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18 Jun

NamWater must come clean on Otavi water woes

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Jefta M Gaoab The town of Otavi is strategically located in the Otjozondjupa region, in the area affectionately known as the Maize Triangle, endowed with natural free flowing water springs and reservoirs. It receives good rainfalls annually and the past rainy season was a blast. Water is life and a very scarce commodity in Namibia. On 25 March 2021, International Water Day was celebrated and Namibia also joined the rest of the world in celebrating this very important day that underscores the importance of water. From the onset, I must categorically state that I subscribe to the notion that where…
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Empire retooling, preparing for colonial comeback
12 Jun

Empire retooling, preparing for colonial comeback

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African national liberation movements are not only being deconstructed and decentred via contemporary neoliberal discourses, but colonialists and imperialists have always made manifold efforts to destroy African liberation movements and other resistance movements throughout colonial history. Suffering natural attrition through the death of aging African national liberation fighters and leaders, African national liberation movements are in states of atrophy that is expedited and precipitated by liberal philosophies, organisations and institutions that have tripped the historic agenda of African national liberation movements. Indeed the epithet “movement” signifies ephemerality in contrast to organisational stability and permanence. With neoliberally inclined nongovernmental organisations and…
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12 Jun

Accept ye projects kingdom first and Germany will offer reparations later?

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Yours Truly Ideologically cannot but be perplexed that those from the affected communities who must be in the better know and how, are the ones today in the forefront of delivering their communities on the altar of the second genocide. Because if the agreement between the Namibian government, and its German counterpart, needs to be seen as and/or called anything, then it is no more better than a second genocide against the very communities of the Ovaherero, Ovambanderu and Nama, that the agreement purported to reconcile and reconstruct. With the midwives of the purported reconciliation and reconstruction, sadly, none other…
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Pay for water and electricity with an eWallet
05 Jun

Pay for water and electricity with an eWallet

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Staff Writer FNB Namibia has announced that its customers can pay for their water and electricity via its eWallet platform. “We are excited about another innovative offering that now allows our customers to pay their water and electricity account with an eWallet”, said Herman Kruger, FNB Head of Merchant Services and Fleet. “FNB Namibia customers can now pay their bills at municipalities and town councils all around the county using an eWallet. All customers have to do is dial *140*392# to access their eWallet, then select ‘Withdraw Cash’. They will then receive a One-Time PIN (OTP) and then give their…
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05 Jun

Namibia sorely in need of leftist ideological sanity

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Kae Matundu-Tjiparuro Last Saturday the Activist School hosted a day-long seminar with renowned activists and ideologues like Lucy Edwards-Jauch, Gerson Tjihenuna and Shaun Whitaker from the Marxists Study Group. The seminar attracted participants from far afield as the Zambezi region, predominantly young people with a healthy balance of gender. It is encouraging to see such a blend taking a keen interest in the debate or/and seminar unpacking the virtues and vices and/or merits and demerits of Socialism versus Capitalism. Especially in a country like Namibia, that while emerging from Colonial Capitalism, have been seeming a-ideological if not unideological and anti-ideological.…
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Dundee supports community efforts to combat crime
05 Jun

Dundee supports community efforts to combat crime

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Staff Writer Dundee Precious Metals Tsumeb Vice President and Managing Director, Zebra Kasete, handed over a donation of building materials valued at N$50, 000.00 to the Tsumeb Men and Women Network, in recognition of their community’s efforts to curb crime. The donation will be used to build an office from which the Men and Women Network will operate in collaboration with other volunteers. The Tsumeb Men and Women Network is a community policing volunteer organization that works in collaboration with local police in Tsumeb to fight crimes. “Violent and petty crimes are a growing problem in Namibia, particularly in informal…
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05 Jun

Gobabis residents demand ouster of corrupt municipal employees

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Tujoromajo Kasuto The Gobabis Local Authority Coalition on Friday issued an ultimatum letter to the Office of the Governor of Omaheke, and the Municipality of Gobabis, demanding the immediate resignation of employees at the Gobabis Municipality involved in suspected cases of corruption. This comes amid allegations of rampant corruption and maladministration in the town’s municipality. “Any employee that is involved, but chooses to stay on and is then found guilty by the further detailed investigations and anticipated disciplinary actions, will have to face the consequences,” the letter warned if the employees do not comply with the demand. The Coalition is…
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Agreement will never bring closure yet
05 Jun

Agreement will never bring closure yet

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Staff Writer Vice President, Nangolo Mbumba, this morning officially in a live broadcast by the Namibian Broadcasting Corporation (NBC) television and its various indigenous languages radio channels, announced the Joint Declaration between the two nations relating to Genocide, Apology and Reparations. This is obviously in an attempt to give credibility to the purported deal which since news of its hatching has been receiving serious challenges. The Vice President, flanked by Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for International Relations and Cooperation, Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwa, and Special Envoy on the negotiations, Dr Zed Ngavirue, tried to deflect a lot of queries arising from…
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175 witnesses for Fishrot trial
05 Jun

175 witnesses for Fishrot trial

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Andrew Kathindi Namibia should brace itself for a lengthy and protracted Fishrot trial after an extensive list of nearly 200 witnesses have been lined up to testify. In the leaked Nangomar Pesca docket in possession of the Windhoek Observer, former Fisheries and Marine resources Minister, current Home Affairs Minister, Albert Kawana, and Justice Minister, Yvonne Dausab , are among those to be summoned to the witness stand. Other witnesses to appear in court are, Government institutions Pension Fund (GIPF) Chief executive Officer (CEO), David Nuyoma , Business and Intellectual Property Authority (BIPA) CEO, Vivienne Katjiuongua, and Secretary to Cabinet, George…
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Stimulus upbeat on outlook, despite slump in investee contribution
04 Jun

Stimulus upbeat on outlook, despite slump in investee contribution

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Staff Writer Stimulus Investments Limited has reported an operating profit of nearly N$1.32 million for the year ended 28 February 2021, compared to a loss of about N$5.95 million for the same period last year. The company, however, recorded a total comprehensive loss of N$27.2 million, down from N$35.8 million in 2020. The company reported a dividend income of nearly N$21.3 million, about N$24.5 million for the period under review. According to its financials, the company’s operating expenses increased to N$12.8 million, from N$12.3 million prior year. The company’s finance costs for period were N$31.2 million, down from nearly N$34.7…
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