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09 Mar

Health Ministry receives N$300K medical equipment donation

info_e12wt4csNational Newse Opuwo District Hospital, Health Ministry receives N$300K medical equipment donation, Kalumbi Shangula

Steve Nashama Health and Social Services Minister, Kalumbi Shangula, received a donation of medical equipment worth more than N$ 300,000 from the Support Ulm e.V., a non-profit organisation based in Ulm, Germany. The donation is intended for the Opuwo District Hospital. Shangula welcomed the donation, saying it is a good addition to the existing equipment at the hospital. The donation, Shangula added, is specifically aimed at improving the Orthopedic Rehabilitation Centre. “We are working together with the donor organisations. We sit with them and negotiate. They know the gap of what is needed in the Ministry. They have been supporting…

09 Mar

Man shoots himself, dies on spot

info_e12wt4csNational Newsdies on spot, Man shoots himself, Naftal Sakaria

Steve Nashama A 55-year-old man was found dead alongside of Okatana road, at Oshakati in Oshana region after shooting himself while being pursued by the police. He was found with a gun wound and a pistol next to his body. It is alleged that the deceased was a passenger in a taxi which the police was following. He reportedly asked the taxi driver to stop, then jumped out of the taxi and shot himself dying, on the spot. Oshana Regional Commander, Commissioner Naftal Sakaria, confirms the incident. Allegedly the man came to Oshakati from another region, Oshikoto, in which an…

08 Mar

CoW’s CEO appointment imminent

info_e12wt4csNational NewsCoW’s CEO appointment imminent, Sam Nujoma as Chairperson of the City of Windhoek Management Committee

Steve Nashama The appointment of Swapo Councilor, Sam Nujoma as Chairperson of the City of Windhoek Management Committee has paved the way for the appointment of a chief executive officer for the City of Windhoek. Nujoma’s appointment was announced last Friday by the City’s spokesperson, Harold Akwenye and it as a crucial step forward for the Council to make progress in filling the vacant position. Akwenye said the Council will soon decide on the way forward regarding the CEO’s appointment. After a stern rebuke from Magistrate Venatius Alweendo, who presided over a special meeting last week, Council appointed Nujoma. Alweendo…

08 Mar

Investigate Savanna Beef Processors – BBLNN

info_e12wt4csNational NewsBlack Business Leadership Network of Namibia (BBLNN), Investigate Savanna Beef Processors - BBLNN

Hertta-Maria Amutenja The Black Business Leadership Network of Namibia (BBLNN) is calling for an investigation into the establishment of a privately owned business that was formed to develop and invest in a new beef export processing facility in Namibia. BBLNN’s Chairperson, Elipfas Simon, says government needs to investigate the the agenda and the reason for the establishment of Savanna Beef Processors by white farmers. “We are a capitalist state andSavanna has every right to practice business in Namibia and there is not much one can do. But there is definitely a caution (sic) as to what will be Savanna’s business…

08 Mar

Witbooi hopeful for re-election

info_e12wt4csNational NewsLandless Peoples Movement (LPM), Witbooi hopeful for re-election

Martin Endjala Former Landless Peoples Movement (LPM) Councilor for the Keetmanshoop Rural Constituency, Gerrit Witbooi, says he is hopeful that he will be re-elected as councilor as an independent candidate . Witbooi was suspended by LPM on accusations of being in cahoots with opposition parties to “embarrass the LPM”. Optimistic about his prospects he said he is looking forward to being re-elected in the upcoming by-elections due to the work he was doing until his suspension. He sees it as his duty to stand up for the plight and development of the Constituency to ensure that they live a dignified…

08 Mar

Namibia-South Africa BNC 3rd session kicks off

info_e12wt4csNational NewsNamibia-South Africa BNC 3rd session kicks off

Hertta-Maria Amutenja Senior Officials Meeting of the Third Session of the Namibia-South Africa Bi-National Commission (BNC) has officially kicked off today in the Windhoek at the Safari Court Hotel and Conference Centre. The commission provides opportunities for the presidents of the two countries to further enhance bilateral cooperation and serves as a platform to exchange views on issues of mutual interests and concerns. Executive Director at the Ministry of International Relations and Cooperation (Mirco), Penda Naanda, says the main objective of the Senior Officials Meeting is simply to prepare the ground for the ministerial and presidential segments of the BNC,…

Court denies Hatuikulipi and co bail, fears<br>they might abscond, tamper with evidence

07 Mar

Court denies Hatuikulipi and co bail, fears
they might abscond, tamper with evidence

info_e12wt4csNational NewsCourt denies Hatuikulipi and co bail, fears they might abscond

Hertta-Maria Amutenja The bail appeal of six of the suspects charged in Namibia’s biggest fishing corruption scandal, notoriously known as Fishrot has been dismissed by the Supreme Court today. Former justice minister Sacky Shanghala, his business partner James Hatuikulipi, former National Fishing Corporation of Namibia chief executive Mike Nghipunya, Pius Mwatelulo, Otneel Shuudifonya and Phillipus Mwapopi appealed against a decision by High Court judge Shafimana Ueitele. “The court could not make a finding whether the applicants will or will not abscond’, that the appellants did not satisfy the court that if they are released on bail they will not distort…

07 Mar

Windhoek’s oldest building to be turned into business center

info_e12wt4csNational NewsArts, Crafts and Heritage Centre of Excellence at the Alte Feste Building, Windhoek’s oldest building to be turned into business center

Steve Nashama The Ministry of Education, Arts and Culture last Thursday announced that it will establish and maintain the Arts, Crafts and Heritage Centre of Excellence at the Alte Feste Building, after they entered into a ten-year-agreement with the Namibia Arts, Craft and Design (NACD) to renovate, manage and redefine the complex into a business center. The Alte Feste is the oldest building in Windhoek and is of significant historical value to the country. It was declared a national museum in 1957 and turned into the National Museum of Namibia after independence. The building became severely dilapidated, and it is…

07 Mar

Judgment for surrogate child’s citizenship reserved

info_e12wt4csNational NewsJudgment for surrogate child’s citizenship reserved, Phillip Luhl and Guillermo Delgado

Hertta-Maria Amutenja The Supreme Court today reserved judgment in a matter in which same-sex couple, Phillip Luhl and Guillermo Delgado are fighting to have their son granted Namibian citizenship status. The child was born in 2019, via surrogacy, in South Africa. Luhl, a Namibian is married to Delgado, a Mexican National. The Ministry of Home Affairs, Immigration, Safety and Security filed an appeal in the Supreme Court against a 2021 ruling in the High Court declaring that the couple’s first-born child be granted citizenship by descent. The ministry’s position is that the child, a boy, could not be granted citizenship…

06 Mar

Seals a threat to the Namibian fishing industry

info_e12wt4csNational NewsDerek Klassen, Seals a threat to the Namibian fishing industry, Total Allowable Catch (TAC)

Martin Endjala The Minister of Fisheries and Marine Resources, Derek Klassen has reiterated that the management of Seals in the sea is not as easy as people make it out to be, as one adult seal is said to feed on 3.8 kg tons of fish daily, meaning that 1.5 million seals would eat 5,7 million Kg, 5 700 metric tons of fish per day and 2,8 million metric tons of fish per year. This amount is approximately four times more than the annual combined Total Allowable Catch (TAC) for hake, horse mackerel and monk per year. “The issue of…