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SPYL wants youth in decision-making…old guard should be advisors

SPYL wants youth in decision-making<br>…old guard should be advisors

ObserverJune 25, 20220
Obrein Simasiku The Swapo Party Youth League (SPYL) will be advocating vigorously for youth empowerment, improvement of the education system and the agricultural sector, as well as increased youth...
SPYL wants youth in decision-making…old guard should be advisors

SPYL wants youth in decision-making
…old guard should be advisors

June 25, 2022
Obrein Simasiku The Swapo Party Youth League (SPYL) will be advocating vigorously for youth empowerment, improvement of the education system and the agricultural sector, as well as increased youth...
Namibia, Germany enter into interest free loan agreement of over N$2b

Namibia, Germany enter into interest free loan agreement of over N$2b

June 25, 2022
Staff Writer Minister of Finance Ipumbu Shiimi and German Ambassador Herbert Beck signed a Financial Cooperation Agreement between Germany and Namibia on interest-free loans today. The total am...
MVA fuel levy suspension came as big shock

MVA fuel levy suspension came as big shock

June 25, 2022
Obrein Simasiku The Motor Vehicle Accident Fund had to suspend some of its capital projects and streamline its operations, following the sudden suspension of its share of the fuel levy. The Chi...
Calls to impeach President wishful – Kawana

Calls to impeach President wishful – Kawana

June 24, 2022
Tujoromajo Kasuto and Martin Endjala Albert Kawana, Minister of Home Affairs, Immigration, Safety and Security, has called the media and social media critics ‘’polluted and malicious’’ for claimin...
Standing Committee wants Lands officials appear in person

Standing Committee wants Lands officials appear in person

June 24, 2022
Martin Endjala A request by the Ministry of Agriculture. Water and Land Reform to have its hearing of the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Constitutional and Legal Affairs conducted virtually d...
Wasserfall murder case postponed to August

Wasserfall murder case postponed to August

June 24, 2022
Tujoromajo Kasuto The High Court has ordered siblings Azaan Madisia and Junior Mulundu, who are accused of murdering Shannon Wasserfall, to be detained in Windhoek and postponed their case to 18 A...

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Small retail importers not protected from counterfeits confiscation

Small retail importers not protected from counterfeits confiscation

ObserverMay 12, 2022

Mining sector prone to Illicit Financial Flows

ObserverMay 12, 2022
Namibia, SA selected on IPU Russia/Ukraine task force

Namibia, SA selected on IPU Russia/Ukraine task force

ObserverMay 12, 2022

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ObserverJune 25, 2022

SPYL wants youth in decision-making
…old guard should be advisors

Obrein Simasiku The Swapo Party Youth League (SPYL) will be advocating vigorously for youth empowerment, improvement of the education system and the agricultural sector, as well as increased youth...
ObserverJune 25, 2022

Namibia, Germany enter into interest free loan agreement of over N$2b

Staff Writer Minister of Finance Ipumbu Shiimi and German Ambassador Herbert Beck signed a Financial Cooperation Agreement between Germany and Namibia on interest-free loans today. The total am...
ObserverJune 25, 2022

MVA fuel levy suspension came as big shock

Obrein Simasiku The Motor Vehicle Accident Fund had to suspend some of its capital projects and streamline its operations, following the sudden suspension of its share of the fuel levy. The Chi...
ObserverJune 24, 2022

Calls to impeach President wishful – Kawana

Tujoromajo Kasuto and Martin Endjala Albert Kawana, Minister of Home Affairs, Immigration, Safety and Security, has called the media and social media critics ‘’polluted and malicious’’ for claimin...
ObserverJune 24, 2022

Standing Committee wants Lands officials appear in person

Martin Endjala A request by the Ministry of Agriculture. Water and Land Reform to have its hearing of the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Constitutional and Legal Affairs conducted virtually d...
ObserverJune 24, 2022

Wasserfall murder case postponed to August

Tujoromajo Kasuto The High Court has ordered siblings Azaan Madisia and Junior Mulundu, who are accused of murdering Shannon Wasserfall, to be detained in Windhoek and postponed their case to 18 A...

Observer Money

Small retail importers not protected from counterfeits confiscation

Small retail importers not protected from counterfeits confiscation

May 12, 2022
Tujoromajo Kasuto The Namibia Revenue Agency (NamRA), yesterday destroyed counterfeit goods valued at over N$5 million, which were confiscated following their illegal importation into the country. ...

