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23 Nov

Youth demand end to corruption …and want BIG now

ObserverObserver Moneycorruption, Namibia, Youth

Tujoromajo Kasuto Youth are questioning why they have to accept and live with growing unemployment, poverty and crime as the inheritors of a free Namibia. The youth is angry that their supposed freedom exists only on paper but not in practice. They feel that they are living as impoverished slaves, struggling to survive while being told that Namibia is flourishing. They decry that government plans and projects such as Vision 2030, Targeted Intervention Programme for Employment and Economic Growth (TIPEEG), the Harambee Prosperity Plan (HPP) and Food Bank have not eradicated poverty. Instead, a few enriched themselves at the expense…

21 Nov

Whither to Namibia, is there ever a point of halting and/or return?

ObserverUncategorisedNamibia, Walvis Bay

A young man last week lost his life in Walvis Bay over a vetkoek. He grabbed a vetkoek from a street vendor and while trying to get away to go and enjoy, which may have been his first eat in how many days, who knows, and indeed the last, he was hit by a car. A sad story indeed! Many a times our government has been priding itself in the fact people in the country do not die from hunger. A young lad lost his life after grabbing something to eat which in the end he could not enjoy having…

02 Nov

Namibia has been placed on the German “positive list”

ObserverObserver MoneyGerman Federal Government, Namibia

Tujoromajo Kasuto THE German Federal Government has lifted all entry restrictions for residents of Namibia with effect from Tuesday, 2 November 2021 at midnight and the country has been placed on the German “positive list”. The German embassy further informs that travel to Germany by Namibian residents is therefore again permitted for all travel purposes from this date. For people older than 12 years, proof of a negative test, recovery or vaccination is required upon entry. This June Germany listed Namibia as Covid-19 high risk area and the country was only removed from the list in September. Meanwhile, the Ministry…

29 Oct

Panic and mayhem as more Namibians request for evaluation of qualifications

ObserverObserver MoneyNamibia, Namibia Qualifications Authority (NQA)

Eba Kandovazu MORE Namibians are approaching the Namibia The Namibia Qualifications Authority (NQA) for urgent evaluations of their qualifications, an issue the NQA says is concerning. A total 915 people have approached the NQA for evaluations between August and September, Public Relations Officer Absalom Absalom told the Windhoek Observer, adding that says the escalation of requests for urgent evaluations is concerning. “As a result of this practice, qualification holders often miss out on employability and access to additional training when opportunities arise. As most employers now demand an NQA qualifications evaluation report during the recruitment process and training providers also…

28 Oct

Namibia, SA and Nigeria top high youth unemployment

ObserverObserver MoneyInna Hengari, Namibia

Eba Kandovazu POPULAR Democratic Movement (PDM) Member of Parliament, Inna Hengari, has revealed that Namibia is ranked in the top three African countries with the highest youth unemployment in the world, alongside South Africa and Nigeria. Hengari yesterday tabled a motion on youth unemployment. According to Hengari, Nigeria stands at 33.3 percent, Namibia at 33.4 percent and South Africa at 34 percent. “These countries have the highest unemployment rates not only in Africa but in the world as tracked by Bloomberg. This rise in unemployment for Namibia is problematic, especially given the size of the economy and population of the…

23 Oct

Namibia’s pro-life and coalition of churches say NO to innocent ‘killings’

ObserverObserver MoneyFetus Lives Matter, Namibia

Tujoromajo Kasuto The pro-life movement in Namibia, as well as a coalition of churches, is adamant that no innocent born or unborn person should be killed. Morasha Magazi, 21-year-old founder of Fetus Lives Matter, says they find the call for abortion appalling and is “window dressed” with names such as pro-choice, women’s rights, reproductive rights and justice while in reality it is a call for murder (intentional taking of a life of another living being”. Magazi adds that the choice they are being “demanded” to surrender to is the choice of “life and death”, asking how is it that Namibia…

19 Oct

‘All pregnancies should be wanted’ . . . Promoting abortion access in ways that are equitable, just and true

ObserverObserver MoneyAbortion and Sterilization Act, Advocate Bience Gawanas, Namibia

Advocate Bience Gawanas This week the Parliament of Namibia will hold public hearings to re-engage on the issue of abortion in Namibia. I welcome this platform, and appreciate the efforts of the over 62 000 Namibians who signed a petition last year calling for the liberalisation of the abortion laws which brought us to this moment. Sexual and reproductive health and rights of women, and particularly maternal mortality and unwanted and early pregnancy are issues that are very dear to me. The opportunity to amend our abortion laws provides us with the chance to fundamentally advance the rights of women…

17 Oct

Human rights lawyer lauds gay couple’s victory judgement

ObserverObserver MoneyHigh Court, Namibia, Norman Tjombe

Eba Kandovazu HUMAN rights lawyer, Norman Tjombe, says the High Court ruling in favour of a married gay couple declaring their first born son, conceived via surrogacy, a Namibian citizen, is one to be applauded, as it places Namibia 50 years ahead in terms of human rights and equality. Phillip Luhl and Delgado Castaneda, a Mexican national approached the High Court to have their two-year-old son, Yona, declared a Namibian citizen by descent, after the Home Affairs and Immigration ministry declined him citizenship. This week, Judge Masuku ruled in favour of the couple. The ministry wanted the couple to provide…

09 Oct

Namibia not listed as Red list country by the UK anymore

ObserverObserver MoneyCovid-19, Namibia, UNITED Kingdom

Eba Kandovazu UNITED Kingdom citizens will no longer have to worry about traveling to Namibia, after the ban was removed. Namibians too will no longer have to worry about being labeled as traveling from a COVID-19 red zone country, after the UK lifted Namibia as a “red list” country as of next week Monday. With Namibia on the red list placement,people in the UK are banned from traveling to Namibia. It also means anyone traveling from Britain to Namibia faces a mandatory 10-day quarantine when returning home, even if they are fully vaccinated and test negative for coronavirus, which is…

19 Sep

Amupanda’s housing initiative may not be cast in ideological impotence, bankruptcy, opportunism

ObserverUncategorisedMayor of Windhoek, Namibia

“The lack of affordable land for housing is the main cause of Namibia’s housing crisis and the continuous rapid growth of informal settlements,” notes the Mayor of Windhoek when announcing the outcome of the land and housing workshop, which the City hosted end August beginning September. “Crisis”, sounds like an understatement by the Mayor in describing what has been happening on the housing provision frontier since independence, which can aptly be described as a ticking bomb, not only for the City of Windhoek, but all over the country. “Rapid growth” is also a misnomer because looking at what has come…