Christine Hoebes

18 Sep

Ekandjo pressures Mbumba to sign anti-same-sex marriage bill into law

ObserverNational Newsban and criminalise same-sex marriage, Christine Hoebes, Jerry Ekandjo

Erasmus Shalihaxwe Jerry Ekandjo, a Swapo member of parliament has accused President Nangolo Mbumba of going against the constitution for not signing the Private Members' Bill into law. The bill seeks to ban and criminalise same-sex marriage in Namibia. Parliament passed it in July of last year after Ekandjo moved the motion. On Tuesday, Ekandjo notified the minister in the presidency, Christine Hoebes to pass on his questions to Mbumba and explain why it is taking so long to sign the private members’ bill into law. He stated that Article 30 of the Namibian Constitution addresses the oath or affirmation…

Deputy PM calls for Africa to stop exporting jobs to developed world

ObserverNational NewsAfCFTA, Christine Hoebes, Deputy PM calls for Africa to stop exporting jobs, Netumbo Nandi–Ndaitwah

Staff reporter Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of International Relations and Cooperation Netumbo Nandi–Ndaitwah says that once the full implementation of the Africa Continental Free Trade Agreement commonly known as AfCFTA is realised, it will position Africa to move away from the dependency on foreign imports and become an industrialised continent. The AfCFTA, was launched in July 2019, in Niamey, Niger and 25 countries on the continent including Namibia have ratified the agreement. This is a sign that Namibia is serious about the transformation of African economies to increase productivity and efficiencies as well as the diversification of the competitiveness…