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10 Aug

Isaack, Katjiua to spearhead NTLA/OTA genocide reparation operations

info_e12wt4csObserver MoneyNama Traditional Leaders Association (NTLA), Ovaherero Traditional Authority (OTA)

Tujoromajo Kasuto The Nama Traditional Leaders' Association (NTLA) and the Ovaherero Traditional Authority (OTA) through its Transitional Committee (TC),has appointed Nama Traditional Leaders' Association( NTLA) Chief and Chairman, Gaob Johannes Isaack, as a substantive litigant and Chairperson in the Ovaherero - Nama joint genocide reparation campaign and litigation, with OTAs Secretary, Mutjinde Katjiua deputising him. “Professor Mutjinde Katjiua is appointed and endorsed as the Co-Litigant and Deputy Chairperson on behalf of the Ovaherero community, thus will henceforth deputize Gaob isaack in all matters of genocide reparation campaign and litigation,” a joint NTLA and OTA statement reads. In the statement, the…

10 Aug

Three-horse race for top Agribank job

info_e12wt4csObserver MoneyGottlieb Hinda, Kenandei Tjivikua, Ndeulipula Hamutumwa, Sakararia Nghikembua

Staff Writer THREE candidates emerged front runners for the top job at the Agricultural Bank of Namibia (Agribank) after last week’s interviews. Although eight candidates were interviewed by a panel that ironically included former Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Sakararia Nghikembua, only three – Kenandei Tjivikua, Gottlieb Hinda and Ndeulipula Hamutumwa – are said to have excelled and are the top favourites to land the job. Other candidates also interviewed for the job are Titus Ndove, Mpingana Kalimba-Msimuko, Nicholas Mukasa, Emmanuel Masule and Raphael Karuaihe. This is the second time Hinda is gunning for the job. The Windhoek Observer has it…

07 Aug

Marginalised Batswana women struggle to access cancer treatment

info_e12wt4csObserver MoneyBotswana Network on Ethics, Law and HIV/AIDS (BONELA)

Soraya Mentoor and Tebogo Gareitsanye The Botswana Network on Ethics, Law and HIV/AIDS (BONELA) has implemented a programme which includes the Development of a Preliminary National Intellectual Property (IP) policy to strengthen its advocacy on IP and case studies on access to cervical cancer medicines. The latter focused on women living in three districts of South East - Gaborone, Boteti Sub- District and Tutume Sub - District. The programme was implemented from 2019 to 2020. Furthermore, in order to inform advocacy, BONELA conducted case studies on the experiences of women living with HIV when accessing cervical cancer medicine in the…

07 Aug

Erongo leads in unpredictable Covid-19 cases

info_e12wt4csObserver MoneyCovid-19, Dr Kalumbi Shangula, Erongo, Minister of Health and Social Service

Staff Writer The unpredictable daily Covid-19 figures has seen Erongo region taking top spot with 64 cases and accounting for 23,4 percent of the 274 confirmed cases announced on Thursday. Erongo replaced Oshana and Zambezi who were joint leaders the previous day when the country recorded 237 new cases, with each region registering 42 cases. The composition of Thursday’s cases is 141 females and 133 males with ages ranging from five months to 100 years. According to an update by the Minister of Health and Social Service, Dr Kalumbi Shangula, on Thursday, 5 August, Walvis Bay recorded 41 new cases…

06 Aug

Criminals try their luck amid the pandemic – FIC

info_e12wt4csObserver MoneyFinancial Intelligence Centre (FIC)

TUJOROMAJO KASUTO THE Financial Intelligence Centre (FIC) says Suspicious Transactions Reporting detected a 36 percent increase in fraudulent activity from members of the public and a 15,8 percent decrease from financial institutions. This was revealed by the director of the centre, Leonie Dunn, in the institution’s financial statements for the year ended 31 March 2021 in which he said the review had underlined the significance of the FIC’s intelligence services as unscrupulous entrepreneurs consistently tested the environment for opportunities to take advantage of the pandemic to enrich themselves, expand and advance their enterprises through crime. “FIC’s intelligence disclosures are being…

