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Ekandjo fights for return to VP race<br>…threatens Swapo with legal action

14 Sep

Ekandjo fights for return to VP race
…threatens Swapo with legal action

ObserverNational NewsEkandjo fights for return to VP race …threatens Swapo with legal action, Hage Geingob, Kapofi and Tom Alweendo, President of Swapo

Tujoromajo Kasuto The announcement by the President of Swapo, Hage Geingob for the start of the internal Swapo Party campaign for the top three positions got off to a wrong start today when one of the candidates, Frans Kapofi withdrew from the race, as Jerry Ekandjo, who was eliminated from the contest presented Swapo with a lawyer’s letter in which he demands to be reinstated in the race. In the letter, Ekandjo’s legal representative Metcalfe Attorneys say Kapofi and Tom Alweendo who also fell out in the elimination race should not have been part of the contest and therefore, he…

14 Sep

Geingob expected to break another party tradition

ObserverNational NewsGeingob expected to break another party tradition, Swapo Vice President

Martin Endjala President Hage Geingob has hinted at breaking the Swapo tradition and resigning as party president before the 2024 Presidential election and handover the party’s instruments of power to the Swapo Vice President. In his statement at the official launch of the internal party elections for the top three position today in Windhoek, that he will vacate the party’s presidency at ‘’an appropriate time’’, with the emerging candidate that will stand for the 2024 elections to take over the position. Geingob pointed out that this is how Swapo does its affairs, in reference to his uncontested party president position.…

14 Sep

Kapofi makes way for female vice president

ObserverNational NewsKuugongelwa can win the race against Netumbo, Ndumba Kamwanyah, Swapo Party Vice Presidential candidate

Tujoromajo Kasuto Analysts have argued that the shocking withdrawal of Swapo Party Vice Presidential candidate, Frans Kapofi could be the result of the party’s failure to follow its constitution and trying to self-correct. Political analyst, Ndumba Kamwanyah, believes that one of the reasons for his withdrawal could be the controversy surrounding the Helmuth Amendments and how some nominations could have violated the party’s constitutional provisions, notwithstanding the transitional provision. ‘’He probably does not want to be seen as a nominee or a nominated product through a flawed process, but of course this is just speculation and we have to wait…

Memorial lecture traces past<br>of an educational trailblazer

14 Sep

Memorial lecture traces past
of an educational trailblazer

ObserverNational NewsGotthard Kakuinakuine Mbuende, Mbuende, Memorial lecture traces past of an educational trailblazer

Staff Writer The Mbuende clan is due to inaugurate its shrine in the village of Okapendje in the Otjombinde Constituency of the Omaheke Region on the 1st of October. The shrine, among others, is in honour of two of its forebears, Gotthard Kakuinakuine Mbuende, and his son Gabriel Gotthard Mbuende both who have left deep spoors in Namibia, both politically and educationally during the liberation struggle and after. The two are father and grandfather respectively to late Namibian musician, Virumuje Mbuende, and his younger brother, Ambassador Professor Kaire Mbuende , and their sister former parliamentarian, Vicky Kaura. It is not…

13 Sep

SG position not valued in Swapo

ObserverNational NewsHenning Melber, SG position not valued in Swapo, Sophia Shaningwa and Oshikoto Swapo, Swapo Party

Tujoromajo Kasuto The nomination of only two candidates for the position of secretary general of the Swapo Party following the conclusion of the nomination process at the Central Committee at the weekend raises many questions about the value of the position in the Swapo structures. This is the view of historian and analyst, Henning Melber, why there has been such a lacklustre interest in the secretary general position then the positions of vice president and deputy SG. Only one candidate has been nominated, apart from the incumbent who did not need nomination and declared herself available. The two candidates are…

13 Sep

Land tax records in shambles

ObserverNational News52 million dollars, Julius Kandjeke, Land Acquisition and Development Fund, Land tax records in shambles, National Assembly

The Auditor General has given an adverse opinion to the accounts of Land Acquisition and Development Fund for the last four financial years from 2018 to 2021. In its report tabled in the National Assembly this week, Julius Kandjeke observed that over 52 million dollars received as land tax income over these four financial years were not properly processed from the bank statements and land tax assessment documents. The purchase of a farm to the value of N$7 934 422 in the 2018 financial year, the auditor general found, was wrongly disclosed in the financial statements of 2019. Furthermore, invoices…

13 Sep

Katima councillor, journalist in ugly confrontation

ObserverNational NewsJohn Ntemwa, journalist in ugly confrontation, Katima councillor, Katima Mulilo

Obrein Simasiku A Swapo local authority councillor at Katima Mulilo manhandled a journalist who was filming the ugly scenes of the demolition of houses of people who illegally constructed their dwellings at Lwanyanda. The acts were caught on camera by a bystander and in full view of police officers, as councillor John Ntemwa charged at the reporter in a brief encounter before they were separated. The two continued to hurl insults and counter threats at each other, as Ntemwa could be seen moving away, before turning towards the OneAfrica freelance reporter, identified as Jackson Chibata and pouncing on him, leaving…

13 Sep

Global uncertainties require scenario planning

ObserverNational NewsEconomic Association of Namibia (AN), Global uncertainties require scenario planning, Rand Merchant Bank (RMB)

Staff Writer The upheaval of geopolitical developments across the world has created so much uncertainty requiring increase need for scenario planning tools to assist organizations navigate through the complexities of the global economic system. This was collectively agreed to at a recent Rand Merchant Bank (RMB), a division of the First Nation Bank, event to consider competing views of the future under the banner of MB Future Events. The event which was held in collaboration with the Economic Association of Namibia (AN), the Hanns Seidel Foundation (HSF), Cirrus Capital and the South African Centre for Risk Analysis discussed the final…

Health agriculture, women & youth in focus<br>… as Regional dialogue on accountability gets underway

13 Sep

Health agriculture, women & youth in focus
… as Regional dialogue on accountability gets underway

ObserverNational NewsHealth agriculture, Southern Africa Development Community (SADC), women & youth in focus

From Moses Magadza in Johannesburg A THREE-DAY regional dialogue for Non-State Actors on accountability in the Southern Africa Development Community (SADC) region gets underway today (Tuesday, 13 September) in Johannesburg, South Africa with regional and national civil society organisations and social movements keen to appreciate progress towards meeting the Regional Indicative Strategic Development Plan (RISDP). According to a statement from the conveners, civil society organisations from across southern Africa are meeting to assess progress of SADC in implementing its 10-year strategy, the RISDP covering the period 2020 to 2030. The hybrid event, with a special focus on the importance of…

13 Sep

Use of IDs as passport coming soon

ObserverNational NewsNamibia and Botswana, President Hage Geingo, Use of IDs as passport coming soon

Staff Writer President Hage Geingob has appealed to government officials to fast track the implementation of the usage of Identity Documents (IDs) as a means of travelling between Namibia and Botswana, as opposed to now where only a valid passport is used. If this provision is realised it will make travelling easier for the inhabitants of the two nations who share mutual livelihoods and borders. This will result in the usage of a border pass to be granted with an ID, that will allow the visitors to travel up to a certain distance in the other country, or depending on…