Mining sector prone to Illicit Financial Flows

May 12, 2022
Obrein Simasiku The extraction or mining sector is one of the most vulnerable to Illicit Financial Flows (IFF), because African authorities lack the expertise and the skills to seal loopholes, whic...
Namibia, SA selected on IPU Russia/Ukraine task force

Namibia, SA selected on IPU Russia/Ukraine task force

May 12, 2022
Martin Endjala The Inter Parliamentary Union (IPU) has elected Namibia and South Africa, as the only African countries to form a task force mandated to resolve the ongoing Russia and Ukraine confli...
LPM wants corporates to develop communities

LPM wants corporates to develop communities

May 12, 2022
Martin Endjala The Landless People’s Movement is questioning the level of commitment of corporates to develop local communities where they operate. LPM says businesses, particularly mining compani...
Nekongo warned not to neglect SPYL ……breaks silence on youth league endorsement

Nekongo warned not to neglect SPYL ……breaks silence on youth league endorsement

May 12, 2022
  Obrein Simasiku The Secretary of the Swapo Party Youth League may lose his influence over the organ when he goes to the National Assembly, after his appointment as a member of Parliament ...

Government accused of “greenwashing”

May 5, 2022
Tujoromajo Kasuto A survey conducted by the Institute for Public Policy Research (IPPR) Research Associate Dietrich Remmert, has accused the Namibian government of ‘’greenwashing’’ as a global lead...

Observer Sports

Mushelenga concerned about illegal surveillance of journalists

Mushelenga concerned about illegal surveillance of journalists

ObserverMay 5, 20220
Martin Endjala Information, Communication and Technology Minister has urged journalists to continue putting more effort in their work and exposing sensitive information, despite the growing trend o...
Youth urged to take charge of their future

Youth urged to take charge of their future

ObserverMay 5, 20220
Martin Endjala Young people are urged to take charge of their future and to empower their vision by ensuring that they fulfill it. “Each generation must discover their own mission to fulfill it or ...
ECB hikes bulk power price

ECB hikes bulk power price

ObserverMay 5, 20220
Staff Writer The Electricity Control Board has announced an increase in the average bulk price by 7.3 percent from the current approved tariff of N$1.6982 per kilowatt-hour to N$1.8222 per kilowatt...

Oshikoto prioritises financial transparency ….internal audit committee coming

ObserverMay 3, 20220
The Oshikoto Regional Council has set aside N$1 000 000 for the Rural Sanitation Project. The regional council revealed this during its Annual Plan and Review Workshop for the 2020/21 financial year ...

NDF soldier threatens to kill family

ObserverMay 3, 20220
Tujomajo Kasuto A member of the Namibian Defence Force Member (NDF) was arrested on Monday after he threatened to burn the house, kill his mother, children in his homestead and then take his own li...
LPM ordered to reinstate, pay legal cost of councillors

LPM ordered to reinstate, pay legal cost of councillors

ObserverMay 3, 20220
Staff Reporter The Landless People’s Movement has lost its case in the High Court against two of its Mariental local authority councilors on Friday, April 29. LPM wanted an earlier judgement to ...

NEFF’s action a bold class conscious progressive step in support of workers

ObserverMay 1, 20220
Only after the Namibia Economic Freedom Fighters (NEFF) raised the illegal employment of some Chinese nationals boldly by entering the premises of Cheetah Cement were these nationals deported. It i...
Schlettwein must be serious

Schlettwein must be serious

ObserverMay 1, 20220
The anticipation and expectations created by the 1991 and 2018 Land Conferences among the landless and land owners alike, cannot be over emphasised. The fears of the land barons, including those no...

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“The allegations against me are a misunderstanding”- Mwapopi

“The allegations against me are a misunderstanding”- Mwapopi

ObserverJanuary 24, 20220
“I was sabotaged” – Nghiwete on missing NSFAF records

“I was sabotaged” – Nghiwete on missing NSFAF records

ObserverNovember 26, 2021
“I remain a member of cabinet until process is concluded”- Jooste

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ObserverJanuary 18, 2022
‘Rushed’ genocide deal questioned

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“Rotten apples” in Nampol will be exposed – Commissioner Basson

“Rotten apples” in Nampol will be exposed – Commissioner Basson

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‘Complicated’ COVID-19 guidelines boots recoveries

‘Complicated’ COVID-19 guidelines boots recoveries

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‘Good riddance’: Shaningwa on resignations

‘Good riddance’: Shaningwa on resignations

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