the impacts of the off-grid renewable energy sector. The awareness campaign will focus on the Kavango East and West, Zambezi, Ohangwena, Kunene, Hardap and !Karas regions. REIAoN Project Manager Anna Hamukwaya…

Ekandjo fights for return to VP race<br>…threatens Swapo with legal action

14 Sep

Ekandjo fights for return to VP race
…threatens Swapo with legal action

ObserverNational NewsEkandjo fights for return to VP race …threatens Swapo with legal action, Hage Geingob, Kapofi and Tom Alweendo, President of Swapo

Tujoromajo Kasuto The announcement by the President of Swapo, Hage Geingob for the start of the internal Swapo Party campaign for the top three positions got off to a wrong start today when one of the candidates, Frans Kapofi withdrew from the race, as Jerry Ekandjo, who was eliminated from the contest presented Swapo with a lawyer’s letter in which he demands to be reinstated in the race. In the letter, Ekandjo’s legal representative Metcalfe Attorneys say Kapofi and Tom Alweendo who also fell out in the elimination race should not have been part of the contest and therefore, he…

14 Sep

Geingob expected to break another party tradition

ObserverNational NewsGeingob expected to break another party tradition, Swapo Vice President

Martin Endjala President Hage Geingob has hinted at breaking the Swapo tradition and resigning as party president before the 2024 Presidential election and handover the party’s instruments of power to the Swapo Vice President. In his statement at the official launch of the internal party elections for the top three position today in Windhoek, that he will vacate the party’s presidency at ‘’an appropriate time’’, with the emerging candidate that will stand for the 2024 elections to take over the position. Geingob pointed out that this is how Swapo does its affairs, in reference to his uncontested party president position.…

14 Sep

Kapofi makes way for female vice president

ObserverNational NewsKuugongelwa can win the race against Netumbo, Ndumba Kamwanyah, Swapo Party Vice Presidential candidate

Tujoromajo Kasuto Analysts have argued that the shocking withdrawal of Swapo Party Vice Presidential candidate, Frans Kapofi could be the result of the party’s failure to follow its constitution and trying to self-correct. Political analyst, Ndumba Kamwanyah, believes that one of the reasons for his withdrawal could be the controversy surrounding the Helmuth Amendments and how some nominations could have violated the party’s constitutional provisions, notwithstanding the transitional provision. ‘’He probably does not want to be seen as a nominee or a nominated product through a flawed process, but of course this is just speculation and we have to wait…

Memorial lecture traces past<br>of an educational trailblazer

14 Sep

Memorial lecture traces past
of an educational trailblazer

ObserverNational NewsGotthard Kakuinakuine Mbuende, Mbuende, Memorial lecture traces past of an educational trailblazer

Staff Writer The Mbuende clan is due to inaugurate its shrine in the village of Okapendje in the Otjombinde Constituency of the Omaheke Region on the 1st of October. The shrine, among others, is in honour of two of its forebears, Gotthard Kakuinakuine Mbuende, and his son Gabriel Gotthard Mbuende both who have left deep spoors in Namibia, both politically and educationally during the liberation struggle and after. The two are father and grandfather respectively to late Namibian musician, Virumuje Mbuende, and his younger brother, Ambassador Professor Kaire Mbuende , and their sister former parliamentarian, Vicky Kaura. It is not…

13 Sep

SG position not valued in Swapo

ObserverNational NewsHenning Melber, SG position not valued in Swapo, Sophia Shaningwa and Oshikoto Swapo, Swapo Party

Tujoromajo Kasuto The nomination of only two candidates for the position of secretary general of the Swapo Party following the conclusion of the nomination process at the Central Committee at the weekend raises many questions about the value of the position in the Swapo structures. This is the view of historian and analyst, Henning Melber, why there has been such a lacklustre interest in the secretary general position then the positions of vice president and deputy SG. Only one candidate has been nominated, apart from the incumbent who did not need nomination and declared herself available. The two candidates are…