Observer Money

09 Nov

Having seen, touched and feel it, Ovambanderu convinced about the traditional belt

Observer Money
Staff Writer It is now left to the Namibian government and its German counterpart to institute the necessary procedures through their normal bilateral engagements for the repatriation of the traditional belt of erstwhile Ovambanderu chief and divine priest. A delegation of the Ovambanderu Traditional Authority (OTA) under the leadership of Senior Councilor, Ripuree Tjozongoro, touched down at the Hosea Kutako International Airport this afternoon, following a week in Germany at the Braunschweig museum engaging the museum’s authority in identifying the belt of late Kahimemua Nguvauva, whom the Ovambanderu only reverently refers to as “Omuhatamunua”, meaning one who cannot be referred…
Read More
09 Nov

Nghipunya denies shareholding in companies that bought him assets

Observer Money,
Eba Kandovazu FORMER Fishcor Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Mike Nghipunya, has this afternoon denied he owned 50 percent of shares in a company the State alleges he co-owns with one of the suspects, Phillipus Mwapopi. The close corporation company, Wanakadu Investment, is accused of selling dried fish to Fishcor for N$4,2 million. State Advcocate Cliff Lutibezi disclosed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) between Mwapopi and Nghipunya. In the MOU, Nghipunya appears to be a silent partner. Nghipunya rejects the document, which the State says was taken from his laptop. Nghipunya’s lawyer, Thabang Phatela, unsuccessfully objected to the laptop and its…
Read More
09 Nov

Chinese National arrested for stripping female employee naked

Observer Money,
Tujoromajo Kasuto THE SWAPO Party Women's Council (SPWC) and Youth League (SPYL) are demanding damages and the deportation of a Chinese employer who allegedly stripped 24-year-old employee, Ruth George, naked in public view yesterday. Allegations are that George was told to remove her uniform in the store after she cut out a material that a customer failed to pay for. When her employer, only identified as “Lee” found out about the situation, he demanded that George remove the uniform and exit the property. It is alleged that he offered her a box to cover herself with until a security official…
Read More
Air Namibia employees severance pay still unpaid
09 Nov

Air Namibia employees severance pay still unpaid

Observer Money
Eba Kandovazu ABOUT 636 former staff members of the liquidated national airline, Air Namibia, have approached the Labour court in an attempt to compel the liquidators to pay their severance packages, amounting to N$105 million. The former employees only received their 12-month salaries, totaling about N$278 million. The matter will be heard on 17 November. It is reported that Air Namibia's liquidation account does not have enough money to pay the parastatal's former employees. State Owned Enterprises (SOEs) Minister, Leon Jooste, today says the liquidators are still selling Air Namibia assets, to make available the severance packages as well as…
Read More
08 Nov

NTB cautious acting against Hoodia Desert Lodge

Observer Money
Eba Kandovazu THE Namibia Tourism Board (NTB) says it would not be revoking the license of Hoodia Desert Lodge after it was accused of denying entry to a Russian woman, as the lodge seemingly adopted a policy which denies admission to Russian nationals because they are "aggressive" or "rude" when intoxicated. NTB instead advises that the victim sues the lodge or institute a criminal case with Nampol under the Racial Discrimination Act. NTB Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Digu /Naobeb, says the board has no powers to discipline the lodge as there is no code of ethics and conduct or any…
Read More
Mbumba appointed Sacky, James to manage election campaign money- Nghipunya
08 Nov

Mbumba appointed Sacky, James to manage election campaign money- Nghipunya

Observer Money, , ,
Eba Kandovazu IN his testimony today, former Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Fishcor, Mike Nghipunya, says then Secretary General of the Swapo Party, Nangolo Mbumba, appointed former Justice Minister, Sacky Shanghala, and James Hatuikulipi to take charge of the money for the election campaignpaid to the party by Fishcor, The two, according to Nghipunya, were also instructed to restructure the Ndilimani cultural group. Nghipunya says he was not responsible for how money was spent by beneficiaries, that Hatuikulipi and Shanghala were the individuals answerable to the ruling party. Swapo has denied that it benefited from the fishrot scandal. This week,…
Read More
Government’s land reforms a hogwash, not serious with ancestral land rights
05 Nov

Government’s land reforms a hogwash, not serious with ancestral land rights

Observer Money,
Staff Writer The Ancestral Land Foundation of Namibia (Alfon) is appealing to clans with claims to ancestral land rights at Okandjoze, and others in general, not to allow the Government to continue to usurp their rights but to stand up and fight for their rights and claim back their ancestral land. Alfon made this appeal at a media conference on Wednesday when it addressed various issues pertaining to land dispossession and its precursor, the 1904 to 1904 genocide of the Ovaherero and Nama. Alfon founder, Sir Welcome Kazondunge, notes that it is apparent that the Second National Land Conference of…
Read More
Namibia, Germany must recognise Diasporans are in Botswana because of Genocide – BOSNOO
05 Nov

Namibia, Germany must recognise Diasporans are in Botswana because of Genocide – BOSNOO

Observer Money, ,
Staff Writer The Botswana Society of Nama, Ovaherero and Ovambanderu (BOSNOO) is pleading with the governments of the Republic of Namibia and the Federal Republic of Germany to recognise the presence in the diaspora of Nama, Ovaherero and Ovambanderu as a direct consequence of the 1904-1908 genocide against these communities in Namibia, then German South West Africa. BOSNOO is among organisations of genocide descendants from both Botswana and Namibia who last month virtually testified before an eminent panel of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR) on the question of participations rights under Article 25 of the ICCPR.…
Read More
Health Ministry kicks-off the Indoor Residual Spraying (IRS) campaign to combat Malaria
05 Nov

Health Ministry kicks-off the Indoor Residual Spraying (IRS) campaign to combat Malaria

Observer Money
Tujoromajo Kasuto THE Ministry of Health and Social Services (MoHSS) is officially rolling out the indoor residual spraying (IRS) campaign in 21 targeted malaria endemic districts. Malaria is a life threatening disease caused by parasites and transmitted to a person through a bite from an infected female anopheles mosquito. According to MoHSS Executive Director (ED), Ben Nangombe, last year Namibia recorded over 13,600 confirmed malaria cases with over 40 malaria deaths, with the Kavango East, Kavango West, Ohangwena and Zambezi regions collectively accounting for over 85 percent of these cases and deaths. Nangombe says the ministry is implementing three major…
Read More
Fishrot bail application intensifies
05 Nov

Fishrot bail application intensifies

Observer Money
Eba Kandovazu FORMER Fishcor Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Mike Nghipunya, is insisting that the State does not and will never have a strong case against him, adding that the Deloitte audit report shows that there is no missing money at Fishcor, or that it is unaccounted for. According to him, all the money was paid to beneficiaries. On cross examination by State Advocate, Cliff Lutibezi, however, the State indicated that it is well aware that money is not missing, but that it was misappropriated. Nghipunya notes that upon reading the docket, it is clear that the State has no case…
Read More
Like Us
Follow Us
Subscribe Us
Follow Us
LinkedIn