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Keeping up with Kennedy
17 Feb

Keeping up with Kennedy

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What a time to be alive. We are squarely in the middle of the age of the influencer and social media mavens and stars are taking over. This new world isn’t like it used to be at all, and the possibilities in life are becoming more and more infinite with time. I think it’s pretty cool that we live in an era where people are becoming fully fledged businesses in their own rights, and making a name for themselves as personal brands. Be it through modelling, marketing or simply just being their fabulous selves, many Namibians are dead set on…
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AG says Model Law on Public Financial Mgt good for SDGs
17 Feb

AG says Model Law on Public Financial Mgt good for SDGs

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Special Correspondent The Auditor-General of Namibia, Mr. Junias Kandjeke, has commended the SADC Parliamentary Forum for developing a SADC Model Law on Public Financial Management (PFM), saying the regional soft law can help in efforts to meet Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Good PFM is widely seen as an enabler in achieving SDGs because it promotes evidence-based budget allocation and prudent management of scarce public resources to support public infrastructure and social investments. For example, Target 12.7 of the SDGs seeks to promote sustainable public procurement practices while Target 16.6 focuses on development of effective, accountable and transparent institutions. Last week,…
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Victims in Otjiwarongo-Okahandja road accident identified
14 Feb

Victims in Otjiwarongo-Okahandja road accident identified

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Eba Kandovazu THE Police have released the names of the six people who died in Sunday’s car accident between Otjiwarongo and Okahandja. The deceased are identified as Brian Bronkhorst, aged six, Ciska Bronkhorst, 27, Josefina Ileka, 24, Zita Augusto, 48, Ndahambelela Laudika Nghiwilepo, 30 and Silks Ndesipanda Simon 27. Nampol spokesperson, Chief Inspector Elifas Kuwinga says the surviving persons, drivers Lucky Kalembela, 30, and Willie Henri Bronkhorst, 32 are currently fighting for their lives in Windhoek hospitals as they sustained serious injuries. The car accident happened some 30 kilometers south of Otjiwarongo towards Okahandja, Kuwinga stated. It is reported that…
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National Council Chairperson Embarks on Outreach visits to Regions
14 Feb

National Council Chairperson Embarks on Outreach visits to Regions

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Martin Endjala The Chairperson of the National Council has started a regional outreach programme to promote an inclusive legislative process in the regions of Otjozondjuba and Kavango East. The visits started in October last year in the Zambezi Region. Lukas Sinimbo Muha, has earmarked the two regions for the first round of regional engagements that will end on 27 February. The initiative is part of the outreach program activities as set out in the council’s strategic plan to enhance public and key stakeholder participation in the legislative process. The visits were announced by the National Council’s public relation officer, Momly…
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NSFAF aims to prioritise full funding of critical fields…….no new funding for pilots
14 Feb

NSFAF aims to prioritise full funding of critical fields…….no new funding for pilots

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Tujoromajo Kasuto THE Namibia Students Financial Assistance Fund (NSFAF) Acting Chief Executive Officer Kennedy Kandume says that in future, the fund will consider redirecting funds from less impactful fields of study such as business administration to areas with critical shortage such as medical specialisation. Kandume points out that there are many courses that NSFAF finance that are not critically needed, citing the fact that in certain industries/fields, such as business administration, there is an over supply of graduates resulting in a high number of unemployed graduates. “There are certain areas that we have overtrained,” he says, “but assessments still need…
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Close to a Billion spent on COVID-19………no abuses recorded
14 Feb

Close to a Billion spent on COVID-19………no abuses recorded

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Eba Kandovazu THE Ministry of Health and Social Services says it has spent a total N$956 536 385 on COVID-19 since March 2020, when pandemic was first detected in Namibia. The ministry’s Executive Director Ben Nangombe told the Windhoek Observer newspaper that the cost includes acquisition of medical supplies such as vaccines, medical equipment, recruitment of staff and infrastructure development. The amount also includes the PCR tests for suspected COVID-19 cases and transport. Queried on whether the government overspent, Nangombe said “the government availed resources to address the COVID-19 crisis and the Ministry sourced commodities within the availed resources”. Nangombe…
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Missing sailor complained about sickness
11 Feb

Missing sailor complained about sickness

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Eba Kandovazu JONAS HEITA, the employee of Hangana Seafood, who has been declared missing at sea on complained about not feeling well on Sunday. Police say Heita’s sniffing packet was stolen that same day. Nampol Erongo spokesperson Ileni Shapumba said after complaining about being sick, Heita was told to take his medicine and was frequently checked on by his colleagues. Shapumba explained that the vessel left the Walvis Bay port on 4 February 2022 and was due to return on Sunday, 13 February. “The following day on Monday, he again complained that he was too hot and blurry. The captain…
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LPM returns favour to Karas, Hardap regions….offers N$500 000 scholarships
07 Feb

LPM returns favour to Karas, Hardap regions….offers N$500 000 scholarships

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Eba Kandovazu The announcement by the Landless People’s Movement of providing scholarships to students in Karas and Hardap has invited mixed reactions from their rival political parties. LPM’s Utaara Mootu announced the news of the scholarships on social media, with critics saying the move is tribalist, aimed at benefiting only those in the southern part of the country. The two regional councils controlled LPM will provide 500-thousand dollars worth of scholarships to young people from the two regions. The secretary general of the Popular Democratic Movement (PDM), Manuel Ngaringombe says that the decision by Kharas and Hardap regional councils to…
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10 Dec

Enters the vicious cycle of unholy coalitions crumbling to the detriment of local residents

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LATELY there have been at the local authorities level too much ado about nothing as the various political parties and formations jostle for positions on the management committees of the various hung councils. As much as these elections were accompanied with much excitement, Yours Truly Ideologically cannot but be less excited about their outcome, the hung councils. Because in the final analysis these changes cannot be anything else but a zero some game accompanied by superficial visions and ideals. For democracy yes one may put some premium on these elections and subsequent recurring elections of the management committees. But in…
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10 Dec

End the global war on our bodies

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Alna Dall and Nyasha Chingore* As the world ends commemoration of the 30th anniversary of 16 Days of Activism to end violence against women this week, it is apparent that sexual and gender-based violence (SGBV) continues to have far reaching consequences, not only for survivors, but on the entire society. To appreciate how SGBV has affected global societies and economies over the last 30 years, an understanding of how women and other vulnerable and marginalised populations including the key populations have been systematically denied their rights to bodily autonomy and integrity (BAI) is needed. Unless BAI and sexual and reproductive…
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