06 Aug

Oshakati, Katima top in new Covid-19 cases

info_e12wt4csObserver MoneyDr Kalumba Shangula, Katima Mulilo, Minister of Health and Social Servives, Oshakati

Staff Writer Going by the figures released by the Minister of Health and Social Servives, Dr Kalumba Shangula, on Wednesday, Oshakati and Katima Mulilo appear to becoming the epicentres of the Covid-19 virus. From a total of 237 confirmed new cases, the two towns in Oshana and Zambezi regions had 42 new cases each, relegating the capital Windhoek and Khomas region, which recorded 36 new cases for the day, to third spot. The new distribution pattern could be attributed to the more stringent measures imposed on Windhoek during July. Nankudu in Kavango West recorded only one new case as did…

05 Aug

Lühl’s citizenship court case postponed

info_e12wt4csObserver MoneyImmigration, inistry of Home Affairs, LGBTQ+, Namibia, Phillip Lühl, Safety and Security (MHAISS)

Tujoromajo Kasuto Judgment in the case of a Namibian citizen, Phillip Lühl, against the Ministry of Home Affairs, Immigration, Safety and Security (MHAISS) on the discrimination of the right to citizenship for children of LGBTQ+ parents, has been post postponed to 13 October 2021. Lühl is requesting the High Court to declare that his son, born in 2019, through surrogacy in South Africa, a Namibian citizen by descent. However, the MHAISS is denying citizenship without proof of genetic linkage. Lühl states that, “the only reason why the Ministry of Home Affairs [is] refusing to accept the birth certificate is the…

05 Aug

LPM leaders promise to double in NA …as Supreme Court rules in their favour

info_e12wt4csObserver MoneyBernardus Swartbooi, Henny Seibeb, Landless People’s Movement (LPM)

Andrew Kathindi Landless People’s Movement (LPM) Leaders, Bernardus Swartbooi and Henny Seibeb, are adamant to double their presence in the National Asembly (NA) following a favourable Supreme Court ruling on Wednesday 4 August. “We hope to see the Honourable Peter Kat (Katjavivi) on the first of September, in parliament. He has no choice. He must let go of all those shenanigans that they plan in the darkness of the cover. They have no choice but to let us come back and to continue to fight,” Seibeb says. Seibeb thinks there was a plan to keep them out of the National…

04 Aug

JSC sets date for interviews

info_e12wt4csObserver MoneyJudicial Service Commission (JSC), Ombudsman

Andrew Kathindi and Tujoromajo Kasuto The Judicial Service Commission (JSC) has set 20 August as the date for interviews for the appointment of the new Ombudsman. Interviews, which were earlier set to have taken place on 20 July, were indefinitely called off after one of the shortlisted candidates was hospitalised. “The JSC has deemed it prudent to republish the list of the candidates that were shortlisted for the July 2021 sitting, which had to be postponed as stated above. The below mentioned candidates who were shortlisted on 4 June 2021, and were supposed to have been interviewed in July 2021,…

04 Aug

Namibia wins first silver medal since 1996

info_e12wt4csObserver MoneyBeatrice Masilingi, Christine Mboma, Olympic Games

Tujoromajo Kasuto Namibia’s sprint sensation, Christine Mboma, has won the first ever Olympic medal for a Namibian woman and the first Olympic medal for Namibia since 1996. She achieved this with a time of 21.81 seconds, breaking the world under-20 record (a feat she achieved two other times at the Olympics) and earning a silver medal in the women's 200m at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games. Mboma came after Jamaica’s Elaine Thompson-Herah who pulled off the sprints double-double by winning the women’s 200 metres in 21.53 while the USA’s Gabby Thomas got bronze in 21.87, Whilst Namibia’s Beatrice Masilingi took…